Trouble with edging

NCheyGirl21 · 07-07-2006, 11:40 AM

I am having trouble with edge beading and I was wondering if anybody had a simple way to bead the edge?

Blackbear · 07-07-2006, 03:56 PM

simplist way is to have someone else do it LOL! Otherwise edge beading is edge beading. Picot is most common way with three beads... well it starts with 3 beads and then you add on two at a time from there... http://beadwork.about.com/library/weekly/blpicot.htm

**chazziff** · 07-07-2006, 04:00 PM

that is the easiest .. LMAO @ get someone else to do it

NCheyGirl21 · 07-07-2006, 04:02 PM

Thanks. I'll have to try that when I get back to my beading this weekend.

..Edit..
My cousin was suppose to teach me but now that she is gone I have to teach myself and I don't know anybody else to do it for me or teach me.

wyo_rose · 07-13-2006, 11:32 AM

The easiest for me, after getting someone else to do it ;), is to just "loop" the beads on the edge. Thick things like a buckle might take 5-7 beads, and thinner things like braid ties might take 3-5 beads.

You sew your backing on first with no beads. Then you take your needle and go out through the backing so your thread is sticking out through the backing and the front of the item is facing you. Put on the beads. Hold it in place to make sure that's the right number of beads. Move one beads-width over from where your thread came out the back, but take your needle and you're going to push it through from the front straight through to the back, close to the original beading. Pull tight. Repeat. I like to put knots in every few stitches to keep any possible blow-outs from spreading.

You get something like a rope edge. THAT'S my easiest way. Other than not edge beading at all!

Redstone · 07-13-2006, 12:51 PM

I agree with Blackbear, the 3 down to start and pick up two thereafter is the way I do my edging. Just completed edging a set of cloth tabs and aprons. I have done more edging this year than I think I have my whole life. Also edged two sets of straight dance sashes made out of tradecloth too! I hope I don't have to edge anymore for a while.

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NCheyGirl21 Wife To A Marine Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Michigan Posts: 675 Blog Entries: 2	Trouble with edging I am having trouble with edge beading and I was wondering if anybody had a simple way to bead the edge?

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Blackbear Space Cowboy Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Alaska Posts: 9,622	simplist way is to have someone else do it LOL! Otherwise edge beading is edge beading. Picot is most common way with three beads... well it starts with 3 beads and then you add on two at a time from there... http://beadwork.about.com/library/weekly/blpicot.htm __________________ Don't worry that it's not good enough for anyone else to hear... just sing, sing a song.

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NCheyGirl21 Wife To A Marine Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Michigan Posts: 675 Blog Entries: 2	Thanks. I'll have to try that when I get back to my beading this weekend. ..Edit.. My cousin was suppose to teach me but now that she is gone I have to teach myself and I don't know anybody else to do it for me or teach me. Last edited by MizzJingleChic19; 07-07-2006 at 04:04 PM.

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chazziff YO!! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in a big sleigh bed Posts: 6,517	that is the easiest .. LMAO @ get someone else to do it

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wyo_rose Teenah's Too Cool Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Fort Washakie Posts: 8,037 Blog Entries: 2	The easiest for me, after getting someone else to do it ;), is to just "loop" the beads on the edge. Thick things like a buckle might take 5-7 beads, and thinner things like braid ties might take 3-5 beads. You sew your backing on first with no beads. Then you take your needle and go out through the backing so your thread is sticking out through the backing and the front of the item is facing you. Put on the beads. Hold it in place to make sure that's the right number of beads. Move one beads-width over from where your thread came out the back, but take your needle and you're going to push it through from the front straight through to the back, close to the original beading. Pull tight. Repeat. I like to put knots in every few stitches to keep any possible blow-outs from spreading. You get something like a rope edge. THAT'S my easiest way. Other than not edge beading at all!

07-13-2006, 12:51 PM	#6 (permalink)
Redstone Numunnu Teh-da Puku Nu Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 230	I agree with Blackbear, the 3 down to start and pick up two thereafter is the way I do my edging. Just completed edging a set of cloth tabs and aprons. I have done more edging this year than I think I have my whole life. Also edged two sets of straight dance sashes made out of tradecloth too! I hope I don't have to edge anymore for a while.

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