#Beading

[allonsybadwolf]

do I need more hobbies? no. did I buy beading supplies anyways? yes.

first attempt at beading (specifically loom beading) and I'm having a great time!

also nobody told me there would be weaving in ends. I literally cannot escape weaving in ends. IT'S JUST BEADS you think HOW COULD THERE BE ENDS well guess what it's strings on a loom and now you're weaving in ends like a SUCKER it's INESCAPABLE.

[cicada-heart]

rainbow trout & sardine earrings ✨🐟 handmade with vintage and salvaged beads- available in my shop soon ❤️

etsy

[treasures-and-beauty]

Beaded octopus necklace by CafeBijou (2018, Russia)

[ghw-archive]

Evening dress, Mark Mooring for Bergdorf Goodman, 1942

[frostedmagnolias]

Dress

c. 1890-1892

Grand Rapids Public Museum

[angelacostumery]

I finished it! Only 38 days past the deadline. That is what happens when you're self employed but also a terrible boss.

Anyway, this took me a ridiculous length of time.

It's made from a polyester/rayon faille with a glittery gold mesh overlay and a velvet mesh overlay. Appliques were cut from the velvet and arranged and hand sewn together around the hem, collar, cuffs, and sleeves.

The beading and lace details you see on the collar is repeated around the entire hem, using over six-thousand beads.

The belt and bow is fully beaded by hand, it began as a strip of plain eyelet lace.

Perhaps one day I will have worn photos to share. Today is not that day. But I can share a one hour video documenting the process of making this!

[fashionsfromhistory]

Evening Dress

c.1912

United States

New Canaan Museum & Historical Society

[cream-and-coffee-king]

Idk who wants to see em but I made some circus guys out of beads and upcycled jewelry.

[paletapessoal]

See-through beaded and embroidered overdress with blue velvet bodice and cream silk evening dress, 1910-15

Hallwyl costume collection

[rareartifice]

Beaded celestial snake embroidery

[cicada-heart]

beaded pink sardine earrings ✨ handmade with vintage and salvaged beads + sequins! these have sold but i have a similar pair in stock currently & a shop update with new earrings coming soon ❤️

etsy

[artschoolglasses]

Ensemble from Thom Browne, Spring/Summer 2018

From the Met Museum

[ghw-archive]

"Les Muguets" (Lilies of the Valley) white silk organdie evening dress embroidered with silk thread and sequins by Hubert de Givenchy, 1955

[nosnexus]

IT IS FINISHED!

I don’t want to know how many hours it took, but it turned out rad as hell so I’m not even mad. I’m now the proud owner of an orange bead curtain 💙