The Royal School of Needlework 6, Introduction 8, The history of bead embroidery 10, Materials 14, Framing up 24, Stitches 28, Basic techniques 29
COUNTED THREAD BEADWORK 32
Counted thread stitches 34, Byzantine stitch 34, Cushion stitch 35,
Diagonal stitch 36, Hungarian stitch 37, Hungarian ground stitch
variation 38, Jacquard stitch 39, Moorish stitch 40, Mosaic stitch
42, Norwich stitch 43, Parisian stitch 44, Rhodes stitch 45, Rice
stitch 47, Smyrna stitch 48, Staircase stitch variation 49, Twill
stitch 50, Vertical Milanese stitch 51, Victorian step stitch 52,
Wild goose chase stitch 53
BEAD EMBROIDERY 54
Bead embroidery stitches 56, Back stitch in bead embroidery 56,
Circlets 57, Couching with a single needle 58, Couching with two
needles 59, Links and crosses 60, Loops 62, Running stitch 63,
Satin stitch 63, Sequin lines 64, Sequin rosettes 66, Stab stitch
67
BEADED SURFACE EMBROIDERY 68
Surface embroidery stitches 70, Back stitch, threaded and whipped
70, Buttonhole stitch 71, Chain stitch 72, Chevron stitch 73, Coral
stitch 74, Cretan stitch 75, Feather stitch 76, Fly stitch 77,
Herringbone stitch 78, Seeding stitch 79, Stem stitch 80, Whip
stitch 81
FRINGES 82
Edging and fringing stitches 84, Simple picot edge 84, Alternating
picot edge 84, Spaced picot edge 85, Spaced picot edge with drops
85, Straight fringe 86, Shaped fringe 87, Alternating straight
fringe with a back stitch base 88, Staggered fringe with a back
stitch base 89, Simple looped fringe 90, Alternating looped fringe
91, Overlapping looped fringe 92, Twisted looped fringe 93,
Horizontal netted fringe 94, Vertical netted fringe 95
Index 96
Shelley Cox teaches at the RSN on Day Classes and the Certificate &
Diploma Course, both in the UK and internationally.
Originally from New Zealand, Shelley travelled widely before
joining the RSN's Apprenticeship. After graduation, she worked for
several years in the RSN Studio where she project managed
prestigious commissions such as the Wells Cathedral altar frontals.
She was part of the RSN team which created the embellishment for
the shoes, veil and wedding dress for Catherine, Duchess of
Cambridge, and has worked on a variety of RSN Studio commissions.
If you embroider and bead then you need this book. This beautifully
illustrated book shows you how to marry the two media
together. A good portion of the book shows the basics, the
materials you will need to get started, the threads, needles,
beads, fabric and all the rest of the bits required. Basic
stitches including how to get your thread onto the fabric with no
knot to spoil the work. Clear diagrams show the stitch placement
with hints and tips to get the best results. Counted thread
stitches on canvas shows how to build stitches which have beads as
part of the design either on the work already done or within the
pattern. The Bead embroidery section includes using just
beads to create works of beauty. There is good advice on the best
fabric to use and a line about just going for it, being brave and
letting the beads do the talking, which made me smile. There is a
lovely section on how to create motifs with step-by-step photos;
how they build up, lines, loops and circles are all covered. These
can be used or adapted to bigger or alternative designs. Bead
running and satin stitching along with sequin lines will give a new
dimension to ideas. The sequin rosettes are also lovely. Beaded
surface stitch is based on normal embroider stitches. The
combination of all threads or all beads or a bot of both opens up a
whole new world. There are some lovely samples showing what can be
achieved, with photos showing how the stitches will look using the
various combinations. The last chapter is Fringes, featuring
various types and how to do them, with very wise words, 'Have you
got enough beads to complete?'. I know that feeling very well. This
is a beautiful 'how-to' book that will encourage the creative juice
to flow and get a new dimension to your embroidery. This is also a
good reference book to dip into if a bit of inspiration is needed.
If you can embroider then you can do this! I did some samples just
from reading a few pages ... then I went off on a bit of a
tangent.
*Bead Society of Great Britain Issue 137*
I found this book well written & informative. It has stitch
instructions along with samples of different ways to use stitches
and beads. I now need to sort out my bead stash & give it a go. I
won this book in a giveaway.
*Maggie Goodsell*
This book is larger than I expected having seen previous editions
of this book series before but this reformatted version of the 2010
original has been made larger (A4) and thus much easier to read and
use. It’s absolutely full of step-by-step pictures and instructions
to show you how to do very basic beading patterns all the way up to
much more complicated pieces incorporating multiple different
beading and embroidery techniques. The instructions are clearly
worded and pictured in detail so that you can easily follow along.
There is a vast array of different patterns/layouts for beads from
traditional designs to more modern interpretations and all sorts of
different colour schemes which can be mixed and matched to your
hearts’ content. The techniques include seed beads and bugle beads
as well as sequins and near the end there are also patterns to
create beaded fringes for your work. It’s really wide-ranging for
something I assumed would be quite niche and specific. There are
some really nice suggested projects for your work including glasses
cases and decorative boxes and the fringes could be attached to
curtains or clothing, a real labour of love. All in all, if you’re
wanting to incorporate beads and sequins into your embroidery work
then this is a great book to have and it’ll give you plenty of
ideas and techniques to use time and time again.
*Customer Review*
This book is typical of RSN guides in that it contains
comprehensive instructions, diagrams and photographs of finished
pieces for inspiration. I like the larger format as the details are
clearer and it is sufficiently detailed for a relative beginner to
follow and thus keep this aspect of needlework relevant.
*Amazon Customer Review*
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