200 Beading Tips, Techniques & Trade Secrets

200 Beading Tips, Techniques & Trade Secrets

Packed with super-helpful photos and diagrams in addition to fantastic advice on everything from mastering the basics to finishing tips for professional results from award-winning jewelry designer Jean Power, having 200 Beading Tips, Techniques & Trade Secrets at your fingertips is like having an expert on hand to answer all your beading questions. Step-by step-instructions guide you every step of the way through hundreds of essential techniques. Start with a complete introduction to using the right materials and tools then learn all you need to know about mixing and matching textures and colors, reading patterns and charts, quick and easy stringing, working with wire, creative knotwork, beadweaving, beading on a loom and so much more. Unlike most other beading books, this essential guide shows you how to adapt and design pieces to perfectly suite your tastes as well as how to assemble an on-the-go jewelry-making kit and includes a handy fold-out size chart. Oh, and if the title seems familiar to you, it might be because this is the latest installment in the very successful crafter’s series that includes 200 Crochet Tips, Techniques & Trade Secrets—a Club favorite!

Softcover: 160 pages

Publisher: St Martins Press Do Not Use ( August 31, 2009 )

Item #: 02-6513

ISBN: 9780312587475

Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 9.75 x 0.0 inches

Product Weight: 18.0 ounces