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Title: Beaded Embellishment: Techniques & Designs for Embroidering on Cloth by Amy C. Clarke, Robin Atkins ISBN: 1-931499-12-8 Publisher: Interweave Press Pub. Date: October, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (12 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: if you're already comfy w/ basic embroidery or sewing....
Comment: ... this book may give you whatever little push you need toward working beads into that. There's a smallish section on 'Getting Started,' which offers not-nearly-enough info on beads in general plus a few tips on cloth-needles-thread. You'll need to use your own imagination and needlework experience and do a bit of experimenting. The 20-page section on techniques is the most useful part of the book. There are also 10 projects, only a couple of which I found inspiring or useful. The author could easily have dispensed with the rest of the book : the 'History of Beading on Cloth' (more like a brief overview) and the entire 'Gallery' (not projects, just pictures). The 'Resources' section is especially disappointing; the author chose to list only six bead shops, five of them on or near the west coast.
Rating: 4
Summary: Good for Beaders, Embroideriers, and Quilters
Comment: As with all Interweave Press publications, this starts with a historical overview of bead embellishments including some beautiful pictures and samples.
There are several stitches shown with many texturing ideas offered for use in the various projects. They start from simple pocket fringe to a wonderful Sashiko Vest - assembly instructions are included with this project.
A chapter is devoted to designing for bead embroidery with discussions of how stitches effect the finished look of a piece. You will also find information on color.
The gallery is actually two sections. Two pages are devoted to a few of the Bead Quilt squares created in memory of the September 11th, 2001, attacks. The other section is lovely in that it show a few of the possiblities inherent in bead embroidery.
Overall it's an excellent book and a good addition to any beader's, embroiderier's, or quilter's library.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Gotta-Have Book
Comment: I have done beaded embroidery and find it fascinating. This book blew me away with the photographs -- absolutely beautiful! The book itself didn't tell me too much that I didn't already know as far as technique, but it helped me to look at beaded embroidery in a new light, and provided new ideas. It was worth every penny that I spent on it.
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Title: Bead Embroidery by Valerie Campbell-Harding, Pamela Watts ISBN: 0713486066 Publisher: Batsford Pub. Date: 28 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Creative Cloth Doll Making: New Approaches for Using Fibers, Beads, Dyes, and Other Exciting Techniques by Patti Medaris Culea ISBN: 1564969428 Publisher: Rockport Publishers Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: Embellishing with Beads by Nancy Nehring ISBN: 1402700598 Publisher: Sterling Pub. Date: 28 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: Motifs for Crazy Quilting: Techniques for Embroidering and Embellishing Crazy Quilts by J. Marsha Michler ISBN: 087349427X Publisher: Krause Publications Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: The Stori of Beaded Embellishment by Mary Stori ISBN: 1564773396 Publisher: That Patchwork Place Pub. Date: 15 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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