With meticulous instructions and beautiful, full-color photos, internationally-renowned bead artist Nobuyo Chiba shows readers how to create charming miniature furniture and accessories out of beads. Here are directions for six complete rooms (four living rooms arranged by season and two different bedroom styles--classic and casual) including couches, floor lamps, chairs, tables, beds, bureaus, mirrors, fireplaces, chandeliers, even potted plants and a Christmas tree. Each piece is astonishing in its detail and 1/24 of actual size. In addition, the book features an extensive, illustrated equipment list.
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Nobuyo Chiba's interest in beading started with jewelry, especially Swarovski crystals, and she began creating her own pieces shortly thereafter. Chiba has been gaining international acclaim for her work, which has been featured in Beadwork Magazine in the U.S.
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A book that combines two hobbies at once!,
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This review is from: The Beaded Dollhouse: Miniature Furniture and Accessories Made with Beads (Paperback)
As a girl, I spent many hours furnishing a dollhouse to absolute perfection (or so I thought). Once it was finished, there was little for me to do with it but store it away, a treasure that rarely saw the light of day. I saw this book online and had to have it -- here might be a way for me to combine my adult hobby with my childhood one. I put the credit card number in so quickly it practically burnt up the wire getting to Amazon.
When the book arrived, I was thrilled. Like most Japanese bead books, there are no instructions, other than the absolute basics. What you do get are very detailed drawings of the thread paths, so an experienced beader can identify the stitch and start following the book. The stitch used in "The Beaded Dollhouse" is 99% Right Angle Weaver, a time consuming but simple stitch. I'm just beginning making the first project: a sofa from one of the three living rooms in this "house." And therein lies my only tiny complaint: Although the author designed three living rooms., a dining room and two bedrooms, the poor residents of this dollhouse have no kitchen, and no bathroom. As a woman who keeps take out food places on her speed-dial, I suppose I could live without a kitchen, but a bathroom? I hope that the next book will include those two very important rooms in her beaded dollhouse, and that they are as charming and filled with whimsical touches as this slim volume. I'm sure that I'll be among the first to purchase it! P.S.: The author is also kind to our beaded wallets during this time of financial craziness. She makes her projects with three and four millimeter fire polished beads instead of the usual cut crystal. If I ever get to meet her, I'll give a her a great big Thank you!
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Exceeded my expetations,
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This review is from: The Beaded Dollhouse: Miniature Furniture and Accessories Made with Beads (Paperback)
I got this book thinking it was just a few patterns for beds and chairs. Wow, totally wrong! You also get lamps, rugs, ceiling fans, plants, even a birdcage, and much, much more. The projects use various sizes of beads, so stock up on sizes 3 and 4 mm Swarovski and Czech fire polished and have a nice seed bead assortment on hand. And, the illustrated instructions were wonderful. I was even to figure out how to make a dining table with chairs although there was none in this book. I would love to see more books just like this!
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AWESOME,
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This review is from: The Beaded Dollhouse: Miniature Furniture and Accessories Made with Beads (Paperback)
If there is a doll collector in you life, then this book is a must have! Every room is detailed in beaded furniture. "Real" beading techniques are used, not just Frech wire, which I personally can't stand doing. Highly reccommended!
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length fine monofilament, cap filigree, round seed beads, medium monofilament, round metal beads, flat filigree, cylinder beads, adjacent beads, attaching position, china beads, crimp bead, round beads, crystal beads, wood beads, cut excess, pass wire, new beads, jump ring Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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length fine monofilament, cap filigree, round seed beads, medium monofilament, round metal beads, flat filigree, cylinder beads, adjacent beads, attaching position, china beads, crimp bead, round beads, crystal beads, wood beads, cut excess, pass wire, new beads, jump ring Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Dark Topaz, Chalk White, Front Front, Smoked Topaz, White Opal, Front End, Milky White, Capri Blue New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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