Yes--the technique of knotting every several inches or so, while addingto the timespentbeading, can really pay off. I used to do lots of long beaded fringe on costumes, by hand (although usually I would bead onto ribbon or binding or piping), and there were times when I lost far fewer beads than I might have, when someone caught my edging, or stepped on a hem or soemthing.
Yours in cosutmign,L isa A On Tue, 3 Jan 2012 13:59:03 -0800 Lynn Downward <lynndownw...@gmail.com> writes: > The 3 or 4 1920s dresses I've had in my hands had the beads sewn on > as Lisa > said. They are sewn down by going through 2 or 3 or 4 beads then > looped > under the fabric back one or two beads then up through the fabric > and into > the last bead or two sewn and one or two more. You're always going > through > most of the beads twice. When I've Sewn beads down, I tend to knot > off > every 4" or so. That way, when I lose some beads, I' only losing a > few at > at time, not whole strings of beads. > LynnD > > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
