The People Chose Beads

   

This SAL is all about what you want to see on the blog. Each month I ask for suggestions for themes and then put them up to the members of the IHSW Group on FB to vote for their choice. This is what they have chosen:

June - Beads

July - Pets

August - Outer Space

I think there is one name that instantly springs to mind when we say "Beads" and that is Mill Hill.  They make the most popular and easily obtainable beads and also chart some fabulous designs using their beads, often combined with some stitching.

Here is Winter Wonderland, stitched on perforated paper:

And Xmas:

This little Halloween design is probably 50% beads:

As is this one - Frosted Heather Rose:

Just Nan uses a lot of beads to embellish her designs and you can see this in my most recent sampler finish; Lily Pond:

Some designs can be 90% beads such as my Stitchonomy Snowflake SAL:

And some have them to enhance the 3D effect of an ornament, such as this Sue Hillis Christmas Tree:

Going through my photos, almost any of my projects could have been chosen for this month!  I do like a little bit of bling.

And now it's over to you.  All you have to do is make a post on the theme of Series of Beads, mention The People's Choice SAL (you can copy the picture I used at the top of this post and in my side bar) and my blog. Please link up using the URL of the actual blog post, not the home page of your blog.   I look forward to seeing what you all post.

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Finally, I need your suggestions for the next poll.  Anything, no matter how obscure, weird or random will go into the poll.  Keep the theme suggestions to a single word or two - so you could have Cats, or Green, or Holidays, or Warmth etc.   Really anything which could be illustrated in cross stitch.