TAST 2010 Week 3 Beaded Hedebo Edge
This week I am going to introduce a stitch I discovered in the A-Z of Embroidery Stitches: v. 2
It is called Beaded Hedebo Edge and consists of a foundation row of cross stitches which are then worked over in beads and scalloped with a form of buttonhole.
For purposes of this sample I used 3m beads, tapestry needle size 26 and perle 8 thread.
A note for those who did not do TAST 1. You may want to take a look at up and down buttonhole stitch because the the second part of working up and down buttonhole is the same hand action as the knotted buttonhole stitch on Beaded Hedebo Edge.
How to work Beaded Hedebo Edge
First make a line of half cross stitches almost as if you were working alternating cross stitch but make every second stitch longer.
Make the return run to complete the cross stitches.
Bring the needle to the front at 'A' and thread a seed bead on your needle.
Take it back into the fabric at 'B'
Your bead will sit at an angle as illustrated.
Bring your needle out of the fabric at 'C'
Pass your needle upwards under both bars of the cross stitch but NOT through the fabric.
Wrap the thread behind the needle as illustrated. (Don't worry about the fact that I have already worked a stitch I just mucked up the first photo)
Pull the needle through in an upwards motion. Half way along the length of the thread change direction and move your hand downwards. This means you are stitching in an up and over motion.
As you tighten the thread slightly a loop is made at the bottom of the bar.
Pull until snug.
NOTE: Your are not stitching through the fabric
Continue along the cross bars until the bars are snug, packed with stitches.
Take your needle to the back at the base of the bar
Bring your needle out at the base of the small cross stitch, take up a bead thread it on your needle. Take your needle to the back at the top of the stitch.
Bring your needle out at the base of the long cross stitch ready to repeat the process again.
Continue in this manner until you have worked all the bars.
How to join in.
Work an example of the stitch. Experiment a bit , photograph it, and put it on your flickr site or write about it on your blog. Please remember to link back to here so others can find the challenge too
Come here to this post and leave a comment to tell everyone where your site is. (Click on the title and it will take you to this post on an individual page if you bookmark it you can find it again)
Visit a few sites of people who have already left a comment. See what they have done. I am sure everyone will enjoy following the links left in the comments. If you have time, let other people know on their site that you have seen their work.
Other groups and networks
You can also share your explorations with other members on stitchin fingers group and the flickr TAST site
All posts relating to this challenge are in the Take a Stitch Tuesday category and the guidelines and list of participants is here.
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Reader Comments (35)
I have been perusing you site for quite a while and just began to feel guilty for not letting you know how much I enjoy seeing all the diverse ways you manipulate stitches. You site is very inspiring indeed. Some day I hope to have time to try every single stitch. Until then, I will simply enjoy your handiwork! Thanks for taking the time to share with all your loyal readers!
wow!!
Nice stitch.
Let me try it.
viji
bwilliams
thanks for such a nice note I appreciate it when people who normally are readers take the time to leave a comment.It is nice to know you enjoy the site.
Thank you Sharon for your comment at my blog. I had a great time exploring the first 2 stitches. My first experiments with the beaded Hedebo edge are at my blog.
I LOVE this stitch! Thank you so much for your WONDERFUL step by step instructions on this site. I've learned SO much in the past couple of weeks. HuGGs! Debi
a must try stitch
thank you Sharon
hi Sharon,
i would like to echo what ever bwilliams has written above.
your site is like an encylopedia for me. i have started following it since 2 months now. its the homepage for my browserand every morning i wait to see what is new post. Thank you so much...it really builds my interest even more now.THANK YOU
Solo queria decirte que este es el que me resulta más fácil de los tres que llevamos. Me gustaría tener tu correo para poder mandarte una foto de cada puntada cómo me ha salido, pero no lo encuentro por ningún sitio.
Si puedes pásate por mi blog (http://ptcruz-puntadaapuntada.blogspot.com) o mándame un correo a bpn000@gmail.com y así mandarte las fotos
muchas gracias por enseñarnos tanta maravilla. Bss
I added my post for this week...well 1/2 of it. Pictures of weeks 1-3 coming tomorrow! :)
I had given a trial and posted at the flickr TAST site.
viji
hi sharon
thank you so much for teaching us this beautiful edging...have uploaded the pictures in my blog. i think i have to try some more possibilities, must be next week:-)
This is my 2nd trial.
viji
I did the stitch and posted it and last week's on my blog this morning. http://focus-on-fiber.blogspot.com Thanks for showing them to us. I love to collect stitches.
A very pretty stitch . Thank you for choosing this Sharon or it might have been a while before I actually tried it. I have purchased stitch books but find that I still stay with safe favorites most of the time. Taking on TAST 2 is actually making me expand my stitch repertoire.
Hi Sharon,
I posted my attempts at the Beaded Hedebo Stitch on my blogsite http://shirleystwistedthreads.blogspot.com/.
Sorry still haven't worked out how to do this link again.
Enjoyed working this after a bit of trial and error, but did not get the tensions right. Looking forward to next week.
Hello Sharon,
Finished with my trials and thanks for all the efforts you take to introduce every Tuesday a new stitch.......I sincerely admire your work.
Hi Sharon,
I like this stitch! My workout for it is on my blog
its:
http://smockerytast.blogspot.com
I am stitching with much pleasure. You can see the result in my photos of stitching fingers (Anneliese Perinic) or on my photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/stitchinwoman
Great stitch, Sharon! I'm playing "catch up" with the TAST after just getting back from vacation. I've posted pictures of my exploration of Week 1 - Diamond Stitch in my blog http://www.timeforstitching.blogspot.com/ and on my Flicker site.http://www.flickr.com/photos/creativelady/ as well as the TAST group. I will catch up on the other stitches by the end of the weekend and will add them as have them done. I plan to use each month's stiches in a crazy quilt piece at the end of that month, adding secondary stitches and embellishers. I'll post that then.
Hi Sharon, my picture post is up on flickr. Beaded Hedebo Edge was a lot of fun. A very useful stitch to know.
I have posted this weeks stitches to links below. There are details on my Wordpress blog.
Do I love this stitch? I most surely do.
http://crazyqstitcher.wordpress.com/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/crazyqstitcher/
I really liked this one, which is something for me as I usually avoid beads...Picture on Flickr and my blog. Thanks Sharon.
My stitch samples are on the flickr group.
It is SO good to have a reason to try new stitches. Thanks Sharon. I have posted this weeks stitch sample to by blog http://www.carorose.typepad.com and to the Flickr group.
all right, here's my sample.
http://silversistersstudio.blogspot.com/2010/03/tast-beaded-hedebo-edge.html
I've finally catch up :-).
Haven't experiment with them... yet . But for now just
practice them and had fun in doing so !
Thanks for hosting this TAST2 !
You can see my practice stitches half way on this post:
http://myfirstbambina.blogspot.com/2010/03/loving-spring-image-heavy.html
Thanks for the tutorial! I looked at this stitch before but couldn't follow the other person's instructions. Thanks for the step-by-step. I'll try to post a photo of my hedebo work.
Hi Sharon
I have finished my sample for Beaded Hedebo Edge -another good one to stitch.
Doreen G
http://doreeng.blogspot.com/
hi Sharon,
just added my sample for Beaded hedebo ....
http://riddhi-kapoor.blogspot.com/2010/03/blog-post.html#comments
from the next one ie week 4 , i plan to do the border in TAST 1 week 4, and numeral in TAST2 week 4....it is becoz i did not take part in TAST 1.
Sounds interesting na? it will build up my Stitch library.
BIG THANK U 2 U !!!!!!!!!
hmm this is on my blog, I did some variations that were not quite right but finally in the last two bits of the last piece I stitched got it right according to Doreen.
A lovely stitch to know.
oops! forgot to leave a message.this one i really liked, thank you!
check out my stitching
http://amovablefeast.blogspot.com
Here we go, complete with graphed doodles: http://www.flickr.com/photos/37200176@N07/
Cutting it close, but I finished week three. I think I am the only one who didn't enjoy this stitch. I just couldn't get it to look as clean as I wanted.
This stitched was easy ... I remember it on my grandmother's hankies ... minus the beads. Thanks Sharon!
I haven't had much time but I did manage to sneak in a bit of fun with Knotted loop and beaded hedebro. Photos over at my blog. One of these days I'll get over to Flickr and put them up there, too. :) I hope I find time for this week's stitch. It's so beautiful!