Karen Buell Designs

Bead Embroidery

Bead embroidery is the applying of beads to a background fabric with a variety of stitches.  It can be on an evenweave counted fabric as in Sparkling Ornament (BE03) or on a plain fabric with no regard to the threads in the fabric as in Dragonfly (BE04).

BE03Sp. Snow2.JPG (17861 bytes) BE03K Sparkling Ornament - White linen with red, green and white cylinder beads and white bugle beads.  Two sided ornament. $17.00
BE03D Sparkling Ornament - Chart Pack $4.50
BE04Dragonfly.JPG (14298 bytes) BE04K Dragonfly - 2 1/2" around; black upholstery fabric has a dragonfly motif woven in to be worked in bead embroidery with several sizes of beads. $25.50
BE04D Dragonfly - Chart Pack $4.50
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BE05D

Pine and Holly Wreath - 8" diameter design area. The photograph cannot capture the elegance of this piece worked on very dark green or black with beautiful beads in greens with red berry accents.  Both embroidery and beading techniques are employed.  
Complete kit of materials including directions for $47.00.

Pine and Holly Wreath - Chart Pack for $5.50

 
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BE06D

Flower Garden - 4" x 5" design area.  A sampler of flowers all done in embroidery and beading techniques.  This is more than just sewing down each bead!  Several patterns are provided, but there is room for creativity here.  All the beads and the coat-weight wool, thread, needle and directions are included in the kit for $52.00.

Flower Garden - Spiral-bound Booklet for $7.00.

 

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