Fabulous Fabric Beads

"Don’t settle for just any bead when you’re creating handcrafted jewelry. Make unique, one-of-a-kind beads from silk, muslin, or hand-dyed ribbon embellished with crystals, fiber, glitter, wire, & more for show-stopping bijoux. Fabulous Fabric Beads, combines beading, scrapbooking, quilting, fiber arts, & mixed-media techniques to create lightweight beads made from rolled tubes of silk fabric & painted or embellished with stamps and other materials. All beadmaking steps are shown with step-by-step photography & use easy-to-find materials from craft & fabric stores. Sidebars and tips plus bonus information on using successful color palettes help the reader make stunning and personal jewelry. An inspirational gallery of art jewelry pieces using the featured beads gives readers ideas to use beads in ways they never envisioned. No expensive equipment is needed & many beads can be made with common components. Plus, beads can be created in just a few hours, and all finished projects can be created in a few hours. Softcover, 112 pages, measures 8-1/2"" x 10-1/4"".