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Maria

Maria makes beaded jewelry and patterns in Slovenia and co-founded Ornamentico, Fleur du Jour and Match & Stitch. She works in peyote and sculptural beading and is studying couture embroidery at Hand & Lock.

Slovenia

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

Anchor to Miyuki Delica Color Matching Catalog

Haute Couture Embroidery Lessons

Haute Couture Embroidery Lessons

DMC, Anchor and Miyuki Matching Behind the Scenes

DMC, Anchor and Miyuki Matching Behind the Scenes

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

One Floral Idea Two Color Directions

How to Make a 3D Beaded Water Lily

Handmade jewelry tutorial

How to Make a 3D Beaded Water Lily

Before Match & Stitch, There Were Beads

Before Match & Stitch, There Were Beads

How to Make a Sunflower Pendant with Miyuki Delica Beads

Handmade jewelry tutorial

How to Make a Sunflower Pendant with Miyuki Delica Beads

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

Coral-pink cylindrical seed beads in a clear box beside matching embroidery floss woven through a small open-grid sampler, with ribbon and jewelry on beige fabric

Search Threads and Beads by Color Description

Mauve embroidery threads lies beside matte burgundy cylindrical seed beads in a white square dish on a beige surface.

Creative Thread-to-Bead Matching

Teal DMC embroidery thread labeled 943 rests on printed green thread-conversion charts beside a ColorReader Pro colorimeter displaying READY.

Building a Thread-to-Bead Color Database

Comparing embroidery threads is only the first layer; bead finishes add another dimension to color matching.

Why Match & Stitch Starts with DMC, Anchor and Miyuki Delica