Bead Decisions

I finally settled on a single dangling string of beads to come off each thin horizontal strip of raw silk.

 

 The polymer clay beads did not make the final cut.  Instead, I decided I would use a variety of mismatched beads in black and gold.
 
I combined three threads on the needle to thread the beads.
 I used two different shades of metallics (for the sewing machine) and a black pearl cotton.

 

I am happy with this, but it seems like it needs more.......