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A couple of days ago I showed my first attempt at the St. Petersburg Chain Stitch, and I got really inspired…. Learning something new is sometimes exactly what the doctor ordered when I’m stuck and uninspired :-)… I had to unpick a row of what I had already beadwoven… I was originally making a triple St. Petersburg chain stitch, but once I made the centrepiece for the necklace, it just didn’t seem to work with it…. so I unpicked one of the rows leaving me with a double chain stitch, which works much better.
I bead-embroidered, bead-weaved and embellished the vintage emerald square Swarovski cabochons with lot and lots of Swarovski crystals in shades of turquoise/green and emerald. I used 3 different sizes to create a more 3-dimensional piece, in comparison to my usual more flat bead-embroidery and am so, so happy with how it came out!!!! :-) I love the colours, the sparkle, the shape, the feel but most of all I love how it looks on the body!!!
The St.Petersburg stitch was such a pleasure to learn and to execute that I’m sure I will be using a lot more of it in the near future… my next design will probably be a bracelet made using this technique… simply fun!!!! :-) In the meantime… here is what I created with my first St. Petersburg Chain Stitch – Emerald Queen:
That's beautiful :) I'm planning on doing some work in that stitch soon too :P
ReplyDeleteit's beautiful.. a fun and different base for your cabochon. Love the color too!
ReplyDeleteThat's a very beautiful interpretation of the St. Petersburg Chain. Very nice!
ReplyDeleteSimply stunning...I'm not usually a huge fan of green but I love this piece, the detail,and sparkle is wonderful!!!
ReplyDeleteCheers
I love the combination of colors and the work is stunning.
ReplyDeleteI really like Golden Pool. Before I read the rest of that blog post I thought that it looked great being so simple--now I know you did that with purpose.
erika
Amazing necklace, very nice colours!!
ReplyDeleteTriz,
ReplyDeleteI think you are becoming the beading queen. Another incredible piece.
Thank you all!!! :-) I really love working with this stitch and am in the middle of making/designing a bracelet... and what can I say... i'm still stuck on green and gold :-)
ReplyDeleteI'd love to lay my hands on them, looking so nice! Thanks for sharing
ReplyDeletehello,
ReplyDeletei like it very much. the model , colours...really very beautiful.can you give the colour of green and gold? i like green very much.. thanks..
bahars..