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Attach them to curtains, lampshades, dresses, bags, and pillows: beaded tassels add sparkle to anything--as these hundreds of diagrams and photos brilliantly show. You probably even have most of what you need at home already. Choose from a variety of styling options, bead types, and tassels (including the humbug, frilled neck, netted neck, and patterned neck). Plus, try 9 types of skirt, 6 kinds of fringe, and 8 heads. Finish off with lots of trimmings and baubles--ruffs, tiny flowers, cubes and squares, and much more! 128 pages (all in color), 8 1/2 x 10. NEW IN PAPERBACK
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is an excellent book for learning how to make unusual and distinctive beaded trimmings for soft furnishings - or other accessories. The ideas range from beautifully simple braids and tassels to much more intricate, complex pieces. Not a good book for the beginner though - not because the techniques are too difficult but because the diagrams and explanations of the stitches used are not at all easy to follow. My advice - if you don't already know brick stitch or peyote - unless you have the patience to learn by trial and error, is to arm yourself with another more basic book to help you figure out the techniques.
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57 of 58 people found the following review helpful
Great techniques, beautiful pictures
3 Nov 1999
Format:Hardcover
Borrowed this book from a friend and had to buy my own! Many wonderful beading techniques and ideas. Beautiful for tassel making, but also many stitches which can be applied to other types of beadwork. Great fringe ideas, lots of different elements. Well laid out with lots of pictures for inspiration.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Imaginative and content rich
20 Sep 2000
Format:Hardcover
Beaders wanting to expand their talents can reach for this book for both inspiration and instruction. There are hundreds of ideas here, for every level. Not everyone will understand all the instructions and some of the components could have been written with more detail, but with a little effort and perseverence these projects are within reach of a dedicated beader. Serious beaders and tassel makers will revel in a book that provides challenges, solutions and professional results.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Beaded Tassels
3 Jan 2001
Format:Hardcover
Want to dress up drapery tiebacks with tassels or hang your beads from the ceiling fan switch? Valerie's book gives you lots of ideas to serve as a springboard.
Not only does she give good instructions for traditional bead weaving, including brick, peyote, and netting stitches, to make your tassels, but also she shows how to make braids and cords. She suggests the combination of beads and cords in projects, including buried or berried bugle cords, crazy and flower chains, and branched fringe.
If you don't want to make tassels, but need ideas for fringes on medicine bag necklaces and amulet purses, this is the book for you.
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