Using beads

[Needleworker]

I'm about to start a xstitch piece that has beads. I was going to simply
use a half cross stitch to attach them. Perhaps going into the hole
twice. Does anyone else have a suggestion of the best way to do this?

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[Ericka Kammerer]

Needleworker wrote:

> I'm about to start a xstitch piece that has beads. I was going to simply
> use a half cross stitch to attach them. Perhaps going into the hole
> twice. Does anyone else have a suggestion of the best way to do this?

I generally do a full cross stitch through them, unless
I want the beads to sit at a slant.

Best wishes,
Ericka

[Needleworker]

Ericka Kammerer <e...@comcast.net> wrote in
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Thanks. It doesn't matter what angle they sit at so I'll go the secure
route. What's making me nuts here is that it's 32 count linen and I'm
more used to 28 count. Even with a magnfier I'm getting a headache :)

Eileen
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[Rhiannon]

If you want extra security, try this. Use two strands of floss. Attach
the bead with a half cross in this direction / (or whichever direction
you normally use for the bottom leg of a full cross stitch). Then make
the half cross in the other direction \ but for this half stitch lay
one strand of the floss on each side of the bead and snug it down. This
will make the beads stand up more uniformly and keep them from flopping
around. If you don't want the beads to be on the slant, do a full cross
stitch with both legs of the stitch going through the bead. You may
need to scale back to only one strand of floss for this depending on the
size of the hole in the bead.

Needleworker wrote:
> I'm about to start a xstitch piece that has beads. I was going to simply
> use a half cross stitch to attach them. Perhaps going into the hole
> twice. Does anyone else have a suggestion of the best way to do this?

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[Needleworker]

Rhiannon <rhianno...@netscape.net> wrote in
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> If you want extra security, try this. Use two strands of floss.
> Attach the bead with a half cross in this direction / (or whichever
> direction you normally use for the bottom leg of a full cross stitch).
> Then make the half cross in the other direction \ but for this
> half stitch lay one strand of the floss on each side of the bead and
> snug it down. This will make the beads stand up more uniformly and
> keep them from flopping around. If you don't want the beads to be on
> the slant, do a full cross stitch with both legs of the stitch going
> through the bead. You may need to scale back to only one strand of
> floss for this depending on the size of the hole in the bead.
>

This sounds like a great idea, but I'm stitching on 32 count linen and only
using one strand. But I'll remember it for the next time.

[Dianne Lewandowski]

Glad you piped up and included this "third" way of attaching beads. I
used to have directions on my site, but lost them somwhere. :-)

Referencing another thread on hoops and dressing them: Beading is one
darned good reason not to use a hoop. :-) Unless, of course, the
design is small and fits within the diameter of a hoop.

Dianne

[emerald]

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"Dianne Lewandowski" <dia...@heritageshoppe.com> wrote in message
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> Beading is one
> darned good reason not to use a hoop. :-) Unless, of course, the
> design is small and fits within the diameter of a hoop.

I always stitch with a hoop (haven't gotten around to buying a stand yet!).
I just leave the beading to the end and do it in hand.

emerald

[Dannielle]

I use a scroll frame and I still leave beading until the very end and
usually do it in hand so that I don't roll the beads into the scroll and
potentially break the beads.

Dannielle

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