Synopses & Reviews
Fashioned from beads, pearls, and metallic yarns, make-it-yourself jewelry and home accessories are ideal for gift-giving and adding sparkle to wearing apparel and domestic settings. This amply illustrated, carefully written guide by a veteran crafter tells how to create a dazzling array of these handmade articles and#8212; from gleaming bracelets, belts, and vests that look expensive (but aren't) to miniature animals, lamp shades, and a cornucopia of beaded vegetables.
Patterns and drawings for 75 easy-to-make costume accessories and decorative objects include such quickie projects as key chains, earrings, cuff links, and eyeglass cases. For the more ambitious, there are directions for creating glistening collars, purses, ties, and chokers, while Christmas candles and assorted ornaments help "deck the halls."
Synopsis
Make-it-yourself jewelry and home accessories fashioned from beads, pearls, and metallic yarns are ideal for gift-giving. (They also add sparkle to wearing apparel and domestic settings.) This well-illustrated and carefully written guide to the subject by a veteran crafter tells how to create a dazzling array of these handmade articles--from gleaming bracelets, belts, purses, and vests that look expensive (but aren't) to miniature animals, lamp shades, and a cornucopia of beaded vegetables.
Synopsis
Well-illustrated, carefully written guide by a veteran crafter tells how to create a dazzling array of 75 different articles crafted from beads, pearls, and metallic yarns from gleaming bracelets, belts, purses, and vests that look expensive (but aren't) to miniature animals, lamp shades, and a cornucopia of beaded vegetables. More than 210 illustrations.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Crocheting with Pearls and Beads
Cross-Weaving patterns
Boutique Jewelry
Bead Flowers and Vegetables
Index