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Author: Dustin Wedekind
ISBN: 1596680164
Number of Pages: 128
Publication Date: 2007-05-28
Publisher: Interweave Press

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Perfect for a Beginning Seed Beader
by Customer A2K4HN6EECBNR3 at October 10th, 2007
I have just started seed beading. It's a new thing for me, although I understand how to make other kinds of jewelry. Frankly, I don't even think it matters if I did know how to make ANY other sort of jewelry with this sleekly written, brightly photographed, appealing book by one of the most well-known seed beaders in the community, Dustin Wedekind. I have admired many of his projects in Beadwork Magazine for years.

Admittedly, in Getting Started with Seed Beads, you don't get the incredibly elaborate and intricately beaded work which the author creates on a regular basis elsewhere--all those fabulous and magnificent pieces-- here, in this book. That is intentional, however: this book is to help YOU get started. You get every type of basic stitch which you might want to try, in a cheerful and colorful layout, with no fuss and no messy photos.

It is easy to get confused when you are first learning to seed bead (Take it from me, first hand!).
Staring at big piles of beads all over the place clogging up the photos on book pages makes it worse. Thank heavens this book takes pity upon us and leaves the pages clean and clear and appealing.



The projects looks good and the colors are brilliant and charming.

The early projects in the book which I liked were the glue projects, where you decorate tin boxes wth beads, an enchanting paisley pin, something lacy called a Green Diamond Ribonette which has lots of uses--bracelet, lariat, or belt, Belted Bricky Balls which look more challenging than most of the projects but pretty enough to be worth trying, and the great Twisted Cable Bracelets at the end of the book-I already know the basic stich for that one--hooray!

I am glad Dustin explained the many types of beads at the beginning and how to use sequins as well. I feel much more comfortable with the whole concept of seed beading as a whole. This is a very worthwhile book which I have enjoyed reading, will use and refer to, and I am glad I bought!

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