Crumpets anyone?

[celticdragonfly]

I'm looking at the Tea Rose color Cotton Fleece yarn I have to make a dress for Maggie out of. Looks like this dress is the one I'm going to do:
http://www.chiagu.com/crumpets.html

I'm trying to decide what color beads to go with - try to find a contrasting pink? Lilac? White?

Also wondering if I should order them to be mailed to me, or if anybody knows of a good place in the DFW area that sells size 6 glass seed beads? I don't know much about beads. Points for being on the FW side of things.

Comments

beads!

[dartpoly.livejournal.com]

Hobby Lobby
Michaels
Rock Barrell (in Richardson, by TI)

[jenna-thorn.livejournal.com]

The only bead place I know of is solidly on my side of the world -- Beadworks, Coit at ... I want to say Arapaho.


Is size six common enough that Hobby Lobby or Joanne's might have them?

[woobiewoobster.livejournal.com]

What about pearls?

Beads

[(Anonymous)]

I love that dress! I'm just about to start one for my daughter, too. I'm putting silvery-clear beads on light yellow cotton-ease.

I got my beads at Hobby Lobby, but Joann (the superstore near Ridgmar Mall) and Michael's both sell them. Also, there's a really nice bead store in SW Fort Worth on Granbury Road, a few blocks south of I-20. It's kind of pricey compared to craft stores, but they have a terrific selection. It's called the Artful Bead: http://www.artfulbead.com/index.html The staff there are really friendly and helpful! But, be warned, the beads are loose in open, divided display cases (not bags like the craft store) that sit at about table height - shiny, sparkly stuff within reach is very tempting for young fingers, at least for my daughter. (She's nearly four, as well.)

Stephanie (we met at the knit meetup a LONG time ago at Borders books.)
sefulkerson at earthlink dot net

[macgyvergal.livejournal.com]

Let me check at the store and see what we've got available.

[bibliotrope.livejournal.com]

(http://www.northwestjournal.ca/IV2.htm) refers to "modern size 6 (4mm) seed beads", among a lot of other info on beads that I didn't know. 4 millimeters looks like just over an eighth of an inch, according to the ruler in my desk drawer.