The Flower Bed Cartouche pattern in the previous post was adapted to create a similar flower bed, this time with a few more techniques, threads, and many more beads.
To avoid using a lot pairs of passive pairs around the edge, I introduced a thick crochet thread which changed colour every inch, and had a pink lurex thread running through it. This thick thread worked with a standard size thread to make a pair. I added a row of large seed beads down the middle of the four passive pairs by using two workers, each worker having only two passive pairs to cloth stitch through.
Abandoning the traditional white thread, I used a rather juicy looking sap green thread, a vintage Sylco reel coming in about 29 wraps per centimeter, so about the same as a Finca 40.
Each tally flower has a plaited circle between the tally and the beaded flowerette. The flowerette has a larger seed bead in the center. The tallies are made with DMC variegated machine cotton, about 30 wraps per centimeter.
The weight of the beads could be problematical if thrown out threads were not fully secured, so for this piece, I used a double knot to secure them before throwing out. This meant that the piece is worked wrong side upwards, to avoid the knots, no matter how small, being seen along the edges.
The video tutorial for the Seed Bead Flowerette is to be found on my You Tube channel here
https://youtu.be/6HEan966E5w?si=ohbxYMqdM0qAIuZS
