Necklaces, Bracelets, Brooches and Rings using Crystal Beads

by Christine Hooghe, Sylvie Hooghe

This book offers over fifty designs, from elegant necklaces and pendants, shimmering bracelets and brooches to sparkling earrings and hairslides, all featuring crystal beads. The sets of jewellery presented here are both attractive and inventive, and use all sorts of crystals, including teardrop, faceted and seed beads, crystal bicones and cubes, and even imitation gemstones. Each project is explained in simple step-by-step stages, each with accompanying photographs and diagrams to help you follow how each bead is strung and each thread is woven. You can use the projects to reproduce the jewellery shown, or use them as inspiration for your own designs. Whether you are an expert or a beginner, this book will help show you how to make beautiful jewellery using gorgeous crystals.

80 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2006

Reviews

[Pamela Puskarich · Rating 2 out of 5]

I love bead weaving but there’s only a few things I’d make in here. Saving this book for a couple patterns of necklaces and bracelets - and the beaded cross.