Shirt with Seed Bead Embroidery
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Design Idea MD2E
-- Designer --
Rose, Jewelry Designer, Exclusively for Fire Mountain Gems and Beads®
To learn more about Rose Wingenbach, read her jewelry artist success story here.
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- Seed bead, TOHO BEADS®, glass, opaque navy blue, (TR-11-48), #11 round
- Seed bead, TOHO BEADS®, glass, opaque sunset orange, (TR-11-50), #11 round
- Seed bead, TOHO BEADS®, glass, opaque sunshine, (TR-11-42B), #11 round
- Seed bead, TOHO BEADS®, glass, opaque luster white, (TR-11-121), #11 round
- Seed bead, TOHO BEADS®, glass, opaque terra cotta, (TR-11-46L), #11 round
- Seed bead, TOHO BEADS®, glass, opaque periwinkle, (TR-11-48L), #11 round
- Thread, Nymo®, nylon, black, size B
- Lacy's Stiff Stuff™, beading foundation, white, 11x8-1/2 inch sheet
- Adhesive, E6000® Fray Lock™, crystal clear
- Needle, Tulip, nickel- and gold-plated steel, #11 with 0.52mm eye width, 2 inches
Instructions
Step 1
Prepare a pattern using our downloadable looming graph paper. This project is 7 beads wide.
Step 2
Prepare a loom with 8 warp threads. Double the threads on the outside of the loom for strength, leaving sufficient thread on the ends of each section to allow for threading each warp thread and doing more work with it.
Tip: View our ''How to Set Up a Beading Loom'' how-to video and illustrated instructions for more information.
Step 3
Create the loomed pieces you need for your embellished shirt. You will need to adjust your pattern for each size piece you need by repeating patterns or adding more rows of beads at the beginning or end of a design component.
Step 4
If your design requires one of your loomed pieces to bend, you will need to create two pieces:
- When you join them together weave a few more beads into the angle to create the bend.
- Finish the inside end of one of the two pieces in the traditional manner of skittling to weave in the warp threads and trim them.
- Use the warp threads on the inside of the other piece to add a few beads and connect the two pieces together by skittling.
Step 5
Tack the finished pieces of loom work to your shirt using Lacy's Stiff Stuff to back it for added strength.
Step 6
Thread each remaining warp thread and pull it through to the back of the shirt. Tie the threads together in the back and secure with E6000® Fray Lock.
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