Earring Designs by Sig, Book 1
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Midwest Book Review
Easy step-by-step instructions accompany a beader's guide which uses seed beads to create pictorial earrings and pins. All steps are illustrated and some color photos of finished works accompany many design suggestions. Picture Beaded Earrings For Beginners uses 10/_ seed beads to create Diamond-Shaped Pictorial Earrings and Pins. The finished designs can also be used for necklaces or as appliques for clothes, shoe laces,hats or belts. The relatively large size of the beads used makes the designs perfect for beginners, but the 53 original patterns will delight beaders of all skill levels who enjoy making pictorial designs. Picture Beaded Earrings For Beginners features easy-to-follow instructions for Creating Diamond, Partial- and Half-Diamond earrings, with a Two-Needle Brick Stitch technique. All the necessary steps are fully illustrated. The addition of loop and straight dangles is also completely explained and illustrated. Other designs include a Seal balancing a ball, a cuddly Teddy Bear, a Strawberry, a friendly ghost, and a prickly cactus, an anchor, bat, black cat, coral snake, cherries, crab, cupid, dollar sign, Dream Keeper, duck, Easter Bunny, and many more!
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Book Description
Eureka! This book provides an answer to your often repeated requests for new and different beading designs. Eagle's View is overjoyed to present patterns for 46 new Comanche (or Brick) Stitch earring designs by Sig Wynne-Evans, a talented newcomer to our family of authors. Experienced and beginning jewelerymakers will cherish this treasure trove of unique designs and use it over and over again. The designs will also thrill appliqu beadworkers, who can incorporate these fresh ideas into their projects. Featuring contemporary and Native American themes, the designs focus on images, rather than standard geometric designs. Add complete, illustrated instructions for the Comanche Stitch and this book is truly a must for everyone interested in creating beauty with beads. The introduction provides basic information on beads, needles, thread, work space, and organization, as well as some thoughts on the business of selling finished beadwork. This is followed by a complete set of illustrated instructions for making Diamond and Triangle earrings with the Comanche Weave or Brick Stitch technique. Bead by bead patterns for each design are provided on separate pages and there are eight color pages with pictures of 32 of the earring designs.
Designs included are: Tropical Fish, Mermaid, Snake, Hummingbird, Dragonfly, Showgirl, Bird On a Swing, Toucan, Beagle, Seahorse, Desert Tapestry, Dragon, Flamingo, Beaded Bear, Navajo Rug, Skull, Desert Horse, Midnight Coyote, Desert Lizard, Spirit Dancer, Pegasus, Moon Goddess, Thunderbird, Peacock, Parrot, Rain Keeper, two Panda designs, Jack Rabbit, Kokopelli, Chief, Fairy, Elephant, Shells, Palm Tree, Punk Parrot, Bear, Egyptian, Phoenix, Iris, Erte, Killer Whale, Cat, Frog and Ballerina. 17 illustrations; 46 color-coded patterns; 8 pages in full color.
Earring Designs by Sig, Book 1,Sigrid Wynne-Evans,Eagles View Publishing,0943604354,Beadwork,Crafts & Hobbies,Crafts / Hobbies,Decorating,Earrings,Hobbies/Crafts,Jewelry,Jewelry Arts And Crafts,Jewelry making
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