Project designed by Diana Vandervoort. Materials: 20-mm bead
Scotch tape
Ultraloft batting
crewel or tapestry yarn
sewing thread
3/16-inch or five-millimeter wide paper strips, six inches long
pins with colored heads or applique pins
metallic embroidery thread
DMC four- or six-ply rayon floss embroidery thread
Kreinik or Rainbow Gallery 1/16-inch metallic ribbon
sharp needles with large eyes
needle nose pliers
flat-sided pliers
spacer beads - black, gold
gold chain spacers Steps: Wrap the bead 1. String a bead onto a three-inch piece of wire (figure A). Make a tab on both ends or the wire to prevent the bead from slipping off. 2. Wrap a 2" x 1" piece of Ultraloft batting around a wooden bead (figure B). Wrap the bead with crewel or tapestry wool to hold it in place. 3. Wrap yarn randomly over the batting (figure C), rounding the ball with fingers. Continue turning the bead while wrapping until all of the batting is completely covered. 4. Randomly wrap the outer layer of the sewing thread until the yarn wrap is covered. Thread large stitches deeply into the ball. Measure the bead 5. Wrap a paper strip around the bead and cut off the excess length of the strip. Establish north and south poles with wire. Fold the paper strip into fourths and notch the folds with scissors. 6. Establish a horizontal line at the equator by placing pins into the bead's surface around the middle. 7. Fold a paper strip into eighths and notch the folds. Wrap the strip around the equator and place pins at each of the notches (figure D). 8. Thread a needle with 16 inches of metallic embroidery thread and knot the end. Thread the needle so that it exits at the north pole. Wrap gold thread vertically around the bead at each 1/8 mark around the equator (figure E). Tack the intersection of the threads with small cross stitches. Stitch the pattern 9. Cut 18 inches of rayon embroidery floss or metallic ribbon. Using a herringbone stitch, create a slanted line in one of the vertical sections of the bead, creating zig zags from the north pole to the south pole. 10. Turn the bead upside down, making the south pole the north pole, and the north pole the south pole (figure F). Stitch zigzags in the same manner in step nine. The lines will cross, creating thin Xs extending from the north pole to the south pole, and diamond shapes will form on the top of the bead. 11. Create three more layers of zigzags using the same basic stitch and different colors of thread or ribbon (figure G). 12. Sew an obi line around the circumference of the equator to secure the thread or ribbon (figure H).
RESOURCES :
embroidery floss and Aida cloth
Available at local craft and fabric stores.
DMC Corporation
Website: www.dmc-usa.com
Poly-fil Ultra-Loft batting
Available at Michaels, Jo-Ann Etc. and Wal-Mart.
Fairfield Processing Corp.
Danbury, CT
US
Phone: 203-744-2090
Toll Free Phone: 800-980-8000
E-mail: consumer@poly-fil.com
Website: www.poly-fil.com
GUESTS :
Diana Vandervoort
Author and Temari Expert
Website: www.temari.com
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