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Albion Stitch is a new beading stitch, it's so easy to master that beginners will soon be able to create beautiful beadwork. Book one is now available with 20 step by step projects, plus many more variations and is a comprehensive introduction to this exciting new stitch

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P_C_8826s:Albion Stitch – Heather Kingsley-Heath £12.95 Sorry, out of stock
Once again, we get some excellent instructions for various stitches, and great tips and tricks. Some of the patterns have an explanation for their origin, which makes this even more fun to read and bead! The warm, friendly writing style used by the Bead Gang make all of the projects inviting and feels very encouraging. Of course, this book also contains the wonderful "pull out" section, that is a great little "lesson book"! What a neat idea!

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P_C_8843s:Another Beaded Obsessions by Assemi, Thomsen, Bell and Sweet £13.99 Sorry, out of stock

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P_C_8846s:Bead it with Beadwork £7.99 Qty  
The Bead gang is back to take you on another beading adventure. You'll find a treasure trove of patterns for tiny amulet bags. Encounter simple geometric designs, confront the jungle dwellers, savour in delights from the garden, celebrate with holiday spangles, create gifts that leave lasting memories, and more.

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P_C_8844s:Bead Obsessions 3 by Assemi, Sweet, Thomsen and Bell £13.99 Qty  
The newest addition to the Beadweaving Master Class series features two dozen spectacular jewelry designs from renowned master beading teacher Marcia DeCoster.

Marcia DeCoster specializes in the popular right angle weave stitch, and she presents

beadweavers with a comprehensive primer on her beautiful techniques. Eager beaders

will learn how to use the stitch to create fabulous effects—including a supple beaded fabric, beaded ropes, shaped curves, and embellished layers—in stunning, modern jewelry designs. These pieces are nothing less than fine art!

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P_C_8825s:Beaded Opulence - Marcia DeCoster £16.99 Sorry, out of stock
Focusing specifically on loom bead weaving, this book provides extensive information on building a loom, loomwork techniques, and design techniques. Step-by-step instructions and illustrations are provided for the entire weaving process.

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P_C_8821s:Beading on a Loom – Don Pierce £15.99 Qty  
Beading with Herringbone Stitch is from one of the authors that wrote the peyote stitch book above. This book devotes itself to the herringbone stitch and gives you a history of the stitch from it's Ndebele roots. A small section covers tools and supplies and the technique section covers the different ways in creating both flat and 3D projects. As with all stitches, the variations are covered and are explained using hand drawn pictures. Colour photos show a variety of finished projects and a gallery of completed beadwork gives you some ideas of what can be created. There are four projects, with clear step by step instructions, which cover all the techniques taught in the book

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P_C_2265s:Beading with Herringbone Stitch – Vicki Star £15.95 Qty  
Beading with Peyote Stitch covers all aspects of the peyote stitch. A brief history leads you to a section devoted to tools and then the different techniques used to produce the various types of peyote stitch. Each technique is clearly described and illustrated with clear diagrams and a colour photo to give an example of a completed project. There are some excellent projects to follow for each type of peyote, which are easy to follow from the clear step by step instructions and diagrams used throughout this book. Colour pictures are used to inspire and to show completed projects with the different techniques. Flat, even-count, odd-count and tubular peyote are just some of the techniques covered. A soft cover book with a large gallery of inspiring beadwork is used to fuel your imagination, complete with 10 projects to complete.

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P_C_2266s:Beading with Peyote Stitch – Jeannette Cook and Vicki Star £15.99 Qty  
Think right angle weave (especially the dreaded two needle kind) is just too complex to ever work for you? Nonsense! This book by Christine Prussing takes all the venom (or presumed venom) out of right angle weave. Christine is an excellent teacher who tames the much-feared two-needle cross weave and renders it workable for all beaders, no matter what skill level.

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P_C_2281s:Beading with Right Angle Weave by Christine Prussing £15.99 Sorry, out of stock
Beadwork creates Beaded Bags is an exciting trend that's just clamoring for artistic expression. We know you're tired of the same old rectangular amulet bag, so this collection includes innovative clutches, drawstring purses, wrist bags, a market bag, and even an adorable tooth fairy bag. The range of techniques is a delight as well-embroidery, on- and off-loom weaving, bead crochet, and bead knitting. Whether you're beading a bag for yourself or as a gift, you'll find colourful photography, clear illustrations, and more than enough projects to inspire you. The 30 bags featured in this book will appeal to beginners as well as advanced beadworkers. This book is quite easy to carry as it measures only 10.8 cm (4.25") wide and 25.4cm (10") long. This is the fourth of four in a series of beading books.

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P_C_2272s:Beadwork Creates - Beaded Bags - Ed Jean Campbell £12.99 Sorry, out of stock
Beadwork creates Beaded Beads is a book containing 30 projects making your own beads is the ultimate in creativity! With the simplest materials-seed beads, wire, and readily available findings-you can create truly unique beads, each one an expression of your personal style. The stunning work of 30 bead artists will inspire you while you learn a range of techniques, from simple to elaborate and funky to elegant. Projects range from easy to advanced and use all makes, models, sizes, and shapes of beads. Simply slide your finished bead onto a neck wire, dangle it from an earring, or feature it in an intricate piece of jewelry. All of these beaded beads are sensational and readily wearable! The diagrams are clear line drawings with colour pictures to show the finished projects. This book is quite easy to carry as it measures only 10.8 cm (4.25") wide and 25.4cm (10") long. This is the third of four in a series of beading books.

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P_C_2273s:Beadwork Creates - Beaded Beads - Ed. Jean Campbell £12.99 Qty  
Beadwork creates Beaded Rings editied by Jean Campbell.
From the producers of Beadwork magazine, more beadweaving projects. There are 30 different rings to make with this book, each project vary in a different way from the next by using either different materials and/or techniques. This gives you each a different experience with each design and will teach new and exciting ways to make rings.
Each project comes with fully comphrensive instructions, sometimes you may have to refer to the techniques section at the back of the book. Clear hand drawn diagrams give clarity to the trickier instructions where mistakes are likelly to happen and each project is accompanied with an excellent colour photograph.
This book is quite easy to carry as it measures only 10.8 cm (4.25") wide and 25.4cm (10") long. This is the fourth of four in a series of beading books.

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P_C_2278s:Beadwork Creates - Beaded Rings Ed Jean Campbell £12.99 Qty  
Beadwork creates Bracelets is a book containing 30 projects ranging from beginner to expert. Edited by the producers that bring you the very popular Beadwork magazine. The techniques used in this book range from simple stringing to some loomwork, peyote stitch and further. All designs in this bracelet book can be developed further into neclaces or belts, or even matching sets! The diagrams are clear line drawings with colour pictures to show the finished projects. This book is quite easy to carry as it measures only 10.8 cm (4.25") wide and 25.4cm (10") long. This is the first of four in a series of beading books.

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P_C_2287s:Beadwork Creates - Bracelets - Ed. Jean Campbell £12.99 Qty  
Beadwork creates Necklaces is a book containing 30 projects, edited by the producers that bring you the very popular Beadwork magazine, the techniques used in this book range from simple strands, simply strung to ornately stitched, delicately twisted designs. The diagrams are clear line drawings with colour pictures to show the finished projects. This book is quite easy to carry as it measures only 10.8 cm (4.25") wide and 25.4cm (10") long. This is the second of four in a series of beading books.

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P_C_2309s:Beadwork Creates - Necklaces - Ed. Jean Campbell £12.99 Qty  
For the knitting and beading enthusiast, 26 historic beaded bags are presented with instructions and charted patterns. The author discusses the relationship of these bags and their designs to the traditions of the areas of their Dutch origins.

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P_C_8822s:Classic Beaded Purse Patterns – E De Jong-Kramer £6.95 Qty  
Book provides well-written and carefully illustrated instructions for eight types of beadwork done by the Zulu people of South Africa, including the Flowerette Chain, Spearhead Chain, Two-Bead Cord, Laceleaf Chain, Zig-Zag Chain, Ladder, Tri-Leg Chain and Square Tube.

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P_C_8842s:Contemporary Beadwork 3: Zulu Beaded Chain Techniques by Diane Fitzgerald £7.95 Qty  
Chain-Weaving Designs, Bead Loom Weaving & Bead Embroidery-An Illustrated "How-To" Guide. This book is written for beginning and advanced beaders. It contains over 200 instructional illustrations and photographs of 47 bead-work pieces. Emphasis is on the use of Native American bead techniques.

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P_C_8827s:Indian Bead-Weaving Patterns – Horace R. Goodhue £7.50 Qty  
Mastering Beadwork: A Comprehensive Guide to Off-Loom Techniques" covers 15 different off-loom beadweaving (stitching) techniques with more than 50 projects and also has information that every beginner can use about materials, tips for off-loom beadwork, and a glossary of terms found throughout the book.

The basic stitches covered in the book include peyote, brick, netting, right angle weave and herringbone. There are also some for the more adventurous beginner or the intermediate beader like bead crochet, African helix, and spiral rope.

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P_C_8823s:Mastering Beadwork – Carol Huber Cypher £17.99 Qty  
Seventeen projects ranging from flowers and leaves for embellishment to beautifully executed bracelets and necklaces. Illustrated beautifully to ensure success for beadworkers of all levels of experience.

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P_C_8820s:Netted Beadwork – Diane Fitzgerald £15.95 Qty  
Diane Fitzgerald teaches her award-winning techniques for creating gorgeous geometric jewellery. More than twenty truly stunning projects, all using peyote stitch, come in a variety of flat and dimensional shapes, from triangles, teardrops and pentagons to tetrahedrons, cubes and diamonds. Projects include: jewelled necklace; Tuareg pendant; and, Berber earrings and sealed locket. Sleek, contemporary and breathtaking, these bead woven pieces are perfect for the intermediate crafter - but with such clear and detailed instructions, even beginners will be able to give them a try!

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P_C_8848s:Shaped Beadwork by Diane Fitzgerald £17.50 Qty  
The Beadworkers Guild INTRODUCTION TO BEADWORK; Bracelets is the first of a series of books being produced by the beadworkers guild. This book is designed for both the beginner and expert beader. The idea is to teach new stitches in beadweaving. The book covers all beadweaving stitches and has several designs to follow on each stitch. The diagrams are hand drawn and the book does contain several colour pictures showing you what your finished projects should look like!
112 pages contain handy pages of blank grids that can be photocopied to be used in your own designs. The book is spiral bound, which makes it easy to use whilst beading. The book doesn't keep closing on itself and you don't have to hold it open.

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P_C_2300s:The Beadworkers Guild - Introduction to Beadwork - Bracelets £12.95 Qty  
The Beadworkers Guild INTRODUCTION TO BEADWORK; Earrings (Brooches, Fringes & Tassels) is the second of a series of books being produced by the beadworkers guild. This book is designed for both the beginner and expert beader. The idea is to further develop the stitches in learnt in the first book of the series. You don't have to read the first book as this one has a section devoted to each stitch.
There are over 50 projects in this book with handdrawn diagrams and colour pictures to show the finished items. There are easy and hard projects to follow. However we feel that this book is excellent for those who want to do something different with each of the beadweaving stitches. A handy book to have to refer to whilst learning the boundaries of each stitch. Like the above book, this one is also spiral bound, which makes it easy to use whilst beading. The book doesn't keep closing on itself and you don't have to hold it open.

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P_C_2301s:The Beadworkers Guild - Introduction to Beadwork - Earrings £12.95 Qty  
The Beadworkers Guild INTRODUCTION TO BEADWORK; Necklaces is the latest and third of a series of books being produced by the beadworkers guild. This book is designed for both the beginner and expert beader. The idea is to further develop the stitches in learnt in the first two books in the series. You don't have to read either of the first two books as this one has a section devoted to each stitch.
The projects create braids, lariats, collars, chokers and various ropes and are accompanied with hand drawn diagrams and colour pictures to show the finished items. There are easy and hard projects to follow. However we feel that this book is excellent for those who want to do something different with each of the beadweaving stitches. A handy book to have to refer to whilst learning the boundaries of each stitch. Like the above book, this one is also spiral bound, which makes it easy to use whilst beading.

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P_C_2299s:The Beadworkers Guild - Introduction to Beadwork - Necklaces £12.95 Qty  
30 elegant jewellery projects. From earrings to bracelets to necklaces, each piece is contemporary yet classic.
A great book for beginners, all the projects can be done by people with limited experience. All the basics are covers. Charts, illustration and full-colored photographs help make learning easy.

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P_C_8824s:The Art and Elegance of Beadweaving – Carol Wilcox Wells £9.99 Sorry, out of stock
With seven beautiful bracelets and a necklace, too, this book is a gem and these beaded bracelet patterns will make you happy you started beading. Such beauties as The Melody, The Sunflower, The Ribbon Lace and The Moonlight will keep you busy not only making them according to the directions given, but will inspire you to look for other bead or colour combinations to use with the pattern. The bracelet patterns are designed using a variety of Netting and Right Angle Weave techniques, so while they are very sophisticated, they are also really easy-to-make projects.

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P_C_8845s:The Beaded Bracelet 3 by Yvonne Rivero £13.99 Qty  
THE BEADER'S FLORAL is a unique and inspiring guide by Liz Thornton and Jill Devon covering a whole array of flower making with beads and thread, from single blooms to 3 dimensional flowers in a variety of stitches, from quick and easy floral motifs to exquisite and intricate designs to challenge the most experienced beader.

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P_C_7878s:The Beaders Floral - Liz Thornton and Jill Devon £17.99 Sorry, out of stock
The Beaders Bible covers all of the well known beadweavers stitches. The book starts with an introduction and a small section on how to use the book and then goes into the Tools and Materials. This section covers beads, threads, basic tool kit, looms and materials for finishing.
The techniques sections cover; Peyote Stitch, and how to fasten off thread and how to join to other peyote pieces. Brick Stitch, and how to read the pattern, fasten off the thread snd how to join to another piece. Square Stitch, and how to start and finish the ends, reading the patterns and joining to other pieces. The main part of the book has 300 patterns for you to use and follow. The patterns cover letters, zodiac signs and a whole host of familiar and strange patterns! Hard cover book, size A5ish with a spiral binding, this book is in colour and is quite easy to follow.

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P_C_2317s:The Beader’s Bible – Claire Crouchly £15.99 Qty  
Includes 30 stunning traditional and ethnic rings, necklaces and bracelets. All the pieces are made using simple techniques that are explained clearly from start to finish. Additional information shows you how to make beautiful beaded beads and tassels that can be combined to create your own personally designed jewellery.

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P_C_9799s:Woven Crystal Beaded Jewellery £9.99 Sorry, out of stock
Beaded Gifts is a booklet from the producers of the Beadwork magazine, containing 18 projects over 30 pages. All the projects cover some form of beadweaving to create unsual gifts such as candleholders, picture frames, button covers as well as some necklaces, bracelets and earrings.

This booklet is a project book where the assumption is made that the reader already knows their stitches. Definately one for the older beader or perhaps a project book for anyone wishing to create a very unusual gift.

There isn't the usual how to section or materials and tools. This is a booklet written for the experienced beader who knows what a peyote, tubular peyote and brick stitch is.

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P_C_2277s:18 Beaded Gifts £7.99 Qty  
features fifteen step-by-step designs inspired by the Gothic, Renaissance, Victorian, and Art Nouveau eras reinterpreted in her distinctive contemporary style.Emphasizing a mix of vintage findings, beads, lampwork, buttons, and modern components, Lisa's jewelry brings a feminine mystique and sophistication to beadwork design. Each project builds on simple elements to create sophisticated designs and incorporate off-loom seed bead weaving, stringing, and wirework. Projects include a scalloped chain necklace, pearl Ndebele earrings and bracelet set, mesh pearl bracelet, bohemian drop earrings, a Victorian diamond cuff, and more. Novice beaders can progress through projects and increase their skills and beading confidence while advanced beaders will find exciting new challenges.

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P_C_9726s:Bead Romantique £16.99 Sorry, out of stock

 
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