Hi this Julie with Beadaholique.com and this is the third installment on our
series on how to do Soutache bead embroidery. Going over some basic steps
and in this series we're gonna make this earring from start to finish. In the
first two segments we learned how to add a bead and start our Soutache, make
shaping stitches around the outside so that it
goes ahead and lays against the bead
and then we learned how to make a two-sided join
this whole time we've been using our same needle and thread, we haven't tied
any actual knots
and now with our thread exiting to the left
of our main bead, our center bead. I'm going to show you how to add
another bead which is going to be making your first
side swirl and I am going to show you how to end your stack
so that we can make
the first half of
this earring
to do that we wanna grab another bead
I'm going to use this little four millimeter bead right here
slide it down so it rests right up where your two sided join
was
separate out you Soutache cords so you have three on one side and three on the
another side. As you do more Soutache there are a lot of different options you can do
you can separate them out any which way you like, add beads in between
but for this basic one I want you to keep your three together on each side
go ahead
and just to wrap
bend around that little bead
and take note
where
the hole is in relation to were the threads are
right there is where we want to place our needle
going through all three
of our Soutache braids
coming out the center
where that little groove is
on the outer one
or what we are going to turn into
the outer one which was the inner one before
pull that
you made your first bend
now we do need to make a couple shaping stitches before we can pull
all these cords to the backside and tie them off
remember to make a shaping stitch
we're gonna go on the outside
down through all three of them
coming out that
middle
core
always stay in the middle
It's going to hide your stitches it's also going to make it so that it's more stable
and go up
and one more outside shaping stitches before we pull this to the back side
so now those are going to be held together
much more so than up here where you can see
now I want you to keep actually take
your cords
and pull them
the backside
now holding that place where you want them
go ahead and take your needle
and actually go ahead and put it through
your cords
to the front side of your work
insert your needle back down through your work. Now going from the front to the back
try to get your needle as close to your exit point as a possible
cuz you don't want to have your threads to show
go all the way through
now come back up
make sure your cords are still how you want them. We've got that nice swirl
to them
and go back down through one that has not been tacked
down already
go from back to front
all the way through
and pull
kind where you exited where your thread is coming
out the front
and try to insert your needle again close to exit point as possible
go back all the way through
you are literally sewing this in place
you don't really see my threads because I am going
back through as close to that exit point as possible
I want to go ahead
go through
the final one
I'm going to cover the back side, so I'm not all that concerned about what the back
is gonna look like
I don't want it lumpy
does not have to be pretty
I'm going to one more for good measure
this is what I've got so far
this is what it looks like on the back
so now
go ahead
whip stitch around
our cords
take my needle
placing it between the cord and my finish piece
pulling it up
catching it there
I'm actually going to
start to go through the cords
whip stitch it in place
I'm trying to do it
fairly close up because I have to trim all these cords in a few minutes I
don't want my whip stitches out here
we've whip stitched it a couple times, now we need to trim our cord
you don't want to trim it too close to your stitching because they are going to
fray
do it about
fourteen of an inch, a little bit less actually
now here's a tip
because they are going to fray so much I'm going to actually trim them a
little bit more
and now I'm gonna tack them down
stitch through them
holding them down, take my needle
do the same process going front to back
you're gonna glue your foundation in place. Glue those down as well
but I just don't want them getting in my way because I'm going to have to do this other
side
I feel like they are nice and secure. They're not gonna go anywhere
I have to make sure that my needle exits
right here going in this direction so that I can mimic the same technique on
the other side
to do that
simply
go through your work
just make it so that your needle
exits where you want
you might have to
fish around a few times before you get used to this
you're going to pick up another bead and I'm going
to do this off camera because this is the same technique
as the other side
you take that bead
you again wrap it around, do you're shaping stitches
tie it off in the same exact manner
as you did on the back of this one
so go ahead and do that and then when we come back I'm going to show you how to make a
bridge with some little beads right here which is going to add a decorative element
and that's going to help to secure your join as well. So that's what we'll do in
part four
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