Beautiful Beadweaving

Beautiful Beadweaving
Author: Isabella Lam
Publisher: Kalmbach Books
Total Pages: 113
Release: 2017-03-20
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1627004726

This book contains 25 gorgeous projects which focus on creating detailed, stitched jewelry. Isabella’s original designs use common stitches such as peyote, herringbone, and right-angle weave and materials to make stunning wearable beadwoven jewelry. Her concise instructions incorporate step-by-step photographs that easily guide readers through the process of making necklaces, bracelets, and earrings. Additionally she uses materials that are easy to find: seed beads, pearls, gemstones, and crystals to make each piece unique.

Beadwoven Glamor

Beadwoven Glamor
Author: Isabella Lam
Publisher: Kalmbach Books
Total Pages: 112
Release: 2019
Genre: CRAFTS & HOBBIES
ISBN: 9781627005654

Presents step-by-step illustrations of beadwoven jewelry designs that showcase crystals.

Creating Glamorous Jewelry with Swarovski Elements

Creating Glamorous Jewelry with Swarovski Elements
Author: Jean Campbell
Publisher: Creative Publishing international
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2010-11-01
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 161059570X

Creating Glamorous Jewelry with Swarovski Elements presents a collection of modern reproductions of classic Hollywood glitz, worn by the dazzling starlets of the big screen, including Marlene Dietrich, Katherine Hepburn, and Marilyn Monroe. All 20 sparkling jewelry pieces are made with the internationally popular Swarovski products, including the newest items in their line of crystal beads and stones. Detailed instructions and illustrations take you step-by-step through the creation of each piece. Whether dressed up or dressed down, these statement pieces will be fun to wear and become stunning, heirloom-quality additions to your jewelry collection.

Sabine Lippert's Beaded Fantasies

Sabine Lippert's Beaded Fantasies
Author: Sabine Lippert
Publisher: Lark Books (NC)
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: CRAFTS & HOBBIES
ISBN: 9781454702467

The best-selling Beadweaving Master Class series welcomes German beader Sabine Lippert, Europe's top beadwork designer, in a trend-setting book that showcases 30 beautiful and wearable project designs. Lippert combines seed beads, crystals, and glass pearls to create gorgeous, innovative beading projects. All feature her trademark tiers of beads that are layered into gorgeous jewelry. Every piece uses the most popular and beloved stitches in beading: right angle weave and peyote. Most of the bracelets, necklaces, earrings, pendants, and chokers here are new, but Sabine has also included a few of her favorite classics. An inspirational photo gallery of beadwork from leading designers, including Sabine, rounds out this must-have book.

Lacy Wire Jewelry

Lacy Wire Jewelry
Author: Melody MacDuffee
Publisher: Kalmbach Books
Total Pages: 97
Release: 2013-03-20
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1627000747

While the market has many books on solid, chunky wirework, there are few that teach lacy, intricate wirework done without soldering or casting. Melody’s work is airy and lacy, and while the techniques may be similar to traditional wirework, the results are unique. With step-by-step written directions, photos, and illustrations, this book presents more intermediate level techniques on how to make classic necklaces, bracelets, earrings, rings, pendants, pins, and hair jewelry.

Two-Drop Peyote Patterns

Two-Drop Peyote Patterns
Author: Holly Kurzman
Publisher: Kalmbach Books
Total Pages: 112
Release: 2020-11-05
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9781627007566

Two-Drop Peyote Patterns is ideal for any beader familiar with peyote stitch and it is perfect for those who are on the search for new beadwork patterns. The 25+ projects in this collection demonstrate the wide range of pictures one can create with easy-to-find cylinder beads. Each project includes a bead legend that lists specific bead colors and counts, a two-drop peyote pattern, and a word chart. Everything you'll need to learn and finish a project is included within these pages. The wide variety of colorful bracelets, inspired by florals, patterns, abstracts, portraits, and more, will tempt pattern lovers of all kinds.

Beadweaving Brilliance

Beadweaving Brilliance
Author: Kumiko Mizuno Ito
Publisher: Japan Publications Trading
Total Pages: 92
Release: 2007
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9784889962253

Just in time for holiday hand-made-gift-making, comes this beautifully illustrated book that shows crafters how to create colorful and unique beaded accessories. Using a single needle and thread, readers will learn a variety of stitches, including herringbone, peyote (also known as gourd), brick, square, right angle weave and African helix, to weave beads into a flat fabric or 3-dimensional object. The off-loom beading technique lends itself to fashioning striking accessories; and in Beadweaving Brilliance, author Kumiko Mizuno offers precise instructions for 30 different projects that will take even a novice beader no more than two hours to complete. The book is divided into sections covering five different types of accessories - rings, pendants, straps, bracelets and necklaces - and also includes sections on basic techniques, color variations and tools.

100 Beautiful Bracelets

100 Beautiful Bracelets
Author: Dover Publications, Inc.
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
Total Pages: 195
Release: 2019-06-12
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 0486833925

Handmade bracelets don't have to look homemade — and here's the proof! These designs for 100 different bracelets offer a style for every taste and skill level. Anyone can create eye-catching jewelry by following these full-color, step-by-step instructions and patterns. Knotted, woven, and threaded, the beautiful bracelets incorporate string, beads, pearls, charms, leather, and other elements that can be blended to form unique and personal statements. They make great gifts, too! Each of the bracelets is rated according to complexity, from lots of quick and easy projects to ones that take more practice and others that require advanced skills. If you're new to jewelry-making, you can start out with the simpler patterns and work your way up to the more sophisticated models. A section with basic instructions and diagrams will get you started, and helpful lists outline the tools and accessories you'll need to create chic bracelets for you and your friends.

Jewelry Designs with CzechMates Beads

Jewelry Designs with CzechMates Beads
Author: Anna Elizabeth Draeger
Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing Co
Total Pages: 113
Release: 2017-06-19
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1627003193

Jewelry makers are hungry for projects using the new CzechMates Dimensional Beading system, innovative materials that are designed to work together as building blocks for making jewelry. Popular designer, teach, and author Anna Elizabeth Draeger offers 20+ projects and variations in Jewelry Designs with CzechMates Multi-Hole Beads, the only project book on the market that offers projects exclusively for these beads. Using lentils, daggers, tiles, bricks, triangles, and quads, Anna leads beaders through the use of these beads in lovely, accessible projects for each individual shape, then combines them in the book's final chapter, along with seed beads, pearls, and crystals. Offering uniform hole spacing and size, CzechMates are an ideal foundation for 3-dimensional designs that won't bunch, warp, or pucker. Beginners eager to try the CzechMates Dimensional Beading System will succeed quickly thanks to Anna's easy-to-follow instructions. Jewelry makers familiar with Anna's style will delight in her latest creations!