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Turquoise threads and a stitched bead sample beside the words: We did the staring. You do the stitching.

A Bead Shortlist For Your Anchor Threads

Our matching database is finished. Meet the Anchor to Miyuki Delica PDF catalog, featuring 444 Anchor entries and bead suggestions for your next project.

Detail of pink and yellow floral embroidery with sequins, beads, and gold-colored coils on denim.

Not all embroidery is the same

What nine months of embroidery study taught me about thread choices, small sequins, seed beads, and the importance of sampling a design.

Thread display beside the words: Third time’s the charm. We hope. Behind the DMC, Anchor and Miyuki matching.

Why we checked our DMC and Anchor matches a third time

A handmade thread stand, a colorimeter, and a third manual check. Here’s why we’re taking another close look at DMC, Anchor, and Miyuki before the website goes live.

Floral embroidery beside two material directions: muted mauve thread and beads and vivid blue beads.

One Floral Idea Two Color Directions

A simple studio exercise shows how the same floral motif can support a quiet mauve direction or a vivid blue one.

A finished 3D beaded water lily with green padded lily pads and a pink-and-white flower held in an embroidery hoop.

Handmade jewelry tutorial

How to Make a 3D Beaded Water Lily

Make a 3D beaded water lily with padded felt lily pads, chain-stitchoutlines, and bead couching in this step-by-step tutorial.

Match & Stitch

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Turquoise threads and a stitched bead sample beside the words: We did the staring. You do the stitching.

A Bead Shortlist For Your Anchor Threads

Thread display beside the words: Third time’s the charm. We hope. Behind the DMC, Anchor and Miyuki matching.

Why we checked our DMC and Anchor matches a third time

Floral embroidery beside two material directions: muted mauve thread and beads and vivid blue beads.

One Floral Idea Two Color Directions

Embroidery

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Detail of pink and yellow floral embroidery with sequins, beads, and gold-colored coils on denim.

Not all embroidery is the same

Floral embroidery beside two material directions: muted mauve thread and beads and vivid blue beads.

One Floral Idea Two Color Directions

A finished 3D beaded water lily with green padded lily pads and a pink-and-white flower held in an embroidery hoop.

How to Make a 3D Beaded Water Lily

A laptop displays a colorful botanical design and an open color picker, with green, orange, yellow, and black embroidery floss beside a ceramic mug

Why Threads and Beads Need HEX and RGB References

Color matching

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Turquoise threads and a stitched bead sample beside the words: We did the staring. You do the stitching.

A Bead Shortlist For Your Anchor Threads

Thread display beside the words: Third time’s the charm. We hope. Behind the DMC, Anchor and Miyuki matching.

Why we checked our DMC and Anchor matches a third time

Orange, yellow, white, and red cylinder beads scattered across a pale work surface, photographed at close range with a shallow depth of field.

Before Match & Stitch, There Were Beads

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