Beading Books

The authors show how to select and make a wonderful variety of beads for all different forms of hand and machine embroidery. Emphasising how beads add colour, texture and beauty to a piece of work, they guide the reader through all the basic techniques, looking at the many exciting ways of creating samples and finished embroideries.

Encompasses beads and equipments, colour, sewing beads, couched beads, beads and fabric, beads and meshes, trapped beads, weaving with beads, the finishing touch, suggested further reading and suppliers list.

Lampshades decorated with a beaded fringe are simply in a class of their own. Once you own one of these beautiful lamps, no others will measure up.

Beth takes us from the most simple and easily achieved designs, giving skill in the handling of beads, through to the more complicated and elegant of designs.

Introducing the technique of stitching beads onto canvas, this instructional handbook combines design charts and detailed guidelines on stitches as it presents twenty-five ingenious projects, including step-by-step instructions for colourful pictures, ornaments, jewellery, purses, and small accessories.

The brilliant and jewel-like patterns of beading have always given that extra touch, that special finish to any garment or decorative object.

It is fascinating to see how the tiny sparkling beads can be used to such effect transforming something plain into something sumptuous. You can create an evening jacket with matching bag, or make individual fashion accessories and gorgeous costume jewellery. This book makes even the most complex beading designs accessible and the clarity of text and diagrams means that it is very easy for even beginners to follow.

In this book you'll learn several new and easy techniques for making coiled wire beads and find dozens of ideas for using the beads in finished necklaces, bracelets and earrings. Contents include:

• Coiled Wire
• Wire Wrapped Beads
• How to Make Basic Coiled Wire Beads
• Seed Bead Beads
• Wire Overlay Beads
• Fiber Wrapped Beads
• Coil Springs
• Stretch Beads
• Bead Sizes
• Clasps
• Triple Wrapped Beads

Learn the classic techniques of weaving beads together without a loom. Carol takes you through each stitch step by step to create not only jewellery, but baskets, vessels, handbags and three-dimensional figures.

You'll find complete, easy-to-follow instructions for the most popular off-loom stitches - peyote stitch, brick stitch, right angle weave, square stitch, African helix, netting and chevron chain - as well as 200 step-by-step, black and white illustrations and 20 handsome projects to make.

A full-colour gallery of stunning beadwork by some of the best bead weavers working today provides all the ideas and inspiration you'll need for creating your own one-of-a-kind designs.

Use beads & wire imaginatively to make the most fabulous jewellery, including earrings, necklaces, bracelets, pendants, and eyeglass chains.

More than thirty patterns to use to create lovely wire links.

French beading is a simple yet lovely art, beautifully described here and illustrated in color with more than 70 close-up, how-to photos that show the intricacies of growing a garden of 30 flowers with delicate seed beads. Forty additional illustrations present the exact bead placement for each particular flower part. Just string the beads on wires and bend them into realistic, three-dimensional shapes; a helpful introductory section covers all the basics. You can indulge your creative passion almost anywhere—and the nicest thing is, they last forever.

Construct a budding dogwood branch, frame a mirror with wisteria blooms, or make a holiday wreath of holly and gold-tipped pinecones. A gallery of vintage pieces illustrates the rich history of the craft.