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The Beader's Companion by Durant & Campbell If you can only afford one beading manual, get this one. It covers all of the basic stitches and then some, beading terminology, equipment, charts, tips, reproducible graphs, etc. 104 pgs, black/white illustrations, compact size, spiral bound. |
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Creative Bead Weaving by Carol Wilcox Wells The MOST recommended book by off-loom bead weavers of all levels, the "Bead Weavers Bible". With the step-by-step instructions and detailed diagrams in this guide, you learn the seven stitches (peyote, brick, square, right angle, African helix, netting, and chevron chain) and their variations. 144 pages, color illustrations. |
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Beautiful Beads by Alexandra Kidd A lovely look at making 46 jewelry and other objects from beads, including Stringing, Wirework, Freehand Weaving & Looming, Bead Embroidery & Gluing and Pinning. 128 pages, all color illustrations. |
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Beading with Peyote Stitch by Cook & Star This book explores using peyote stitch to create both flat and three-dimensional pieces, including information about thread, beads, graphing techniques. Five projects are thoroughly explained, 20 page gallery. Color illustrations, great diagrams, 111 pages. |
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Beads! Make your own unique jewellry by Tomalin A beautiful book with a great glossary and many diverse examples of new and antique beads from all around the world. Also contains information on thread, techniques and has directions for 7 projects. 128 pages, Color illustrations. |
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Creative Bead Jewelry by Carol Taylor Weaving, Looming, Stringing, Wiring and Making Beads featuring 70 projects from 38 bead artists. From funky fashions to wear with jeans to elegant accessories for a dress-up evening, this book covers creating many forms of beaded jewelry such as: necklaces, bracelets, earrings, barrettes, and more. A basics section covers tools and materials. Detailed instructions are accompanied by more than 200 line drawings, 144 pages, color photos. |
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Twenty-nine projects are included, each with color photographs, materials list, directions, charts, diagrams, and a key to the various sizes of beads. 128 pages, lush color illustrations. |
Vibrant Jewels is now an Associate of Amazon.com in order to bring you an handy selection of books on beading, gemstones and jewelry. I treasure all of my beading books, and find as I learn more techniques, I can go back and glean further inspiration from them. Books with comments are books I actually now own. Amazon.com usually discounts its books and you benefit from having these books grouped conveniently. If you purchase a book by clicking through a link to this site, we earn a commission. Note: your order is made through and paid to Amazon.com, NOT Vibrant Jewels. Thanks for browsing! If you have any favorite books to recommend, let us know at beads@vibrantjewels.com. Disclaimer: Vibrant Jewels is not responsible for the contents of these books, nor for the accuracy of measurements, etc. There are images in some of them that you might find offensive for religious reasons. We recommend them on the basis of the bead knowledge offered. |
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