Getting Started with Seed Beads by Dustin Wedekind

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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 that will make new initiates comfortable as they explore the potentials of beading with seed beads. Filled with information and inspiration, this clear guide is a catalog of colorful and creative possibility.

Bead-Patterns: The Magazine

A beginner-friendly romp through the ways and wonders of seed beads. . . . Interesting projects for experienced beaders to play with too!

The Detroit News

A must-have.

Constance Ashmore Fairchild - Library Journal

Beginning and more advanced beaders will find helpful instruction in these two guides. Cypher (fashion, Marist Coll.; Hand Felted Jewelry and Beads: 25 Artful Designs) and Wedekind, both beadwork professionals, lead the reader through a series of practice projects for learning the stitches that form the basis for offloom work with small beads. The authors discuss small-beaded accessories and simple jewelry pieces as well as materials and equipment. Both of these basic books will find good use in public library collections.

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