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Posted by Patti on August 26, 2009, 12:30 pm
Or those very pointy pliers (I know they have a name, but I can't think
of it). They would be more pointy than tweezers. They would be 'narrow'
enough to hold the bead as the needle came down I would think.
Having read all the answers, though, I would definitely go with glue, if
you don't want to do them by hand. (By the way don't forget to do the
quilting before you put the beads on - in your enthusiasm you might want
to get ahead!)
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>Thanks very much, Allison! That's quite helpful, though I think I could
>probably use tweezers in order to save my fingers. ;) I'll test my beads
>with a size 60 needle to see if they will work.
>Also, your hand technique is different from the only one I'd heard,
>which involved stitching right through to the backing, taking an extra
>stitch there to anchor and then coming back up. That sounded rather
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Best Regards
pat on the hill
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Posted by Sandy on August 26, 2009, 7:22 pm
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> Or those very pointy pliers (I know they have a name, but I can't think
> of it). They would be more pointy than tweezers. They would be 'narrow'
> enough to hold the bead as the needle came down I would think.
Needle-nose pliers, Pat? I have those, too. :)
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> Having read all the answers, though, I would definitely go with glue, if
> you don't want to do them by hand. (By the way don't forget to do the
> quilting before you put the beads on - in your enthusiasm you might want
> to get ahead!)
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No, it's all quilted now, so no danger there. <g>
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> >Thanks very much, Allison! That's quite helpful, though I think I could
> >probably use tweezers in order to save my fingers. ;) I'll test my beads
> >with a size 60 needle to see if they will work.
> >Also, your hand technique is different from the only one I'd heard,
> >which involved stitching right through to the backing, taking an extra
> >stitch there to anchor and then coming back up. That sounded rather
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Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
sw.foster1 (at) gmail (dot) com (remove/change the obvious)
http://www.sandymike.net
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Posted by Sandy on August 26, 2009, 8:44 pm
Thanks to everyone for your help and ideas. The whole plan to do the
beading by machine has now fallen apart. :S I bought the small needles
(size 60) I was going to need, but the beads are just slightly too long
(they're bugle beads) and break when I try to attach them by machine.
It's now on to Allison's instructions for hand beading. ;)
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Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
sw.foster1 (at) gmail (dot) com (remove/change the obvious)
http://www.sandymike.net
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Posted by Allison on August 27, 2009, 10:00 am
Sandy wrote:
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> Thanks to everyone for your help and ideas. The whole plan to do the
> beading by machine has now fallen apart. :S I bought the small needles
> (size 60) I was going to need, but the beads are just slightly too long
> (they're bugle beads) and break when I try to attach them by machine.
>
> It's now on to Allison's instructions for hand beading. ;)
An important detail on bugle beads - the ends are often sharp enough to
cut through your thread over time. They are usually sewn on with a
seed bead on either end to prevent this.
A.
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Posted by Sandy on August 27, 2009, 10:17 am
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> An important detail on bugle beads - the ends are often sharp enough to
> cut through your thread over time. They are usually sewn on with a
> seed bead on either end to prevent this.
>
> A.
Ack! I did five of my motifs last night without reading this message. Oh
well. I'm not really sure I'll leave the beads on after the challenge
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ends, anyway. <G>
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Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
sw.foster1 (at) gmail (dot) com (remove/change the obvious)
http://www.sandymike.net
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>probably use tweezers in order to save my fingers. ;) I'll test my beads
>with a size 60 needle to see if they will work.
>Also, your hand technique is different from the only one I'd heard,
>which involved stitching right through to the backing, taking an extra
>stitch there to anchor and then coming back up. That sounded rather