 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Previous | Home | About | Articles | Contact | Events | Links | Meetings | Membership | Newsletter | Shops |
Last updated: 8 APR 2008
Seed Bead Stitching:
Variations on Traditional Techniques
By Beth Stone
© Kalmbach Publishing Co.
Kalmbach Publishing Co.
96 pages
$19.95
Book Review by Sonja Colt
This book will grip everyone's attention and increase their skills due to the abundance of pictures, color, and clear instruction. While many magazines and bead books diagram beads and threads in black and white, it just seems a big tangle. This book uses color for the diagrams and actual projects and that is invaluable.
While on initial impression this might seem like it is for those who already how to stitch, a beginner who is a visual learner by reading and interpreting the pictures will enjoy it. Those who already weave these stitches will be up late and implementing the inspiration.
The separate chapters cover: Peyote (beader's favorite stitch), Brick, Right Angle Weave (RAW), Tri and Quad, Daisy Chains, Spiral, and Russian stitches. Each stitch's chapter in structs on a beginnere basic project (i.e., flat even count peyote), usually using two or more colors so the beader (you!) can better visualize the process.
It then escalates with color, mixing bead shapes and sizes, increases, and decreases. Subsequently there are projects integrating stitches (i.e., peyote to brick) And don't think that Daisy Chains are just the old hippie flower bracelets. It is amazing what they have evolved into. If you already o peyote, brick, and RAW in your sleep, do a project with them on the diagonal. Dare you, and pring it to the next meeting!
The projects are do-able with a normal bead stash, and many finished pieces will rapidly be adorning you, from quick rings to necklaces. Or make the rings bigger to hold your napkins when company comes.
Also, it has a quick reference in front for bead types, needles, and threads. Seen the SoNo, K-O, C-Lon, and One-G in bead stores? Get the skinny on those.
Recommendation: 5 out of 5 crystals!