beaded embroidery on clothing

A preamble: I've been pretty low energy all week, being on antihistamines for a
wasp bite I got last weekend - I spent Sunday night in the waiting room of a
walk in clinic because my hand was swollen and I had a rash all the way up my
arm. (The doctor took pictures of my hand and arm to show to medical students -
my hand is going to be famous!) Four hours in the waiting room and I didn't
take anything to do with me, rats!

Well the wasps in my back yard are now history and I am beginning to recover
some energy. It was a really hot day, so I decided to finish sewing up a pair
of pants made from a couple of sarongs, dark blue with little fishies swimming
about, nice and cool for a hot day. I finished them up, put them on, and sat in
the canvas chair in the back yard. Ripped the back thigh out on a grommet.
Crikey!

So I was thinking of doing an applique of a sea horse over the rip. Do you
think beads would be too fragile, considering placement? I was just going to
fuse purple silk over the rip in the shape of the horse, do straight thread
embroidery, and put a few beads in for embellishment. Maybe a few little thread
tassels on the mane. Not really a piece that would launder well, but these are
definitely summer pants, which doesn't last long here.

Dora

On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 01:57:16 +0000, Bungadora wrote:
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So I was thinking of doing an applique of a sea horse over the rip. Do you
think beads would be too fragile, considering placement? I was just going to
fuse purple silk over the rip in the shape of the horse, do straight thread
embroidery, and put a few beads in for embellishment. Maybe a few little thread
tassels on the mane. Not really a piece that would launder well, but these are
definitely summer pants, which doesn't last long here.

Dora

Interesting concept.... I think it would be a bit too hard wearing
considering where they are ripped - IME, things like that don't last long
enough to be worth the effort...

Mavis

Yeah, you might be right. If the cloth rips that easily, it probably isn't
going to be the best base material for embroidery. I can't find my seahorse
pattern anyway. Too bad I don't have fishies left over. Or maybe I do. Off to
search the bags in the closet. (I cut these pants out 2 years ago.)
Dora

AmazeR

So I was thinking of doing an applique of a sea horse over the rip. Do you
think beads would be too fragile, considering placement? I was just going
to
fuse purple silk over the rip in the shape of the horse, do straight thread
embroidery, and put a few beads in for embellishment. Maybe a few little
thread
tassels on the mane. Not really a piece that would launder well, but these
are
definitely summer pants, which doesn't last long here.

Dora

Interesting concept.... I think it would be a bit too hard wearing
considering where they are ripped - IME, things like that don't last long
enough to be worth the effort...

Mavis