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Popular author Ann Benson brings a fresh look to classic romance and crafters of all levels will fall in love with these 18 beautiful and stylish purses, carrying cases and even a hat. Benson offers instructions on basic stitches and techniques, plus the bonus DVD shows many of the methods in action, making this package especially helpful to beginners. Gorgeous photography throughout highlights the luxurious look of these vintage creations and provides a wealth of inspiration.
About the Author
Ann Benson is the author of more than a dozen books on crafting with beads, as well as numerous successful science fiction novels. She currently runs Beads East, a bead shop and studio in Manchester, Connecticut.
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32 of 32 people found the following review helpful
Tapestry Bead Crochet
22 Oct 2010
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Tapestry Bead Crochet is definitely a collectible book! Ann Benson has authored beading books for years, and more recently, bead crochet books. Her work is stunning and she is well known as a professional fiber artist. Her beading books include patterns that can be adapted to tapestry bead crochet.
Tapestries predate the 3rd century BC. The terms "tapis, tapisserie, tapisser = tapestry," originates from France with the earliest written reference of 1476. "Tapestry" means to create a surface depicting a richly complex design, which can include symbolism, a story or a mystery. In the beginning, tapestries were woven, then over time, tapestry motifs were made using textile techniques such as embroidery, crochet, knitting, stitchery, decorative needlework and beading.
Bead knit and crochet bags spanning that past 200 years, often have scenic-pictorial designs, or period subjects such as Victorian, Art Deco, Art Nouveau, and Egyptian from the opening of King Tut's tomb. Ann combines traditional and contemporary patterns for the bags such as pictorial, bargello, paisley, animal, floral, and hexagon. Bag closures include drawstrings, metal handles, zippers and bead crochet rope handles. The peacock bag with gussets is perfect to match my hairpin lace peacock shawl. The bags are larger sizes; not tiny pendant bags.
Ann loves to design bead crochet jewelry and her tapestry crochet is perfect for creative and stimulating patterns. Bags are the primary projects; along with cell phone cases, an eyeglass case, a treasure box, leopard skin pillbox hat (wow), and rings for your fingers. She provides instructions to line bags, hats and containers with color photos. Lining often enhances the finish of a bag or even a treasure box. I do wish she had included the dimension, length and width, for each item. She does list the number of beads or stitches in the beginning rounds/rows plus dimensions for the linings. Bead and thread identification, bead crochet how-to, charts and how to follow them are provided Beading finishes and tubular bead crochet are explained with step-by-step color illustrations.
You should know bead single crochet and other basics, not just slip stitch, to work most the projects. To top it all off, a DVD is included with the book. Tapestry Bead Crochet will amaze and inspire you. You will want this book, I beadjest you not. Lydia Borin, The Beadwrangler
Tapestries predate the 3rd century BC. The terms "tapis, tapisserie, tapisser = tapestry," originates from France with the earliest written reference of 1476. "Tapestry" means to create a surface depicting a richly complex design, which can include symbolism, a story or a mystery. In the beginning, tapestries were woven, then over time, tapestry motifs were made using textile techniques such as embroidery, crochet, knitting, stitchery, decorative needlework and beading.
Bead knit and crochet bags spanning that past 200 years, often have scenic-pictorial designs, or period subjects such as Victorian, Art Deco, Art Nouveau, and Egyptian from the opening of King Tut's tomb. Ann combines traditional and contemporary patterns for the bags such as pictorial, bargello, paisley, animal, floral, and hexagon. Bag closures include drawstrings, metal handles, zippers and bead crochet rope handles. The peacock bag with gussets is perfect to match my hairpin lace peacock shawl. The bags are larger sizes; not tiny pendant bags.
Ann loves to design bead crochet jewelry and her tapestry crochet is perfect for creative and stimulating patterns. Bags are the primary projects; along with cell phone cases, an eyeglass case, a treasure box, leopard skin pillbox hat (wow), and rings for your fingers. She provides instructions to line bags, hats and containers with color photos. Lining often enhances the finish of a bag or even a treasure box. I do wish she had included the dimension, length and width, for each item. She does list the number of beads or stitches in the beginning rounds/rows plus dimensions for the linings. Bead and thread identification, bead crochet how-to, charts and how to follow them are provided Beading finishes and tubular bead crochet are explained with step-by-step color illustrations.
You should know bead single crochet and other basics, not just slip stitch, to work most the projects. To top it all off, a DVD is included with the book. Tapestry Bead Crochet will amaze and inspire you. You will want this book, I beadjest you not. Lydia Borin, The Beadwrangler
12 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Not for beginners
18 May 2011
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I was needing a hobby and this images in this book immediately appealed to me. However when I tried to work on the projects they ended up being way above my level. I have not done anything but simple crochet in easily 10 to 15 years and I found myself getting frustrated as I tried to learn the basic crochet stiches needed for the projects. The book does a good job of explaining many stitches and materials and giving you some options for different or comparable materials. Because of the explanations the book appears to be somewhat geared towards beginners, but I had a hard time following and understanding what I needed to do. The materials needed for the projects in the book are very small as seed beeds are used in the patterns. So the size of the materials does not lend itself well to a first timer like myself. Honestly I would advise knowing basic crochet and being proficient in those stitches and some of the lingo before purchasing this book. If you are an accomplished crocheter this should definitely work for you. There are quite a few projects ranging from really simple to the more complex.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Beautiful pictures, terrible instructions
26 Dec 2011
Format:Paperback
I bought this book with high hopes. The pictures and patterns are wonderful. BUT the instructions are a little uneven, not to say bizarre. She gives pages, with multiple pictures, on how to do crochet chains, slip stitchs and single crochet.
Then about the threading of the beads in patterns, which is the heart of the whole technique, she airly gives a quarter page with the instruction "remember the first bead on is the last crocheted" with no pictures, no hints, no sample diagram. She also remarks that she threads from right to left but you can thread the other way if you are left-handed(?).
Then she goes on for whole pages about how to mark row ends with close-up pictures of cutting tiny paper squares. She also provides a template for a cardboard piece to wrap the threaded beads on.
What I wanted to know is where the hell to start threading "five or six rows" in a eighty row pattern, or any tricks to organizing fifteen or twenty bead colours when creating a pattern. Does she put then on small dishes to thread, or just scoop them out of the vials.
How does she deal with the beads that come in hanks? Any hints on bead storage: after doing a few projects there are going to be a LOT of beads vial and hanks around. What would be the best way to organize them?
If you are cutting thread lengths, which she doesn't tell you, how do you start and securely finish each cut thread? Normally in crochet you avoid cutting the thread whenever possible, but I don't see how to use her method of threading the beads without numerous cuts.
This is the heart of the technique: it needs more than a quarter page.
It almost feels like this is a "coffee table" book, beautiful pictures but not really intended for use.
Then about the threading of the beads in patterns, which is the heart of the whole technique, she airly gives a quarter page with the instruction "remember the first bead on is the last crocheted" with no pictures, no hints, no sample diagram. She also remarks that she threads from right to left but you can thread the other way if you are left-handed(?).
Then she goes on for whole pages about how to mark row ends with close-up pictures of cutting tiny paper squares. She also provides a template for a cardboard piece to wrap the threaded beads on.
What I wanted to know is where the hell to start threading "five or six rows" in a eighty row pattern, or any tricks to organizing fifteen or twenty bead colours when creating a pattern. Does she put then on small dishes to thread, or just scoop them out of the vials.
How does she deal with the beads that come in hanks? Any hints on bead storage: after doing a few projects there are going to be a LOT of beads vial and hanks around. What would be the best way to organize them?
If you are cutting thread lengths, which she doesn't tell you, how do you start and securely finish each cut thread? Normally in crochet you avoid cutting the thread whenever possible, but I don't see how to use her method of threading the beads without numerous cuts.
This is the heart of the technique: it needs more than a quarter page.
It almost feels like this is a "coffee table" book, beautiful pictures but not really intended for use.
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