Flosstube: Ornamentations #124 - Beads, beads, beads!!! @katiestrachanembroidery
Flosstube: Ornamentations #124 - Beads, beads, beads!!!  @katiestrachanembroidery
Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 49 minutes ago
Ornamentations (noun): 2. That in which the process of ornamenting is embodied; the ornaments which adorn a thing collectively; ornament in general Or, in music, the grace notes that embellish a melodic line.

Paisley (38 count version) is stitched on Legacy Linen 38 count Fuller's Teazel with
100/3 232, 264
Gobelins 671, 718, 945, F02, Creme
Note that F02 and Creme are both off whites - you don't need both, you can pick whichever your prefer/whatever best suits your linen. Creme is lighter and brighter than F02.

Joy by Shakespeare's Peddler is stitched on Legacy Linen 48 count Marchpane with (incomplete) Surfine 2152, 2631
Flosstubes mentioned: the Curious Crafters, Lisa Curry

Elizabeth Campbell by Fox & Rabbit is stitched on 48 count Legacy Linen Marchpane with the following (incomplete):
Soie Surfine 2627, 2681, 2707, 2718, 2779

The first beaded pointer I made is inspired by a piece in a recent Witney Antiques exhibition, which can be found in Choice and Precious Work volume II
The new pointer is inspired by an exceptional related object in the collection of London Museum: londonmuseum.org.uk/collections/v/object-87287/case-bodkin-case

My previous beaded basket finish is featured in episode 26: youtube.com/watch?t=4s&v=QqDJ7SJ2TAI
It's inspired by a 17th century piece held by the Corning Museum of Glass: glasscollection.cmog.org/objects/1708

More standard rectangular beaded baskets: metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/226421
The Met's piece measures over 31x27"

data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/131109
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