rifestitch wrote on Apr 3, '11Pretty!!! I need to learn how to do this kind of bead work...
leslieannapa wrote on Apr 4, '11 I love the mask theme. Do you use a back stitch?
thatyankstitches wrote on Apr 4, '11 leslieannapa saidI love the mask theme. Do you use a back stitch?
Yep --- backstitch all the way except for the gold "pearl" border which was couched... I use the five beads, back two and add five more approach and then, as was recommended back i last year's BJP, run the thread back through the entire row to smooth it out.
leslieannapa wrote on Apr 5, '11 I just learned to do this stitch with beads and my first embroidery piece. How nice to see it done by someone else. Thank you Carol