Art of Bead Embroidery

We have chosen bead embroidery as our main beadwork technique for our embellished pieces. This type of beadwork focuses on the use of needle and thread to sew beads on the surface of fabrics. Through continuous learning, coupled with experience, our designs have evolved from simple patterns to detailed designs using a variety of beads.

Here's how we make these embellished pieces:

1. First ,we draw the design on a black felt cloth.
2. We start lining the edges of the design and stitch larger beads on areas that we want to highlight.
3. We cover the remaining spaces with seed or cut beads.
4. We then cut off the extra felt to take the form of the design.
5. We cover the back with fabric.  

 This peacock fascinator was commissioned by Dra. Angelene, which she wore on her hosting event, during the Cardio-Pulmo and Pedia Christmas Party at the Philippine Hear Center.

 We made a snake inspired necklace in time for Chinese New Year 2013. We chose the color emerald since it has been declared color of the year by Pantone, worldwide leaders in color.

 

My personal project. This is my interpretation of  the "Koi". 

 KOI VISIONS by PJ Valenciano

This dragonfly and tulip necklace was designed by Gracie Rosas who's based in Singapore. We executed her design using bead embroidery. 

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Treasure in Loose Materials

Over the years of making accessories, we have accumulated excess materials from previous projects. We make it our personal motto not to throw away materials so that they're available for future use. Sometimes new designs present themselves from these loose materials.

This necklace belonged to our Teardrops Collection for 2011. We gathered loose materials in hues of brown, orange and pink. Using wiring we bunched the loose beads to form the main design of this necklace.  The materials used were shells, murano, mother of pearl and agate stones.

In making this fabric-felt cuff, we used the remaining laces from our lace wrapped bangle collection. Since we had  a lot of gem-like craft beads at our disposal, we used them to decorate this cuff.

This piece, Letters to Calypso, is a combination of wax thread, assorted German Crystals and seed beads. We have been stocking the wax thread for a long a time while the assorted German Crystals on the other hand were from a previous project.

  

And our Stillness of the Butterfly cuffs and necklaces continue to be our bestseller even after a year of its release. 

Before buying new materials, we try our best to make the best use of materials on hand, especially in creating new collections. With a pinch of resourcefulness and imagination, new designs are born. Share your new treasures with us. Leave a link to your blog and let's share ideas!

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Guess what, you can also create new accessories from old ones. You can increase the longevity and usefulness 

of materials lying around. 

Recycle, Reuse and Restyle
Don't let old jewelries and accessories pile up on your closet and get them revamped into a whole new style! Surrender your accessories to us and we'll recreate them into a prettier and more up-to-date masterpiece! Contact us now at info@palamutishop.com so that we could start working on them asap!