Introducing the technique of stitching beads onto canvas, this instructional handbook combines design charts and detailed guidelines on stitches as it presents twenty-five ingenious projects, including step-by-step instructions for colorful pictures, ornaments, jewelry, purses, and small accessories. Reprint.
[ A] sumptuous book of canvas beadwork... Challenging projects for pillows, purses, and wall hangings are real standouts.Bead & Button
The technique of stitching beads onto canvas, so popular during the Victorian era, is undergoing a revival today, and these 25 projects have a wonderfully rich and lustrous look. With the same familiar sewing methods and fabric backing used in regular needlepoint, embroiderers can create a new world of bright colors and shimmering textures. Simple needleworking charts get you started on any of the original and versatile designs: theres the coolly glowing Blue Moon Mirror, a bright springlike Bird with Berries Ornament, a patriotic Flag Heart Pin, an opalescent Pearl Plant Picture, an exotic Persian Rug Purse, and 20 others.
