Beading takes too long!!

The Dragon Ladies are working on a beaded mermaid, a project out of the new book by Margaret Ball, Embeadery. This is the third Sunday we've worked on this and we're still not done. We must be really slow! Actually none of us are beaders but we're having fun with this. The book is easy to follow and I can see a lot of uses for some of the stitches. Her book, in case you don't know, translates traditional embroidery stitches into beadery stitches. I have noticed that we do chat more when we're beading than when we're working on dolls. I would think it would take more concentration to bead than sew. Kind of surprising. This isn't a stuffed figure - it's flat. I still have half the doll to edge stitch, which I'm doing in a modified picot wrap type thing, and dangles still need to be made for her arms. Then if we decide to make the mermaids into necklaces we'll need to make one of those. At least we don't have to worry about starting a new project soon!

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