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A Treasury of Beaded Jewelry: Bead Stringing Patterns for All Ages

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This book has easy to read diagrams. The projects start simple and expand into a more complex types of projects. (daisy chains to wide bead woven laces) Great for any beginner!

I found the book to be well organized and the illustrations helpful.

I would suggest a basic knowledge of beading, but it's not necessary. A lot of patience for beginners is helpful.

I have completed 1 project from the book and it was well received as a gift for a family member.

I highly recommend her other book too.

I really liked this book. I dot this book near the beginning of my beading career and find that I still refer to it regularly to refresh my memory on beading methodology. It is an easy to follow guide that has easier projectss for beginners, as well as more time-consuming and difficult projects for the more advanced beader. I love these designs, and one design can be used over and over in different bead colors. As you become more comforatble with them, you can make your own variations and build upon what they have shown you. I definetly recommend this book to everyone interested in jewelry beading.

This book was an excellent learning source. I found the directions very easy to follow.

This is a excellent book for the bead lovers. It contains the patterns of some stunning collars CLEARLY.

...you could go through this book to review the stitches or see the pictures (not many but still).
Its a fine little book.

This is a very slender book, only 34 pages of photos and instructions. Seven pages of colored photos, including the cover, show an average of six projects per page, making a good number of projects to choose from. All of the designs use seed beads and other small beads strung on thread, with simple clasps added to the ends. Instructions are not included on how to add clasps, so you'll need to learn how to do that from another source.

The designs include a wonderful variety of necklaces, bracelets and earrings, ranging from sweet and delicate to large, complex, and dramatic. The cover photo gives a good idea of the variety of projects inside, and even if you just find a few that you want to do, it would be worth the low price of the book.

The instructions are okay. They are written in paragraph form, which makes it difficult to find your place again when returning to read them. I'd prefer the instructions written as Step 1, Step 2, etc. to make them easier to read, but the drawn diagrams showing how the thread passes through the beads are very good; they are large and easy to follow.

One little problem is that none of the instructions tell you on which page to find the photo of the corresponding project, so you have to look through the book to find it. To solve this, on each instruction page I wrote the page number on which to find the appropiate photo. Otherwise, I think this is a very good investment for people who like the intricate work with seed beads.

Mary Ellen Harte's Treasury Of Beaded Jewelry covers bead stringing patterns, telling young beginners and advanced workers alike how to produce fashionable jewelry from beads. Plenty of projects introduce new skills to beaders.

A variety of patterns gives a good overview of beading and the many different looks you can achieve.

An excellent tool for creative beading!