Please note that all of the beaded areas are knotted. Look at the photo at the very bottom, which is the back of the piece. The threads are attached at one side of a beaded square and then are knotted with the beads all across the square and are then attached on the opposite side. All stitches are at the outer edges of each square of beading.
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