Chic Handbag

Bead Embroidery Japanese Style - Intermediate Level - Chic Handbag (Design © JEC)
Bead Embroidery on White Nishijin Silk
Chic Purse is an intermediate project. Ms. Reiko Matsukawa, author of “Bead Embroidery Bag Textbook” created the Chic Purse design (© JEC) using raised and couching techniques. Using different bead cuts along with sizes created fascinating shading. The beads used are Tri-cut beads and glass seed beads either in a gold/silver color scheme or black and gunmetal color scheme. The foundation fabric is white Nishijin silk or black Shusu silk. The piece is stitched on a traditional Japanese Embroidery frame.