The Bead Embroidery Coloring Book: Designs, templates and patterns for creating professional-looking bead embroidery

Don't be fooled by the curious title! This book is the quintessential guide to the art of bead embroidery. Ann Benson shares the professional methods and practices that will bring your bead embroidery to a whole new level. Using her unique design and technology skills, Ann brings you over one hundred designs, motifs, and templates that you can develop according to your own color taste and end use. Combine, crop, repeat, recolor and resize, it’s all up to you!Explore the many materials and surfaces on which you can do bead embroidery. Learn how to apply your design onto your chosen surface using different techniques, from simple sketching to high-end technology. Professional finishing techniques and edgings will make your pieces shine. Discover ways to incorporate non-traditional materials into your designs, including fibers, paper craft elements and hidden treasures from your local hardware store. There’s no limit to what you can use and no limit to what you can achieve. Ann will be your guide.Praise for THE BEAD EMBROIDERY COLORING BOOK:Ann Benson has been on the forefront of beading for decades, and her Bead Embroidery Coloring Book is a rich, comprehensive distillation of clever ideas. Beginners and seasoned bead embroiderers alike will delight in the inspirational and varied techniques and design ideas found within these pages.” - Melissa Grakowsky ShippeeThis has all the best things about bead embroidery - imagination, creativity and self-expression. And the techniques to achieve them. Bravo Ann!” - Jamie Cloud Eakin Read more