Poppy Pouch

Bead Embroidery Japanese Style - Intermediate Level - Poppy Pouch (Design © JEC)
Bead Embroidery on Black Shusu Silk
Poppy Pouch is an intermediate project. Ms. Reiko Matsukawa, author of “Bead Embroidery Bag Textbook” created the Poppy Pouch design (© JEC) to teach the raised technique. The beads used are various Tri-cut beads and glass seed beads either in a black & gold with rose flowers or white & gold with blue flowers. The foundation fabric is black Shusu silk or white Nishijin silk. The piece is stitched on a traditional Japanese Embroidery frame.