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Albion Stitch Book 2
by Heather Kingsley-Heath

Publisher: Heatherworks
Edition: Spiral

Albion Stitch Book two has 20 new designs, plus a gallery to inspire you. Discover how easy it is to create beaded bezels with this simple stitch. Explore geometric and organic three dimensional forms. Learn how to create beaded flowers and leaves, colourful insects like butterflies and beetles; there's even a pattern for a three dimensional bird to flutter through your beadwork. Albion Stitch is easy to master and if you enjoyed book one, you'll love the new designs in book two.

Price: £12.99

Bead Quilled Jewellery
by Kathy King

Publisher: CPI
Edition: Paperback

Author Kathy King has developed a variation the decorative paper craft of quilling to create unique designs in beadwork. In bead quilling - instead of thin strips of paper - thin strips of beads, made with square stitch, are wrapped to form circles, scrolls, and squares. The holes of the beads, rather than the sides, are exposed, to become part of the distinctive design. The author works with simple and complex combinations of quilled beads to create a variety of jewelry designs. She also incorporates crystals, pearls, and decorative threads into the pieces to add interest and texture.

Price: £12.99

Micro-Macrame: Beaded Jewellery
by Annika de Groot

Publisher: Search Press
Edition: Paperback

Macramé has reemerged with a gorgeous new twist. Evocative of the Victorian-era macramé lace that decorated fashionable women’s shawls & purses, this accessible new book updates the art of macramé lace with a range of stunning beaded jewelry designs. Beautiful and infinitely versatile, “Micro-Macramé” shows jewelry makers how to capture the allure of this classic craft by combining it with beads to create stunning items that rival the elegance & intricacy of pieces made years ago – but are easy to make and have a modern appeal. Detailed step-by step photographs with complete instructions guide you every step of the way.

Please be aware that this book has been available for a few months in the American Edition titled Micro Macrame 3D Beadwork.

Price: £14.99

Your Seed Bead Style
by Editors of Bead & Button

Publisher: Kalmbach
Edition: Paperback

Variety is the name of the game in Your Seed Bead Style! The 31 projects in this book show beaders how to incorporate interesting materials into their basic seed bead jewelry. Your Seed Bead Style is organized by material, and features a variety of techniques and stitches including peyote, herringbone, square stitch, bead embroidery, tatting, right-angle weave, and more. Dynamic compilation from the editors of Bead&Button magazine.

Price: £13.99

Beyond Beading Basics
by Carole Rodgers

Publisher: Northlight
Edition: Paperback

Beyond Beading Basics teaches the more complex aspects of beading that go beyond the basics. Readers will receive instruction on intermediate and advanced techniques including how to use common beading findings as an integral part of the design, use multiple-hole beads, make baskets and other shapes with wire and beads, as well as how to combine stitches to achieve unique effects. More than 25 projects demonstrate these techniques for readers and provide added inspiration.

Price: £15.99

Totally Twisted
by Kerry Bogert

Publisher: Interweave Press
Edition: Paperback

ISBN: 9781596681682

Artist Kerry Bogert, whose signature work incorporates accents of colored wire and glass beads, shares years of design expertise in this book. Learn to master basic wireworking techniques plus creative ways to combine colored wire, sterling wire, and glass beads into jewelry design. Beginning and intermediate wire jewelry crafters will learn how to successfully bring color into their wirework with Totally Twisted.

Price: £16.99

Creative Beading Vol 4
by Bead& Button

Publisher: Kalmbach
Edition: Hardback

Creative Beading, Vol. 4 from Bead&Button Books. Includes a thorough Basics section and helpful tips for readers, along with scores of great projects from the magazine. Projects are grouped by technique and include a range of stringing, wirework, and bead crochet projects in addition to the multitude of fantastic, editor-tested stitching projects for which Bead&Button is known.

Price: £19.99

Cube Bead Stitching
by Virginia Jensen

Publisher: Kalmbach
Edition: Paperback

This book includes a variety of projects, from small pieces that work up quickly to stunning necklaces. The chapters are divided by project type: bracelets, earrings, necklaces, rings, and decorative items. Perfect for beginners wanting to learn the fundamentals of many popular stitches while creating projects and for experienced stitchers who enjoy the novelty of weaving an uncommon shape into beautiful jewelry.

Price: £14.99

More Seed Bead Stitching
by Beth Stone

Publisher: Kalmbach
Edition: Paperback

More Seed Bead Stitching by Beth Stone. This book brings more creative and imaginative stitch variations, leading to stylish seed bead jewelry. Author and designer Beth Stone offers a warm, personal approach to her necklace, bracelet, ring, and pendant projects, enticing beaders to comfortably learn stitch variations. More Seed Bead Stitching offers a pleasant take on seed bead stitching for beaders of any level.

Price: £14.99

Off Loom Woven Bead Necklaces
by Deb DiMarco

Publisher: Schiffer
Edition: Paperback

This comprehensive guide to off-loom, seed-bead weaving uses the square stitch. Over 220 color photos illustrate the step-by-step instructions that clearly explain the stitching & joining techniques for novices as well as advanced weaver-jewelery makers. Three necklace designs feature easily available & the artist’s handmade glass beads in a palette of seasonal colors. The Autumn Harvest necklace is a classic design inter-woven with copper beads and findings. The Purple Mountains panels are accented with amethyst and crystal, and the Blueberry Parfait pattern looks luscious enough to eat. This easy-to-read pattern book is for anyone interested in learning off-loom, seed-bead weaving. Three bracelet patterns are also included.

Price: £14.99

Netting Sets
by Maddy de Kuyper

Publisher: de Graaf
Edition: Paperback

The netting technique is a great beading technique and my absolute favourite! In this book I would like to show you how many unusual effects can be created, by using the patterns and playing with colours and shapes. “Netting Sets” is a book that you have to have if you are looking for a challenge in the netting technique. I hope the samples will inspire you to make this exclusive jewellery. I am sure you will receive many compliments!” — Maddy Kuijper. Instructions are presented in English, Dutch, French and German

Price: £9.99

Seed Bead Fusion
by Rachel Nelson-Smith

Publisher: Interweave Press
Edition: Paperback

Learn how to fuse, merge, and mix materials, techniques, colors, inspiration, and design ideas for seed bead jewelry with a contemporary edge.

Price: £17.99

World Beads
by Ray Hemanchandra

Publisher: Lark
Edition: Hardback

Explore a world of beads! The newest entry in Lark’s popular Beading with…series goes international and multicultural, with more than 30 dazzling jewellery projects that showcase popular “tribal” and “ethnic” beads. As with the other books in the series, this lavishly illustrated volume offers an introduction to scores of different beads, illustrates all the basic techniques, and presents both beginner and intermediate projects from a pool of talented designers. The one-of-a kind pieces range from Jean Campbell’s jangly Milagros Charm Bracelet to Elizabeth Glass Geltman and Rachel Geltman’s porcelain-beaded “A New Chinese Twist” - with stops in India, Africa and many other countries along the way.

Price: £16.99

Bead & Fiber Jewelry
by Jane Olson-Phillips

Publisher: Lark
Edition: Paperback

Knot one, bead two and what have you got? Bold jewellery made from an eclectic collection of beads - one-of-a-kind lamp work beads, silver ethnic beads, exotic stones - and a selection of luscious fibres. These 30 beautiful projects show what’s possible when a time-tested technique gets a fashionable update with contemporary materials and a modern aesthetic. The knots are simple and familiar to most crafters: basic overhand, square and hitches. Once that’s mastered the rest is easy. Create a spiralled necklace out of linen cord and a single stunning enamel and gold-leaf focus bead. Work silky ribbon yarn in an open net to make an elegant lariat beaded scarf. How-to illustrations, beauty shots and numerous construction tips help illuminate the process

Price: £12.99

Beading in No Time
by Linda Peterson

Publisher: Cico Books
Edition: Paperback

ISBN: 9781907030260

A piece of unique, hand-made jewelry is always more special than something store-bought – so why not learn how to make your own? This beautifully illustrated book will show you how to work with beads to make bespoke bracelets, necklaces, brooches, earrings, rings and more, all working with a range of beads and other media such as charms, resin, clay and vintage finds. Clear step-by-step instructions make this book suitable for beginners as well as more experienced jewellery-makers, and there are plenty of ideas and variations to develop and personalize the projects.

Price: £14.99

Bugle Bead Bonanza
by Jamie Cloud Eakin

Publisher: GMC
Edition: Paperback

ISBN: 9781600593888

Popular beader Jamie Cloud Eakin uses bugle beads to make her fun, fantastic pieces and she’s showing other crafters how to do it, too! The techniques - from weaving into beadwork to using stop beads - are wonderfully simple and explained in an easy-to-follow basics section. Each of the 30 beautiful projects fits into one of six thematic colour families and the gorgeous creations include a Victorian Choker, colourful Parallel Weave Bracelet and black-and-white Pouch with Pizzazz!

Price: £16.99

Four Seasons of Beading
by Barb Switzer

Publisher: Annie's Attic
Edition: Paperback

ISBN: 9781596352674

Accessories are a big part of every well-dressed woman's look. Working with palettes and themes, this book shows how jewelry designs are as changeable as clothing or shoes. Nothing makes an outfit more fashionable than the right finish – fantastic beaded jewelry. Seasonal designs make this book a year-round favourite. Projects take less than 2 hours to complete. Ideal for both beginners and intermediate level beaders.

Price: £11.99

Albion Stitch
by Heather Kingsley-Heath

Publisher Useful Booklet Co
Edition Spiral

Albion Stitch, the latest book by Heather Kingsle-Heath is a comprehensive introduction to a brand new beading stitch. Albion Stitch is easy to do, beginners can soon create beautiful beadwork. Albion Stitch is also intriguingly complex, with plenty for experienced beaders to be inspired by. The book covers all the basics of the stitch, with 20 step by step projects to try, plus many more variations. The author shares some ideas about colour to inspire you before you start to bead. Albion Stitch is a 64 page, hard back spiral bound book, small enough to lay neat and flat by your bead tray as you work.
Price: £12.99

Beaded Opulence
by Marcia DeCoster

Publisher Lark Books
Edition Hardback

Beaded Opulence features two dozen spectacular jewelry designs from renowned master beading teacher Marcia DeCoster. Marcia specializes in the popular right angle weave stitch, and she presents beadweavers with a comprehensive primer on her beautiful techniques. Eager beaders will learn how to use the stitch to create fabulous effects—including a supple beaded fabric, beaded ropes, shaped curves, and embellished layers—in stunning, modern jewelry designs.
Price: £16.99

Diane Fitzgerald's Shaped Beadwork
by Diane Fitzgerald

Publisher Lark Books
Edition Hardback

Diane Fitzgerald, award-winning bead jewellery designer, teaches you her techniques for creating gorgeous geometric jewelry. More than 20 stunning projects come in a variety of flat and dimensional shapes, from triangles, teardrops, and pentagons to tetrahedrons, cubes, and diamonds. All use peyote stitch. Sleek, contemporary, and breathtaking, these beadwoven pieces are perfect for intermediate crafters - but with such clear and detailed instructions, even beginners will give them a try!
Price: £16.99

Straits Chinese Beadwork and Embroidery
by Ho Wing Meng

Straits Times
Edition Hardback

The Straits Chinese were ethnic Chinese who settled along the trade routes between China & India, particularly along the Malacca Strait, Malaysia, Singapore and parts of Indonesia. They brought their own culture with them but soon incorporated ideas and inspiration from the locales in which they settled. Whilst their Porcelain, Silver and Furniture was often made in China and exported to them their textiles were made locally by the Straits Chinese and developed a unique style blending local influences and ideas with traditional Chinese design.
The book is in two sections, the first on Beadwork and the second on Embroidery. It has over 90 full colour illustrations of rare beadwork and embroidery, many from private collections in Singapore and Indonesia.

Price: £18.99

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