Getting Started With Seed Beads Ebook Pdf
Getting Started With Seed Beads Ebook Pdf

Author: Dustin Wedekind

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2012-02-03

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 1620330040

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Seed beads are basic, essential materials in a beader's stash, and this handbook gives beginning crafters a full course in how to work with them for great results. Seed beads come in a plethora of colors and materials and can be worked in an endless variety of stitches, which are taught in chapters that progress from introductory to more challenging. The more than 20 projects teach and then combine techniques in projects guaranteed to impress?from a simple beaded tin to a ladder ring to a tubular peyote-stitch rope of beaded beads. There is also a section on shopping for beads and equipment th.

Making Glass Beads
Making Glass Beads

Author: Cindy Jenkins

Publisher: Lark Books

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 150

ISBN-13: 9781579906337

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Table of Contents Making a Basic Bead Preparing Mandrels 27 Igniting the Torch 28 Forming a Bead 30 Extinguishing the Torch 34 Removing Your Bead from the Mandrel 34 Finishing Touches 36 Simple Variations Shaping Your Beads 38 Overwraps 43 Multicolored Beads 44 Spots, Dots & Eyes 45 Stripes & Trails 47 Pulling Stringer 49 Fun with Stringer 53 Raked Patterns 56 Taking the Next Step Mixing Colors 59 Ribbon Cane 60 Twisties 61 Making Your Own Filigrana & Cased Stringer 64 Combing, Feathering, Side-Shifting & Furrowing 68 Pinching, Poking, Snipping & Plunging 71 Adding Metals 74 Inclusions & Surface Treatments 77 Commercial Millefiori 78 Advanced Techniques Making Your Own Millefiori 82 Cased Beads 87 Dichroic Glass 90 Sculpted Beads 91 Hollow Beads 98 Buttons 99 Marbles 101 Core Vessels 102 Appendix A. Jewelry-Making Basics 105 Appendix B. The Nature of Glass 108 Appendix C. Troubleshooting 110 Contributing Artists 111 Acknowledgments 112 Index 112.

Art of Seed Beading
Art of Seed Beading

Author: Elizabeth Gourley

Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

Published: 2001-12

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780806978291

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After breezing through a history and overview of equipment, the authors emphasize the how-to in such elaborate processes as tubular beaded crochet. Every one of the more than 25 projects focuses on a specific tool or technique, complete with color graphs, a list of materials, size and measurements, a color photo, and diagrams. ...Directions...are presented with plenty of details.” —Booklist.

Mixed Media Explorations Ebook Pdf
Mixed Media Explorations Ebook Pdf

Author: Beryl Taylor

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2011-10-20

Total Pages: 115

ISBN-13: 1596689544

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With a sense of humor and creative abandon, this guide shows how surprisingly easy it is to turn fabric, paper, stitch, and embellishment into artistic treasures to keep and share. Step-by-step instructions for making projects such as greeting cards, wall hangings, and books are provided, while the latest mixed-media products and techniques are also used, including embroidery stitches, etching, burning, metallic threads, paints, embed fibers, and found objects. Basic design principles are also employed, such as layering, highlighting motifs, and creating grids to give art depth and meaning.

Seed Bead Revolution
Seed Bead Revolution

Author: Sara Oehler

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2017-08-16

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781546522379

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Authors Sara Oehler and Kristen Fagan wrote this book to show how new and innovative seed beads can be used to create jewelry using Soft Flex beading wire rather than thread or cord. The projects are easy to intermediate, but they are unique enough to capture the interest of even the most advanced beader. Most projects can be completed in one sitting.- 32 projects- Foreword and bonus project by Nealay Patel- Most projects show two colorways- Projects use SuperDuos, SuperUnos, Tilas, Half Tilas, Rullas, Dragon Scales and More!- Learn how to crimp in a variety of ways, braid, kumihimo, patina metal and weave with beading wire.

Little Bead Boxes
Little Bead Boxes

Author: Julia S. Pretl

Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA

Published: 2011-01-04

Total Pages: 113

ISBN-13: 1616733195

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Learn to craft one-of-a-kind miniature boxes in a variety of shapes no matter your skill level with this assortment of twelve charming beadwork designs. Julia S. Pretl offers crafters her original method for creating decorative beaded boxes and lids in a wide range of surface designs and shapes. Working only with cylinder and seed beads, needle and thread, crafters can create an impressive array of clever and colorful miniature containers. With step-by-step illustrations and easy-to-follow word graphs and patterns, Pretl leads the reader through the techniques for creating three-sided, five-sided, and six-sided rectangular, square, and stacked boxes. Four-color photographs of each of the 12 designs introduce each set of instructions. Detailed drawings illustrate the beading techniques.

French Beaded Christmas Wreath
French Beaded Christmas Wreath

Author: Lauren Harpster

Publisher:

Published: 2020-08-10

Total Pages: 88

ISBN-13: 9781734720914

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Learn how to create a full-sized, glittering Christmas wreath out of glass seed beads and wire using the French Beading method. This title contains patterns for Poinsettia, Pine Cone Spray, Amaryllis, Holly Fir Branches, Berry Stems, Baby Eucalyptus, and a Gigantic Bow. It will also walk you through assembling the wreath for professional results. Each pattern contains a plethora of quality photographs and detailed written instructions to guide you in making each piece. Lauren Harpster is a popular designer in her field. Her designs are widely regarded as top of the class.

Seed Bead Savvy
Seed Bead Savvy

Author: Editors of Bead&Button Magazine

Publisher: Kalmbach Books

Published: 2012-08-29

Total Pages: 97

ISBN-13: 1627000100

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This book is a great introduction to the world of seed beads. Readers will learn dozens of ways to use these small, glittering building blocks to create earrings, bracelets, necklaces, and more.

Beginner's Guide to Beadweaving
Beginner's Guide to Beadweaving

Author: Diana Rehfield

Publisher:

Published: 2017-04-18

Total Pages: 150

ISBN-13: 9781545107584

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Beginner's Guide to Beadweaving has everything you need to get started beading with seed beads. Step-by-step photographs take you from start to finish on beautiful projects. You can build your confidence and fill your jewelry box at the same time! This is the book beginners need to get started and other beaders will want for reference to help answer all those beady questions and build skills for peyote, brick, square, and herringbone stitch. If you need more help, kits for the projects are available at kitsbydiana.com so you can easily explore the fun, excitement, and joy of beading. If you are an experienced beader looking back over your bead journey, this is the book you wish you would have had to get started! (Second Edition)

Seed Bead Stitching
Seed Bead Stitching

Author: Beth Stone

Publisher: Kalmbach Books

Published: 2013-03-21

Total Pages: 97

ISBN-13: 1627000690

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Step-by-step photographs and illustrations guide readers through the basics of classic stitches and playful variations. Includes an introduction to the basics of beads, threads, and bead-stitching techniques.