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Yesterday, I had time to bead my Store 24 sign. I plan to include this convenience store sign in my beaded Boston trolley piece. Store 24 is different than all of the other store signs, because they do not sell gasoline - only food items, scratch tickets and magazines. Most Store 24's in the greater Boston area are indeed open 24 hours, but there are also a good number of them that close at midnight...

My beaded sign is quite small - measuring approx. 0.75" x 1.25" wide. This sign was bead-embroidered using size 15 seed beads. To get the letters close to perfect, I first re-sized my drawing on my computer and printed it out. Then, I cut out the image and stitched the paper onto a piece of black vinyl. I stitched right through the paper. When I was finished, I simply ran the piece under water and gently pulled the paper away from the beads. That worked so well, I think I might have to use that method again! :D