Synopses & Reviews
Create an interesting focal point by attaching them to curtains or hanging them from a lampshade. Use them to adorn pillows, evening bags, or even a dress -- beaded tassels add sparkle to anything. Make them yourself, in bright, marvelous colors, with beads of different shapes and twisted, braided threads. You probably already own most of the basic equipment at home, and here are the ins and outs of choosing, mixing, bleaching, and painting beads, with hundreds of diagrams and photos of different options for making cords and tassels, skirts, fringes, and heads.
Synopsis
"Campbell-Harding adds beads in a variety of beading patterns to her tassels, creating delightful lacy baubles that can be used to embellish curtains, lampshades, or clothing....[a] good addition..."--Library Journal. Create an interesting focal point by attaching them to curtains or hanging them from a lampshade. Use them to adorn pillows, evening bags, or even a dress--beaded tassels add sparkle to anything. Make them yourself, in bright, marvelous colors, with beads of different shapes and twisted, braided threads. You probably already own most of the basic equipment at home, and here are the ins and outs of choosing, mixing, bleaching, and painting beads, with hundreds of diagrams and photos of different options for making cords and tassels, skirts, fringes, and heads.
Synopsis
Close-up photographs, detailed illustrations, and step-by-step instructions outline the basics of beading and teach the ins and outs of making one-of-a-kind fringes, tassels, chains, flowers, cords, and more.”—
Vogue Patterns. “Campbell-Harding adds beads in a variety of patterns to her tassels, creating delightful lacy bubbles that can be used to embellish curtains, lampshades or clothing....A good addition.”—
Library Journal.