Christmas Ornament Bead Embroidery Kit "Small fish"

“Small fish” is a pale fish brooch of pearls and crystals with a pink feather tail.

What the picture shows

The fish swims sideways with its dorsal fin raised. The body is filled with white and pearl microbeads, and the scales are marked with pearls of three kinds — set in rows, they give volume without adding colour. A line of silvery bugle beads runs along the back, an arc of fine beads separates the head, and the eye is a single small rondelle. The tail is not beaded but made of pink decorative feathers on a ribbon, so it stays light and moves. The design is printed on the canvas, stitched densely inside the outline, then cut out and assembled.

What is in the kit

• Art canvas with a full-colour design printed on it — no need to follow a chart on screen
• Czech Preciosa beads, 15 colours
• Preciosa microbeads No. 13, 3 colours
• A microbead embroidery needle
• Thread for bead embroidery
• Decorative glass stones: rondelle — 15 pcs, bugle beads — 2 types (4 pcs), a leaf, a bicone, pearls — 3 types (19 pcs)
• Decorative feathers on a ribbon
• Findings for assembling the brooch: a decorative clasp
• Step-by-step illustrated instructions for the embroidery and for finishing the piece

Specifications

• Article: AD-201
• Finished piece size: 62×51 mm (2.44×2.01 in)
• Base: art canvas with a printed design
• Bead colours: 15
• Number of beads: approx. 373
• Difficulty: average
• Technique: bead and stone embroidery, brooch assembly

The finished fish is 62×51 mm, not counting the feathers. The kit holds 15 bead colours and the level is average. The gentle palette of white, pearl and pink suits a jumper as easily as a summer dress. The kit holds about 373 beads in 15 colours, so the work usually spreads over a few evenings.