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Author
Series
Publisher
Interweave Press
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
131 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
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Description
Beaders, quilters, and fiber artists will find this book invaluable for its solid technical information about how to apply beads to cloth, resulting in unique creations that will stand the test of time. This guide teaches about bead embroidery stitches; seed, bugle, novelty, and charm beads; woven, non-woven, and knitted clothes; and Nymo, embroidery, and cotton sewing threads. The four foundation stitches as well as several variations on those stitches...
Author
Publisher
Barron's
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
128 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Here's a hobbyist's manual that shows beginners how to take the hard and tedious labor out of beadwork when creating beautiful jewelry and personal accessories. The author presents 15 original projects that become progressively more challenging as the neophyte beadwork artist's confidence and skills grow. She provides information on needed tools and equipment, then follows up with detailed instruction on the various stitches that beadwork artists...
Author
Publisher
Skylight Paths Publ
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
ix, 225 : illustrated (some colored) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Believing that beading is a form of meditation through which we can access the Creative Spirit that is always present in us, master bead artist Rev. Wendy Ellsworth offers multiple ways to explore beading as a spiritual journey of self-discovery. Each of the seven chapters is rich with personal stories, exercises, and beading projects, and each project has a meditative experience to encourage a contemplative spirit and creative play. The project results...
Author
Publisher
Lark Books
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
128 p. ; col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Has instructions for more than 70 unique jewelry pieces from a diverse group of designers. Learn the tricks of using a jig, wire wrapping, twisting, coiling and hammering to create incredible effects. Combine wirework with beautiful glass or semiprecious stone beads to create wonderful necklaces, chokers, bracelets, earrings, hair clips, pins and eyeglass chains.
Author
Series
Publisher
Lark Books
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
127 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
With this gloriously photographed and illustrated manual at hand, beaders can create awe-inspiring jewelry. It's the only current, comprehensive guide to working with cabochons -- a flat piece of rock or mineral -- and it covers all the basics, along with a range of new creative techniques and hot trends. Find out which tools and materials to use, which beads work best, and how to wrap them round the stones. Craft turned, pointed, twisted, brick stitch,...
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