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Hi I'm Megan with Beadaholique.com and I want to show you
how to secure a dimensional bead for bead embroidery
so here I have these really cool new czech glass spike beads and I want to do
bead embroidery with these
now
it has a flat back on it but it also has a hole and I am
securing it by glueing it and stitching it because sense it's dimensional, since it
sticks up
I don't want it to get knocked off. I don't want to hit it and have it come off
just a little tip if you're going to use a bead that sticks up quite a bit
if it has a hole and
a flat back, do both
All you need to do is glue it down. I used E6000 onto my foundation
and then once the glue is dry and you make sure it hasn't seeped over the edge
because it's very hard to stitch through
then you're going to just take your thread. I'm just using nylon nymo thread and
tie a knot
and then you're just gonna stitch through a few times so
come up
on the side of the bead
right by where the hole is
and then go through the hole
go right back down
you just want to go through
a few times to make it nice and secure
just right around
stitching just right next to where you stitched before
probably three or four times is enough
then you just go ahead and
tie an knot in the back
you can
start your bead embroidery now or you can
do these all at once
if you're gonna do a series of them and then tie it off and go back. So that's
gonna give it extra security. Anytime you have the option of doing glue and
stitching I would recommend it. If it's gonna stick up its gonna get knocked
around a little bit more
So that is gonna be the best way to secure
a dimensional bead like that for bead embroidery.