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Beading and Blackwork

On Sunday night I finished beading the first lotus and forgot to post about it.

I definitely think I’m going to try starting the beading differently, so that the petals that are “behind” the others actually look like they extend behind the others.

I didn’t have the energy/motivation/spoons to actually work on the blackwork until this evening.

I’m pretty happy with it. Since this one will probably not end up on the final trim, I might try putting beads in the center of each square. We’ll see how I feel when I finish the blackwork.

I have ordered some sew-on flat-backed pearls from Etsy. I’m hoping they’ll look good covering the messy ends at the center. They’ll probably show up some time in the next week.

Have a bonus picture of Zhenli:

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