Not Your Mama's Beading: The Cool and Creative Way to String 'Em Along (Not Your Mama's Craft Books) PDF
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01_973807 ffirs.qxp 8/14/06 12:26 PM Page iii beading not your mama’s ™ The cool and creative way to string ’em along by Kate Shoup Welsh 01_973807 ffirs.qxp 8/14/06 12:26 PM Page ii 01_973807 ffirs.qxp 8/14/06 12:26 PM Page i beading not your mama’s ™ 01_973807 ffirs.qxp 8/14/06 12:26 PM Page ii 01_973807 ffirs.qxp 8/14/06 12:26 PM Page iii beading not your mama’s ™ The cool and creative way to string ’em along by Kate Shoup Welsh 01_973807 ffirs.qxp 8/14/06 12:26 PM Page iv Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey. All rights reserved. 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Access one more Not Your Mama’s Beading pattern at www.wiley.com/go/NYMbeading. 02_973807 ftoc.qxp 8/14/06 12:28 PM Page vii Contents Introduction CHAPTER THREE 1 Bead It PART ONE The Anal-Retentive Beader: Preparing Your Environment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Brushing Up on Beading String ’Em Along: Basic Bead Stringing. . . . 33 The Stitchuation Room: Basic Beading Stitches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 CHAPTER ONE Wire Wire, Pants on Fire: Beading Beads in Our Time with Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Next!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 The Fashion-Conscious Neanderthal . . . . . . . 7 Glass Warfare. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 PART TWO Venice II Society. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Projects Out of Africa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 East of Beadin’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 New World Beader. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 CHAPTER FOUR You’re So Money, Baby. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 We Got Spirits, Yes We Do!. . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Necklace Drivers Lighten Up, It’s Just Fashion . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 And the Bead Goes On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Ribbon Campaign. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Next!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Financial Freedom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Showcase Showdown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Charm School. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 CHAPTER TWO Baby You’re a Star. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 The Good Buy Girl CHAPTER FIVE We Got the Bead: Types of Beads. . . . . . . . . 16 Beauty Comes in All Shapes and Sizes. . . . . 19 Cuff Stuff Materials Girl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Survival Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Doing Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Next!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Security Anklet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Contents vii 02_973807 ftoc.qxp 8/14/06 12:28 PM Page viii No Way Crochet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 CHAPTER EIGHT Doin’ the Button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Gifts and Flair for Your Tough Cuff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Pied a Terre The Short and Winding Rope . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Spiked Punch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Know Your Place . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 Tipple Rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 CHAPTER SIX Hit the Bottle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 With This Ring (and These Serviette Yourself. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Tacky Tacky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Earrings), I Thee Thread Glass Ceiling Fan Pull . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Hoop Therapy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 The Collar Purple. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Girl with a Curl Earring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Gentle Beader. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Swinging from the Chandeliers. . . . . . . . . . 132 Bling a Ding Ring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 PART THREE Nesting Instinct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Additional Information Bead the Ball. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Catch Your Own Bouquet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 APPENDIX A CHAPTER SEVEN The Resourceful Beader 189 Ornamentation Nation APPENDIX B Hair Tactics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Best Laid Plans Wifebeader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 197 Zip It. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Cuff Drops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 APPENDIX C Handbagger Helper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 Cheat Sheet 206 Call Me! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Girls Gone Bridaled. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 APPENDIX D I Wish I Could Kit You 211 Designer Bios 214 Index 218 viii Contents
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