Beadwork Creates Beaded Beads: 30 Designs (Beadwork Creates Series)

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Summary: Fast, fun and fabulous
Review: BeadWork has created a number of these slim books with tempting pictures and tightly edited instructions. With Beaded Beads, even the beginning beader can have a lot of fun creating usable pieces in a short time.
Jean Campbell deserves a lot of credit for keeping the information to just the facts. Occasionally, one more diagram would be useful, but I'm a slow learner without lots of pictures. The beginner should know that there are two help sections in the back of the book--'Tips' and 'Stitches'.
The sections are a real plus. With these instructions, even a novice bead addict can produce the beads shown, and advanced beaders can move on from these instructions to create their own work.
New projects start on the right page, with the glorious picture on the left. Great layout, type you can read, and a wide variety of projects make this a book you need for your studio. Only change I'd make it to wire-bind the book so that it lies flat when in use. --Q

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Summary: Each design can be completed in 30 minutes or less
Review: The first book to be specifically devoted to this unique form of needlecraft, Beadwork Creates Beaded Beads: 30 Designs is compiled and edited by author, artist, and beadwork expert Jean Campbell. Each bead project is suitable for both the novice and the experienced beadworker, and offers a pattern enhanced with a materials and notions list, clear step-by-sept instructions, illustrations, and color photography. Each design can be completed in 30 minutes or less and ranging from Doris Coghill's Crystal Cluster (featuring Czech cut crystal rondelles huddled around wire) to Diane Fitzgerald's Star Flower (utilizing bi-cone, rice, round, or oval fire-polished or faceted beads. Beadwork Creates Beaded Beads is a unique, "user friendly", and very highly recommended addition to any dedicated needlecrafter or jewelry maker reference collection.