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| Bead Romantique: Elegant Beadweaving Designs | 
 enlarge | Author: Lisa Kan
Publisher: Interweave Press
Category: Book
List Price: $24.95
Buy New: $15.00
You Save: $9.95 (40%)
New (33) Used (8) from $13.34
Avg. Customer Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 53011
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 144
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 8.4 x 0.5
ISBN: 1596680466
Dewey Decimal Number: 745.5942
EAN: 9781596680463
ASIN: 1596680466
Publication Date: April 1, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: BRAND NEW
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| Customer Reviews:
 Gorgeous book July 9, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
The theme of the book is romantic, almost Victorian looking pieces. Most of the supplies called for are really easy to find in local bead stores, and the rest can be found searching online.
The beginning of the book has some basic information about the supplies used, including what the author likes and dislikes about some threads and needles, and what the best application is for them.
Then you get into the rest of the book, the projects. They are stunning. They range from very easy and elegant chain and wirework projects, simple beadwoven projects with some lovely surface embellishment, and then some incredibly dramatic looking bead woven pieces. The color photographs are inspiring and the instructions and diagrams are very well written. Many of the projects are meant for the intermediate beader.
Don't be daunted though, the back of the book has stitch diagrams, and the text of each project is well written step by step.
My favorite thing about the projects is that a few of them combine techniques. Chain as an accent on a beadwoven necklace for example. Some of her designs are completely unexpected pairings of techniques and beads that turn out looking amazing.
Like I said, most supplies can be found easily at a good local bead store, and some projects are entirely made of easily found supplies, which is always nice in a book like this. The V Scallop necklace for example, you may have all the supplies you need on hand, or be inspired by it to make something similar with the supplies you do have on hand.
My personal favorite project in the whole book is the intricate motif constructed Victorian Diamond Cuff. It looks difficult, but it's actually made of diamond shaped motifs that look easy enough one at a time.
If you're an intermediate beader looking for inspiration and ideas, or a beginning beader looking for a challenge, I recommend this book.
Fabulous book for intermediate/advance beader May 22, 2008
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
Well worth the money. Lots of projects to work on. Can't figure out which one I want to start with.
excellent patterns in a beautiful book!! July 24, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I am as addicted to books as I am to beading! Two of my favorite books are by Carol Wilcox Wells and though I have purchased many books since hers have been published, this is the first I would rank as highly as I rank hers. It is filled with inspiring, beautiful, and most importantly, ORIGINAL designs. It is a book that is a wonderful addition to an intermediate to advanced beader's library. The projects are fun to create and the directions are clear and easy to follow. I liked this book so much I bought 3 more to "gift" my beading friends with!!
 Not What I thought... September 17, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The book had nice designs, but a lot of variations of the same thing. Not what I expected from this author.
Fantastic Book August 24, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I would recommend this book to all beaders, if only for the eye candy. The jewelry is amazing and the photography is fantastic. I haven't made anything from the patterns as yet, but they look to be very well written and sensible.
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