Fishbone: this is a lovely stitch that is mainly used for feathers, leaves or petals.

Satin Stitch: satin stitch is mainly used as a filler stitch to cover large areas e.g flowers. In the middle of the flower I have used a french knot.

Different jacobean stitches

This is a Chain stitch. It is done by making a normal stitch but not pulling the tread all they way through the fabric. you then make the next stitch by putting the needle through the loop left by the previous stitch.

Jacobean Embroidery

Jacobean embroidery refers to embroidery styles that flourished in the reign of King James I of England in first quarter of the 17th century.
The term is usually used today to describe a form of crewel embroidery used for furnishing characterized by fanciful plant and animal shapes worked in a variety of stitches with two-ply wool yarn on linen. Popular motifs in Jacobean embroidery, especially curtains for bed hangings, are the Tree of Life and stylized forests, usually rendered as exotic plants arising from a landscape or terra firma with birds, stags, squirrels, and other familiar animals. There are many different techniques of jacobean embroidery which create the look.

This is the Dior dress that i am trying to recreate. As you can see it consists of a large amount of beading. The dress was made 1954 and had a team of 25 beaders at any one time, It took a year to make. i am going to use the same techniques that they did which include tambour beading and hand beading. The dress is called 'Chambord'

Some more samples

These are some samples I did. I used a mixture of Tambour beading and hand beading to create the flowers. This sample is for a Dior dress I am trying to recreate.

Adding beads

To add the beads:

Thread the beads onto you real of thread before making your knot on you fabric.

Make the knot at the start of your pattern.

Now when you start you first loop push one of you beads up to the top the fabric and then loop your thread around your hook behind your bead .

once you have managed to catch the thread to the hook you will then pull the tread back through the fabric to form a loop on the other side. when pulling the needle out make sure the hook is in the opposit

e direction to the way you entered ( pull at a slight angle)

repeat this pushing the needle through the loop each time to form a chain. as you may notice you don't have any beads attached yet.....the technique is vital so make sure you are comfortable with that before you attach any beads.

you will now twist the needle so the hook is facing away from you preferably in the opposite direction of your work. then wrap the thread from the back around the hook.

you will now push your needle through the fabric just in front of your knot. the technique is to push the needle through the fabric with the hook facing you

Getting Started

Equipment needed

Tambour Hook
Embroidery Hoop perferably with a stand
A real of thread
Sequins or beads
Organza

Place your fabric into an embroidery hoop. As a beginner it is best to start with an organza that you can see through. To start off you will need your real of thread (in tambour beading your thread will always be connected to the real so don't cut off a length) and your tambour hook. Three small stitches using the end of the thread will secure you thread to the fabric. (as shown in the picture)

Teaching

I started to teach my fellow students tambour beading. tambour beading is a dying trade so by teaching I was hoping to keep the skill from dying out........here is how i did it...

this I a view from the back of the sample. If you look at it closely you will be able to the small loops that are used to fasten the beads and sequins to the front of the fabric. tambour beading is a fast and efficient way off beading, but if one of the loops is dropped or the thread is broken you risk losing all your work, as all the beads will fall off

My Samples

this is a sample I did using tambour beading.

this is an example of what tambour beading looks like when completed

Tambour Hook

This is a Tambour Hook it is used to pull the thread through the fabric and attach a bead or sequin.

Tambour Beading

Tambour beading is a form of beading that was invented in 1770. It is a technique of beading that has never been influenced by any era or fashion, because of this it has been used in a large amount of contexts. tambour beading consists of using a tambour hook to pull thread through a fabric and attach beads from the back of the work.... hopefully from my research and photos you will be able to understand how it is done...and maybe learn!