Bead Fantasies: Beautiful Easy-to-make Jewellery |
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Takako Samejima
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Pages: 84 (Paperback)
ISBN: 4889961283
Pub: Japan Publications Trading Co
Pub date: 2003-10
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 13273
Reader Reviews:
For the experienced beader (1/1 people found this helpful)
This book was not quite what I expected but the various designs seem well documented and explained in sufficient detail.
I was looking for some more simple designs and after an initial flick through I have not touched the book again although I could be inspired to try some of the patterns if I had more time. Maybe I should do that anyway, perhaps they are not as complicated as they look!
Definitely a book for an experienced person
Good for beginners (1/1 people found this helpful)
I love working with crystals and this book is full of wonderful projects. However, personally I found some of the designs a little too basic and I would have preferred the diagrams to be larger and clearer. That said, there is great scope for adapting the basic designs into something more challenging.
If you are new to beading this book is great; it would also be a good stepping stone if you've done a some bead stringing and want to mix that with some bead weaving.
Best book so far (42/42 people found this helpful)
Out of the dozens of beading and jewellery books on my shelf this is by far the best one I own. Their second book 'Bead fantasies II' is a close runner up!
I don't know where she gets her ideas for the jewellery but they are stunning, and not difficult.
It was the first beading book I bought and I recommend it to anyone starting out in beading. I've even had the girls at the local bead shop ask me about the book after seeing one of the necklaces.
Absolutely fantastic! (43/43 people found this helpful)
This is my absolute number one favourite bead book ever. The pieces here are so beautiful they take your breath away. At first glance, you expect such intricate, delicate things to be really difficult, but they're not: I was using this book pretty much from being a beginner.
Most of the pieces here are jewellery (necklaces, bracelets, rings, cell phone straps, glasses cords), but the designs are flexible and more experienced beaders will find inspiration to adapt them on every page. The instructions are very thorough, and the section at the end on findings and finishing was very useful.
I just can't wait for book 2 to come out!
The king of the Beadwork books!!! (25/25 people found this helpful)
This is my book! I love every project, and the colours... are so fine and lovely! It has nice photos, it's easy to follow the projects, it's heaven on beadwork! I'm anxious to buy the Bead Fantasies II because this one is really good! Buy it and you won't regret it!!!
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