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0:00:07.330,0:00:10.599 Hi this is Julie with Beadaholique.com
and today I want to show you to create the
0:00:10.599,0:00:14.879 ladder stitch bail for a bead embroidered
cabochon or a bead focal point.
0:00:14.879,0:00:16.740 It doesn't have to be a cabochon.
0:00:16.740,0:00:19.949 In previous videos I've shown you how to do
all the different stitches for this and
0:00:19.949,0:00:23.289 now we need to know how to attach it to an
actually necklace.
0:00:23.289,0:00:26.419 So what you're going to need is the
thread you've been using.
I've got some
0:00:26.419,0:00:28.849 k.o.
black thread here.
0:00:28.849,0:00:32.839 This particular method is using
two needles.
It's going to be a double
0:00:32.839,0:00:36.800 needled method.
I have two size thirteen beading needles
0:00:36.800,0:00:40.570 and you'll need some of the bead seeds you
used in your project to carry along the
0:00:40.570,0:00:42.570 color theme and make sure everything
matches.
0:00:42.570,0:00:45.140 Here are some really petite
little black ones and these things
0:00:45.140,0:00:46.890 called gold ones.
0:00:46.890,0:00:49.500 So to begin I've got this pico edge.
0:00:49.500,0:00:54.210 So to make my bail, I first want to
fill in a little gaps.
Like if you think
0:00:54.210,0:00:58.100 of it as little teeth like a zipper.
I wanna fill those in first.
0:00:58.100,0:00:59.760 So I'm going to find
0:00:59.760,0:01:03.790 an area on my cabochon which is just
slightly off-center.
0:01:03.790,0:01:06.360 I think I'm going to start right here.
0:01:06.360,0:01:09.050 Take my needle
0:01:09.050,0:01:12.510 thread it through
0:01:12.510,0:01:15.730 the pico edge, the little bead right there.
0:01:15.730,0:01:17.020 Pull it so it's about
0:01:17.020,0:01:19.390 halfway along my thread.
0:01:19.390,0:01:23.360 For the bail I'm gonna
cut myself a yard of thread
0:01:23.360,0:01:24.829 I'm going to take one
0:01:24.829,0:01:27.830 of my little black beads
0:01:27.830,0:01:28.740 and then I'm gonna
0:01:28.740,0:01:29.770 go ahead
0:01:29.770,0:01:33.060 go through the next little pico edge
0:01:33.060,0:01:35.070 and pull.
0:01:35.070,0:01:42.070 Just going to fill in that gap.
You want more
0:01:42.760,0:01:44.620 and pull.
0:01:44.620,0:01:47.900 I have a nice a platform to start
from.
You can see that that's all filled
0:01:47.900,0:01:51.480 in and I want to actually go to the
process of creating my bail.
0:01:51.480,0:01:53.819 I'm going to do a ladder stitch.
I'm doing the
0:01:53.819,0:01:57.399 double needle method.
I'm choosing to do it this way just because it goes so fast
0:01:57.399,0:01:59.689 and it's so easy
0:01:59.689,0:02:02.000 this'll be done in no time.
0:02:02.000,0:02:03.570 I'm going to take
0:02:03.570,0:02:05.050 one of my needles
0:02:05.050,0:02:06.900 and place three
0:02:06.900,0:02:10.569 beads onto it.
0:02:10.569,0:02:12.100 I've made sure that
0:02:12.100,0:02:15.869 I'm pretty much at the center here.
0:02:15.869,0:02:18.039 Pull those beads down a little bit.
0:02:18.039,0:02:20.680 Criss-cross my threads.
0:02:20.680,0:02:27.680 Take my other needle and go in the
opposite direction.
0:02:27.980,0:02:29.979 I've essentially created a loop.
0:02:29.979,0:02:34.119 I'm going to pull my needle through
0:02:34.119,0:02:35.599 and pull
0:02:35.599,0:02:38.699 the beads all the way down.
0:02:38.699,0:02:42.239 I'm going to tug.
It doesn't need to be super tight.
And work with the
0:02:42.239,0:02:44.650 tension of your thread as you go
0:02:44.650,0:02:46.339 but you'll also see that you have
0:02:46.339,0:02:49.239 room to go back and adjust your tension
later on.
0:02:49.239,0:02:52.199 In his particular project you usually don't
put on this one
0:02:52.199,0:02:54.309 there's a little bit more leeway.
0:02:54.309,0:02:57.459 And three more beads
0:02:57.459,0:03:02.290 pull them down a little bit.
0:03:02.290,0:03:05.689 Take your other needle and go through
those same three beads criss-crossing
0:03:05.689,0:03:06.799 your threads
0:03:06.799,0:03:10.269 within the beads.
0:03:10.269,0:03:11.659 Pull them down.
0:03:11.659,0:03:13.989 Got a nice little loop right there
0:03:13.989,0:03:18.339 and just pull those down so they sit
right on top of your previous rows.
0:03:18.339,0:03:23.049 Then pickup three more
0:03:23.049,0:03:25.139 pull down a little bit.
0:03:25.139,0:03:28.589 With my other needle
0:03:28.589,0:03:35.589 go through those same three, criss-cross,
0:03:35.719,0:03:37.919 pull down.
0:03:37.919,0:03:42.109 You can see right here that you adjust
your tension as you go.
0:03:42.109,0:03:45.779 See that they're not very tight all you have
to do
0:03:45.779,0:03:48.609 pull those threads and they tighten
right up.
0:03:48.609,0:03:52.119 So you're gonna keep doing the same
act of three beads and criss cross your
0:03:52.119,0:03:56.049 threads, pull-down until you get your
beading double the length of the bail
0:03:56.049,0:03:59.839 that you want.
So let's say you want a bail to be this long, about half an inch
0:03:59.839,0:04:02.569 you would bead an inch because we're going
to loop it over
0:04:02.569,0:04:04.429 and secure it on the back.
0:04:04.429,0:04:06.179 If you want an one-inch bail
0:04:06.179,0:04:10.539 you're gonna go ahead and make two
inches of this ladder stitch bead.
0:04:10.539,0:04:14.209 So let's go do that and then I'll show
you how to loop it around and finish off
0:04:14.209,0:04:15.659 your bail.
0:04:15.659,0:04:19.699 As you can see I've stitched almost an inch
for my bail here.
I want about an half an
0:04:19.699,0:04:23.129 inch bail.
I'm going to do another row or so.
You can see I've just been doing the
0:04:23.129,0:04:24.770 same process
0:04:24.770,0:04:26.800 this whole time.
0:04:26.800,0:04:29.590 I got my three seed beads
0:04:29.590,0:04:32.809 go ahead and pull them down the thread.
0:04:32.809,0:04:35.889 I know this is repetitive but sometimes
it's good to see it over again to see
0:04:35.889,0:04:37.189 how it's done.
0:04:37.189,0:04:40.610 Just pull them down until
0:04:40.610,0:04:43.020 they're flush against your last row.
0:04:43.020,0:04:47.180 So I got the length that I want.
You can see the tension is still little wonky.
0:04:47.180,0:04:51.419 Just going to adjust that right now.
Make sure I'm happy with the tension at this point.
0:04:51.419,0:04:54.339 If you have any gaps just cinch them up.
0:04:54.339,0:04:57.719 You can see it does kind of ripple a
little bit, don't worry about that.
When you
0:04:57.719,0:05:02.599 have it hanging on a necklace, the gravity
is going to actually pull it down to so it's going to
lay flat.
0:05:02.599,0:05:04.659 We need to loop it ever
0:05:04.659,0:05:06.110 and connect it to the
0:05:06.110,0:05:07.469 cabochon again.
0:05:07.469,0:05:11.099 So what we're going to do is turn it over
0:05:11.099,0:05:13.229 take one of your needles
0:05:13.229,0:05:14.560 and go back through
0:05:14.560,0:05:16.279 those original beads
0:05:16.279,0:05:18.659 the black ones along the edge here.
0:05:18.659,0:05:22.720 These are the ones we started with if
you remember.
0:05:22.720,0:05:28.479 Just going to do this.
0:05:28.479,0:05:32.580 Make sure you go through all the ones you
started with.
0:05:32.580,0:05:35.069 Pull that through.
0:05:35.069,0:05:38.899 Don't pull too tightly yet because it's going
to be a little easier to do this
0:05:38.899,0:05:40.280 if you know.
0:05:40.280,0:05:43.630 I have a little bit of a gap right there.
I'm going to take my needle in
0:05:43.630,0:05:49.960 opposite direction.
So again we're just criss-crossing
0:05:49.960,0:05:53.689 This is why we're using a smaller needle
we've got a size thirteen
0:05:53.689,0:05:55.909 beading needle going on here because it
0:05:55.909,0:06:01.110 just makes it so much easier to go
through these beads.
0:06:01.110,0:06:03.669 Pull again.
0:06:03.669,0:06:06.259 Now at this point
0:06:06.259,0:06:09.599 I want to pull both my threads
0:06:09.599,0:06:15.249 and let that just loop around.
0:06:15.249,0:06:19.789 Work on my tension
0:06:19.789,0:06:23.129 and there you go.
0:06:23.129,0:06:25.060 Pull tightly.
0:06:25.060,0:06:28.750 You've made a loop.
You can see we've got your bail right here we have an area
0:06:28.750,0:06:29.509 right here
0:06:29.509,0:06:31.900 you can thread some beads or a chain.
0:06:31.900,0:06:35.209 So that's all you need to do to create
the ladder stitch bail
0:06:35.209,0:06:38.669 and then to tie off your thread you'll just
do it as you do with any other bead embriodery
0:06:38.669,0:06:42.579 or bead weaving project just your thread
back into your bead work
0:06:42.579,0:06:46.189 and ties it off as usual.
We have another video up showing how to do
0:06:46.189,0:06:47.889 that on beadaholique.com
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