Complete Beading: Jewellery and Accessories (The Complete Craft Series)

(Hardback)

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If you'd like to sparkle and shimmer, get beading now! Covering all aspects of this increasingly popular craft, Complete Beading will inspire you to start stringing, weaving, and stitching with beads straightaway. Features thirty beading projects for all levels of skill, from the beginner to the more experienced beader. Step-by-step photography and clear captions guide the reader through every part of the project, allowing for success every time. These crafts ideas, which include bracelets, earrings, tiaras, and bags, will inspire and challenge anyone interested in beading.

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.,."exceptionally helpful reference...covers everything you need to know to design your own original accessories...Instructions are clear; close-up photos take the mystery out of the more complex processes."
--Cutting Edge
Winter, 2005

Author Bio

Jema Hewitt is a professional costume designer, working on projects for films, theatre and museums such as the V&A, specialising in period clothing and jewellery. Jema's love of vintage beads and embroidery was further indulged when a friend opened a specialist bead shop and offered her a job teaching workshops. She now teaches on a variety of subjects from tiaras to tassels and is a regular contributor to Crafts Beautiful Magazine. She lives on a narrow boat in the Midlands with her husband, two house rabbits and the ships cat.