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Casual Bead Elegance, Stitch by Stitch features 24 projects in timeless bead stitches, starting with simple applications and expanding each stitch with more elaborate pieces. Though the focus is on learning and applying specific techniques, the resulting projects are wearable and casually elegant, using beads in any beader's collection (seed beads, crystals, pearls, gemstones, and shaped beads) . Whether the goal is to learn and perfect a stitch or merely to follow the instructions for weaving lovely projects, you will find plenty of earrings, rings, bracelets, and necklaces to make and wear in this collection. Stitches include ladder, right-angle weave, cubic right-angle weave, herringbone, square stitch, circular brick stitch, and peyote stitch.



About the Author

Eve Leder

Eve Leder started her career as a published craft designer in 2010. A year later her first published beaded jewelry project was featured on the cover. This inspired her to teach herself more about beading. Her work has appeared in over a dozen different publications: Bead Design Studio, Bead Unique, BeadWork, Crafts 'n things, Craft Ideas, Create and Decorate, Crochet World, Just Cards, PolymerCAFE, Quick and Easy Painting RubberStampMadness, Scrap and Stamp Arts, Soft Dolls and Animals, and Stitch. Her artistic expression can take many forms: beading, crocheting, decorative painting, decoupage, jewelry making, knitting, paper crafts, polymer clay, and sewing. She taught herself most of what she knows. The title of her new book is Casual Bead Elegance, Stitch by Stitch and is published by Kalmbach Books. If you are interested in seeing more of her work, please visit her blog at eveleder.com.



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