beading (off topic) (but kewhl anyway)
Posted by Catherine Cartwright Jones on August 01, 1999 at 04:05:41:
In Reply to: designs for fashion garment posted by evelange on July 26, 1999 at 13:21:22:
If you use a "spit pen" (the sort of marker that the lines dissappear
when you rinse them) to draw in your henna patterns on the wedding
dress...all you have to do to bead your patterns is:
Put on your zipper foot and adjust it so it's to the left side of the
potential row of beads. Thread and pull through a beading needle at
the starting point of your pattern. Thread on all the beads you'll
need. Set your stitch to zig-zag. Slowly zigzag the thread of beads
into place along your spit pen line. It's like doing couching on the
sewing machine! It grooves beyond words! If it's really intricate
and you're really fussy, clamp everything into an embroidery hoop
before you zigzag.
I'm beading my son's bride's wedding gown that way this week. (She
won't let me henna her. Big Catholic wedding. Phoo. )