Japanese Beaded embroidery

This piece is just so much fun to stitch. The technique Mary Alice Sinton taught us is to outline the printed fabric with tri-cut beads. It's fascinating to watch the pattern transform with the beads. Once I begin to bead, I don't want to stop! I'm only showing you a section of the fabric, but my plan is to create this piece as a small purse.

Our class last year:

On Monday, February 6, 2006, Karen Tranter, Dorothy Robinson, Clemmie Rounds, Rose Marie Molinari, Betty Murphy, Dorothy Christian, Else Sandifer, Helen Allen and myself, attended a one day workshop hosted in Helen's home, with Mary Alice Sinton, teaching us Japanese Bead Embroidery.
*See some pics taken that day.

See Mary Alice Sinton's beautiful work on her new website: www.bluebonnetstudio.com

It was so wonderful to learn a new technique and have so much fun with good friends in the process! Mary Alice's work is exquisite . . . and she has been certified as an instructor at and by the Japanese Embroidery Center. You can contact her by email: maryelvis@sbcglobal.net

Visit the Japanese Embroidery Center's website to see some beautiful work:

www.japaneseembroidery.com with more about Japanese Bead Embroidery here.

Click on these thumbnails to the left to see detail enlargements: