Beaded rings and woven pendants are hot right now and this book of cross weave beading patterns from Japan will teach you how to make them. Such excellent diagrams, knowledge of Japanese is not necessary.
Great Beading Book - Cross Weave Beading from Japan
These Petite Boutique books from Japan are so much fun with all these exciting dimensional projects using Swarovski bicone crystals, they'll keep you busy for hours.Petite Boutique Volume 288 is especially exciting, as it contains a tutorial for making a dimensional heart using Swarovski 3-D crystals, as well as many other woven pendants and items using these crystals.
The book text is in Japanese, but that won't stop you from being able to work these delightful bead patterns. The graphs and thread path images are clear and understandable to the point where the text is not even necessary, as long as you have a bit of patience and at least some experience with cross weaving techniques. You'll be surprised at how easy it is to recreate these wonderful projects.
And what projects there are! A "floating heart" pendant to hang from a cord, done is Swarovski, beaded cross earrings and pendant, a whole bunch of charming beaded rings, beaded cubes, dodecahedrons, a beaded pyramid, a solid heart pendant using fire polish crystals and so much more. Priced at just $9.95, these are terrifically affordable little books, with so many fun and useable designs, you'll want to own them all!
To order, e-mail Cindy Tipton, owner of [i[Cindy's Beads at [Email URL=beadlady@beadlady.biz]to request ordering information for this title. Or, you may prefer to telephone Cindy's Beads at (423) 926-0050.
