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Craftspeople who admire striking Indian designs can now create beautiful, colorful beadwork originated by the Chippewa, Iroquois, Pawnee, Seminole, Winnebago, and other American Indian tribes.
This book is a complete guide to this time-honored handicraft, offering step-by-step instructions, clear diagrams, and 71 tribal designs for two types of traditional bead applications -- bead weaving and applique beading.
You'll find fifty versatile designs charted on graph paper for bead weaving and twenty-one full-size patterns for applique, including transfer instructions and color keys....

American Indian Beadwork includes:

-Directions for beading stitches
-Directions for making and stringing a loom
-Fifty-four black-and-white photographs of actual Indian beadwork
-Thirteen full-color pages of 132 authentic Indian patterns for your own beadwork

If crafts are big, then clay is colossal. From pins and pendants to bracelets, buttons, and embellishments, crafters of all ages are embracing the creativity that polymer clay inspires. The Complete Book of Polymer Clay is an encyclopedic book by renowned expert Lisa Pavelka includes the latest techniques, handy tips, and trade secrets. Pavelka presents a sweeping overview of materials, how-to fundamentals, and construction techniques. She also introduces six original projects with complete instructions showing readers how to make pendants, curio boxes, a...

Get all knotted up This fun guide has all the information you need to make your own jewelry using knotting techniques. You'll learn how to evaluate, select, and care for pearls and gemstones; how to select findings and tools; the pros and cons of different stringing materials; and much more. Clear step-by-step, fully illustrated instructions show you exactly how to knot between beads and attach various types of clasps and finishes. You'll soon be crafting beautiful, ready-to-wear pieces.

Show off your scarf style

Why shop endlessly for the perfect scarf when you can create one that is perfectly you? In Creative Scarves you'll find 24 fashionably fun and incredibly easy design ideas to help you make (or make-over) your own gorgeous scarves for every outfit, occasion and season. Add your own personal touch as you sew, stamp, stencil, dye, bead, paint and trim your way to a complete scarf collection. Flip to the "Favorite Ways to Wear" section for tips on wearing your unique creations.

Sew, stamp, stencil, dye, bead, paint and trim your scarves

Everyone loves LEGO- This bright collection of 18 jewellery and fashion accessory projects will show you that LEGO- is not just for model making and can be used to create unique and quirky wearables that will be the talk of the town.aWith ideas ranging from necklaces, rings and bracelets to brooches, belt buckles and even hairbands, readers will be wowed by the creative possibilities of LEGO- as a crafting medium.aAll the tools, equipment and techniques are explained, and detailed step-by-step instructions will show you what components you need and how to build up each design.aFashion...

Beautiful bead-woven jewelry that is convertible, reversible, or interchangeable.

Delight in a spectrum of 16 bead weaving projects in "Bead Metamorphosis." Create beautiful bead-woven earrings, necklaces, bracelets, and brooches all of which transform by disassembling, reassembling, reversing, or interchanging separate beadwork components.

Author Lisa Kan is known for her elegant and feminine bead-woven jewelry design that often features leaves, faceted stones, and other romantic flourishes. Now she applies her trademark style to a jewelry collection featuring peyote, herringbone,...

Creating beautiful handcrafted wirework jewelry is at your fingertips with Wirework Jewelry Workshop. Crafting jewelry is made fun and engaging with this easy-to-follow workshop in a book. You'll find page after page of inspiration and techniques, along with a wealth of advice on tools, materials, and proper methods for making stunning wirework jewelry including necklaces, rings, bracelets, and earrings. This book is accessible for beginners with 450 colorful step-by-step photographs, straightforward instructions, and handy tried-and-true tips....

Learn the art of stringing and linking handcrafted jewelry Start thinking of a name for your jewelry-crafting workstation because people are going to be asking you, "where did you get that?" Stringing & Linking Jewelry Workshop, an easy-to-follow workshop-based book, covers everything you need to know to do exactly what the title suggests. There are 30 projects in all, accompanied by 450 gorgeous step-by-step photographs and clear-cut instructions, to take you by the hand and show you the ropes. Expert jewelry designer Sian...

The Art of Tatting Jewelry is the latest title from esteemed tatter Lyn Morton and contains a fantastic array of exquisite pieces to create. Each design is carefully photographed and accompanied by easy-to-follow diagrams. This practical and informative book showcases the use of this accessible and thriving craft, ideal for creating fantastic necklaces, bracelets, pendants and earrings.

If you enjoy making wirework jewelry and are looking for a new challenge then Mastering Wirework Jewelry is the perfect book for you. In this fabulous title by esteemed wireworker Rachel Norris, there are 15 intricate and beautiful wirework jewelry projects to make. Each has detailed step-by-step tips to follow, plus there are fully comprehensive tools, materials and techniques sections to provide all the know-how you need.

Projects include: pendants, brooches and necklaces inspired by nature and animals.