Sisters with beaded bags

I have very strong memories of hanging around Grandmom's house while Mother and Grandmom and Alice and, I think, even Swea sometimes, were crocheting these bags. They each had one like this, and there were also a couple of plainer variations. 
I was at least occasionally allowed to string the wooden beads on the gold cording. Think about it.  All the beads have to be on the thread before you start crocheting.  So please notice that the bead colors repeat in strict order.