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Kirsten M @piperewan.bsky.social

This was today and is tomorrow. I picked off the beads, so I could hem it. Not a big hem, but it still took almost 3 hours just to remove the beads. Tomorrow is picking off and clipping threads, then sewing the actual hem.

A Mac Dougal beaded dress in a heap on the cutting table. It is a king of peachy taupe mesh with antiqued silver glass bugle beads. The bottom has just been cut off, and the cut edges are a few inches apart. The beads haven’t been removed from the bottom of the dress at this point.
aug 21, 2025, 1:23 am • 4 0

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Kirsten M @piperewan.bsky.social

7 hours. Removed 4 rows of beads, fray checked at every cross, clipped and picked off the remaining thread, then hemmed it and the lining.

aug 22, 2025, 5:37 am • 1 0 • view
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Linda K Sienkiewicz @lindaksienkiewicz.com

That's a lot of work!

aug 21, 2025, 1:31 am • 0 0 • view
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Kirsten M @piperewan.bsky.social

It could be so much worse.

aug 21, 2025, 1:33 am • 0 0 • view