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Published in 2013
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Contents
COVER
PAGE 30
7
introduction
A letter from the editor of Bead
Style magazine
8
Beader’s Glossary
A visual reference to common
beads and findings
12
Basics
A guide to basic beading
techniques
Printed in China
ISBN: 978-0-87116-783-5
EISBS: 978-0-87116-782-8
14
The material in this book has appeared previously
in Bead Style magazine. Bead Style is registered as a
trademark.
Gemstones
Editor: Erica Swanson
Technical Editor: Karin Van Vorhees
Art Director: Carole Ross
Photographers: James Forbes, William Zuback
Combine a cool pendant with
gemstone slabs
16
Turquoise chunks
18
Amethyst slice earrings
Highlight a long, lean shape
with a curtain of chain
20
Absolutely agate
22
A beader’s prerogative
Chunky beads make a simpleto-string statement
Publisher’s Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Easy beading : fast, fashionable, fun.
v. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Annual, 2006Irregular, 2004
Began with: Vol. 1 (c2004).
Description based on: Vol. 1 (c2004).
Latest issue consulted: Vol. 5 (c2009).
“The best projects from the ... year of BeadStyle magazine.”
ISSN: 2163-0011
1. Beadwork—Handbooks, manuals, etc. 2. Beads—Handbooks,
manuals, etc. 3. Jewelry making—Handbooks, manuals, etc. I. Title:
BeadStyle magazine.
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This clasp allows you to
change strands as you change
your mind
25
Flip findings for a new focus
Give earring wires new life in a
chic necklace design
28
Swinging stones
Combine Zambian
aquamarine and chain for a
necklace that drapes
30
All dressed in white
This gorgeous necklace
doubles as a purse handle
40
33
Nuanced nuggets
Soften chunky faceted
gemstones with pearls
36
Beads in orbit
Satellite beads frame your
favorite gemstones and crystals
38
Crystals
40
Palette play
Bright crystals and subtle gems
offer colorful stringing options
44
Crystal lattice bracelet
Add lacy details to a
simple weave
47
Blooming filigrees
Mix antiqued brass with crystals
for elegant earrings
48
Ruby sparkle
With fabulous findings, you
can whip up this summer sparkler in
no time
49
A necklace for a new year
Create an opulent crystal
necklace and earrings
52
54
Mad for retro style
57
72
Pretty in peach
Square up
String a sprightly two-strand
necklace
Align shell beads and cube
crystals in a geometric chain bracelet
and earrings
58
Transformations bracelet
74
Create seven variations of one
bead with easy weaving
Grey area=defined style
Punch up a neutral hue with
brilliant colors
62
Crystallize your inspiration
77
Two design ideas spring from a
single crystal pendant
Flared flower earrings
Pair crystals and Lucite in
delicate dangles
78
Ringed in color
66
Sculpt a necklace and bracelet
with bright beading wire
Mixed media 82
68
85
71
Exploring patterns & rhythms
Learn to play with three
“musical” necklaces
Luminous blooms
A blooming delicacy
Stack crystal, metal, and Lucite
layers in a fancy, flowery design
Make a statement necklace with
a real orchid pendant
Mood swing
Color-changing beads sway in a
simple dangle necklace
Create a trendy ’60s necklace
Designing with crystal
effects
Mix versions of one color to take your
look to a new level
98
121
Beautiful by Nature
Adorn a cork and
recycled-glass necklace with bold
enameled beads
124
Sapphire & wood
20
Use craft wire and silvercolored spacers instead of sterling for
a truly budget-friendly set
126
Dragonfly garden
earrings
Jump rings provide a background for
wired flowers and dainty charms
128
Positively peacocking
This necklace will have you
strutting your stuff in no time
130
Saying yes to orange
Coloring outside your comfort
zone sparks creativity
88
108
91
111
Cube necklace
Connect white Lucite beads for
a modern necklace and earrings
Deco earrings
Use harmonious colors to blend
geometric shapes
92
Garnet Domes
Pangi shell passion
Make trendsetting jewelry
with beads from renewable materials
133
Style pedigree
Modern lines bring retro
materials into the present
A floral theme unites
elements
Combine glass, Lucite, leather, and
metal accents
114
Owl obsessed
136
This bracelet gets a modern
twist with a mix of antique gold and
copper findings
Make a wise and woodsy
themed necklace
94
116
138
118
141
Rhapsody in (faux) rivets
Stack metal and glass on bead
bars for a stylish necklace
96
Pride bracelets
Make matching jewelry with
pairs of rainbow beads
98
Celtic knots
This knotted necklace is a fun
way to say “Kiss me, I’m Irish” any day
of the year
Trio necklace
Turn different design rhythms
into a harmonious multistrand
Pearls
Subtle statement
Combine pearls and crystals
in muted tones for a sensational
centerpiece
Petals & pearls
Cradle pearls in parentheses
of tiny beads
Whispering wood
This lightweight, lush bracelet
sounds as good as it looks
101
Fantastic florals
Combine cabochons and
filigrees for sweet dangle earrings
102
Pretty in peacock
Jewel tones gleam in a
shimmering set
104
Pick a cherry blossom
bracelet
106
Glass, leather, and lots of
metal
Embellish rings with flowers and
crystals
Jump rings replace large-hole beads
in a gender-neutral necklace
92
144
Sculptural pearls
Combine pearls, crystals, and
a knockout focal bead for an
unforgettable necklace
147
Ombre impression
Capture the gradient-color
trend with pretty pearls
150
Swingy sew-ons
Cluster pearls and swirl wire
for a pair of mesh-back earrings
152
Color blocked strand
118
String a simple necklace in
the season’s sunniest shade
154
Pearls give metal x-tra
flair
Challenge yourself to string a
spiky set
157
Latticework luster
Pearls anchor a simply woven
necklace and earrings
160
Go to great lengths
for style
164
Shelling out made easy
166
Discover the potential
of pearls
169
Feelin’ blue (in a
good way)
A knotted necklace is long
on options
Combine shell beads and
crystals in a bright necklace
Let the beads take the lead in
this necklace
Explore the possibilities of a
signature color
172
Twilight necklace
Pearls in a range of hues
depict the day’s end
179
Wire coil bracelet
174
Wind your way to spirals, coils,
and wire beads
Metal and
chain
176
Mad for metals
Vintage-meets-modern
in a chain necklace, bracelet,
and earrings
104
182
String art
Wind thread around easy
wire frames
184
Make geometric links with
flatware
Create a big, sturdy, interesting chain
using unusual tools
188
High-voltage hues
Use an analogous palette of
bold colors for a vibrant necklace
232
62
Glass and
Ceramic
234
Raise your glass
Multistrand necklaces will
make you the toast of the town
238
Telegraph Your Style
Wire-wrap pieces of glass
insulators for a treasure necklace
241
Tila inspiration
Make a three-strand bracelet
with delicate details
244
Make a queen-sized
statement
Use color to unite a variety of
materials in a fabulous necklace
246
Shades of the shoreline
190
Weave a silky chain
bracelet
Combine chain and silk in a
no-clasp bracelet
192
Chain mail flower
earrings
Make quick and easy jump
ring jewelry
194
Give it a swirl
Combine hammered wire
pretzels with pearls for a beautiful
necklace
198
Filigree leaf Drops
Use your favorite materials in
an uncomplicated set
200
Heavy metal necklace
Make an impact with a
show-stopping clasp
202
Sparkling mesh teardrops
Stitch crystals to knitted wire
for graceful earrings
204
Blend colors & textures
Create two modern necklace
designs by ensnaring chain in
silk strings
208
Festive 4th earrings
Celebrate red, white, blue,
and the stars
210
Spring green set
Accent gemstone nuggets
with bold wire wraps
213
Sport some sparkle
Make necklace links wrapped
with flower-shaped margarita crystals
216
Rings of a different color
Make an easy, lightweight
necklace and bracelet with
affordable materials
218
Emerald beauty
Connect fine chain with
crystals for just the right blend of
subtlety and sparkle
220
String Venetian glass
squares in a bright palette of
blues and greens
249
Spacial spheres
String a modern jewelry set
with bright beading wire
252
Contributors
More about our
fantastic designers
254
Index
Frame a collection
of gems
Simple wire frames highlight beads in
a charm-style bracelet and earrings
222
Stylish stacks
Wrap a variety of rings and
gears with fine bronze wire to make
an ornate pendant
225
Interchangeable bead
bracelet
Add an extra clasp to make a
versatile, trendy accessory
226
Coil captures
Ensnare a donut with
wire wraps
228
An industrial nature
Leaf-textured metal clay rings
and gears join in a dazzling set
28
findings, spacers, and connectors
French hook
ear wires
post earring and
ear nut
lobster claw
clasp
pinch crimp
end
toggle
clasp
crimp
ends
jump rings
(soldered and
open)
two-strand
curved tube
10
hoop earring
two-strand
toggle clasp
coil end crimp cone
split ring
single-strand
tube
lever-back
earring
box
clasp
ear
thread
slide
clasp
hook-and-eye
clasps
tube bail
with loop
tube-shaped
and round crimp
beads
bead
caps
pinch bail
spacers
3-to-1 and 2-to-1
connectors
chandelier
component
magnetic
clasp
crimp
covers
S-hook
clasp
snap
clasp
bead tips
bead
bar
multistrand
spacer bars
bail
cone
stringing tools, materials, and chain
crimping pliers
chainnose pliers
diagonal wire
cutters
hole
punch
heavy-duty
wire cutters
bench
block
leather cord
ribbon
curb chain
roundnose pliers
ring
mandrel
hammer
suede cord
rolo chain
nylon jaw
pliers
bentnose pliers
twisted wire
beading
beading needle needle
sterling silver wire
decorative headpin,
headpin, eye pin
memory wire
waxed
linen
long-and-short chain
split-ring pliers
beading
thread
figaro chain
colored craft
wire
flexible beading
wire
fancy cable chain
11
Turquoise
chunks
Combine a cool pendant with gemstone slabs
by June Beach
These turquoise slabs are bold and beautiful. This necklace’s
longer length and chunky beads are a perfect fit with a sweater, or
shorten the chain in the back to wear with a tee.
bead units
Supplies
slab unit • Cut a 5-in.
(13cm) piece of
22-gauge wire. Make
the first half of a
wrapped loop
(Basics). String a 6mm
bicone crystal, a
turquoise slab, and
a 6mm bicone.
Make the first half
of a wrapped loop.
Make five slab units.
16
wavy unit • Cut a
3-in. (7.6cm) piece of
22-gauge wire. Make
the first half of a
wrapped loop. String:
4mm bicone crystal,
two wavy spacers,
4mm bicone, wavy
spacer, 4mm bicone,
two wavy spacers,
4mm bicone. Make
the first half of a
wrapped loop. Make
two wavy units.
coin unit • Cut a
3-in. (7.6cm) piece
of 22-gauge wire.
Make a wrapped
loop. String a coin
bead and make a
wrapped loop. Make
four coin units.
necklace 24 in. (61cm)
◆◆ 60–70mm turquoise-and-metal
pendant
◆◆ 5 40–50mm turquoise slabs
◆◆ 4 15mm black agate coin beads
◆◆ 10 6mm bicone crystals
◆◆ 8 4mm bicone crystals
◆◆ 10 15mm wavy spacers
◆◆ 43 in. (1.1m) 22-gauge wire
◆◆ 9–11 in. (20–28cm) textured chain,
7mm links
◆◆ 5 7mm jump rings
◆◆ lobster claw clasp
◆◆ chainnose and roundnose pliers
◆◆ diagonal wire cutters
Crystal
lattice bracelet
Add lacy details to a simple weave
◆ by Ann Cook
The beauty of this bracelet is in both the making and the wearing. Depending on
the colors you choose, it can be glitzy or subtly elegant. What’s less apparent is how
simple it is to make — just a few repeated patterns and a basic clasp. The earrings
can be whipped up in only 10 minutes.
3
1
2
2
3
1
1
bracelet foundation • Cut a 4-ft.
(1.2m) piece of thread. Thread
a beading needle and, leaving
a 7-in. (18cm) tail, tie a 60 seed
bead (the stopper bead) with
an overhand knot (Basics).
Alternate three charlottes and
three bicone crystals.
44
2
Go back through the first
and second charlotte/bicone
pairs strung.
3
String: charlotte, bicone,
charlotte, bicone, charlotte.
Go back through the bicone the
thread exited in step 2.
This project is a
challenge, but it’s
worth the effort!
Create seven
variations of
one bead with
angle stitching
by Laura Shea
Transformations
This piece grew out of
experimenting with variations
on my dodecahedron bead.
I’ve already found 14 color
formulas for this bracelet, plus
lots of other possibilities. I love to
be able to vary a shape just by
changing the size and color of
the beads while using the same
basic pattern. I recommend
you make the Plato’s Universe
bead first, then tackle the
variations. You’ll be so good
at making these beads by the
time you finish your bracelet,
you won’t be able to resist
making a couple more for
lightweight earrings.
58
bracelet
Autumn bracelet bead colors
Plato’s universe
split complements
A: Montana
B: Padparadscha
close encounters
A: Montana
B: Erinite
Gemini
carpe beadum
A: Montana
B: Erinite
A: Padparadscha
B: Light Colorado topaz
A: Erinite
B: Padparadscha
C: Light Colorado topaz
D: Montana
twin stars
and hourglass
A: Light Colorado topaz
B: Padparadscha
Editor’s note
Most steps in each variation consist of making a loop and then
going through an adjacent bead. To keep things from loosening
(and to help create a firm finished bead), I went though every
loop twice before going through the adjacent bead.
Plato’s universe bead
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split
complements
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twin
8 stars
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2
String four beads: BAAB (6, 7,
8, 9). Go through beads #1
and 2.
3
String three beads: BAA (10, 11,
12). Go through beads #6, 2,
and 3.
4
String three beads: BAA (13, 14,
15). Go through beads #10, 3,
and 4.
5
String three beads: BAA (16, 17,
18). Go through beads #13, 4,
5, and 9.
6
String two beads: AA (19, 20).
Go through beads #16, 5, 9,
and 8. Check the row (Tips, p. 61).
7
String three beads: BAB (21, 22,
23). Go through beads #19, 8,
7, and 12.
8
String two beads: BA (24, 25).
Go through beads #21, 7, 12,
11, and 15.
25
hourglass
8 7
24
29
29
Diagram color key
A
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10
16
4
16 Step
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4
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17
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22 21
25
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22
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20
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23
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3 10
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11 27
16
10
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30
30
29
29
Gemini
8 7
7
7
3
For each bead, cut a 36-in.
(.9m) piece of monofilament
and thread a needle. String five
color A beads (1, 2, 3, 4, 5).
Leaving a 6-in. (15cm) tail, go
through bead #1 in the opposite
direction to form a circle.
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25
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carpe
8 beadum
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close
encounters
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4
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14
7
7
3
2
7
9
12
9
19
22
22 21
215
20
12
Step
7
13
13
18
18
8
8
4
8
23
6
25
23
17
17
7
2
11
7
7
23
23 16
3 10
6
9
19
6 12
1917 9 13
1512
1
1
14
185
20
2
11
20
2
11
5
16
10
16 4
3
4
3 10
11
1
22 21
8
23
6
6
12
1512
13
1
1
14
2
11
5
2
11
5
10
10
4
3
Step
4
4
3
12
12
22 21
19
5
11
8
7
9
12
D
For the variations, follow steps 1 to 12, changing the color
and size of the beads according to the diagram and supply
list for each bead.
9
String two beads: BA (26, 27).
Go through beads #24, 11, 15,
14, and 18.
10
String two beads: BA (28,
29). Go through beads #26,
14, 18, 17, 20, and 23.
11
String one A bead (30).
Go through beads #28, 17,
20, and 23. Check the row.
12
To finish, go though beads
#22, 25, 27, 29, 30, and 22.
Secure the thread and stiffen
the bead by weaving the thread
though the beads again, always
following the existing thread path.
Weave in the tail in the same way.
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RHAPSODY
IN (FAUX)
RIVETS
These handmade
glass beads are by
Stephanie Ann,
stephaniebeads.com.
Stack metal and glass
on bead bars for
a stylish necklace
by Julie Young
A great component moment: the invention of bead bars.
Each bar has a ball at one end (that acts as a stopper)
and a hole at the other end. Simply string beads and
a chain link on each bar, then finish with a jump ring.
There’s no hammering required to create a riveted look!
94
Weave a silky
chain bracelet
Combine chain
and silk in
a no-clasp
bracelet
by Ute Bernsen
Silk ribbon
provides color
and a creative
finish.
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You don’t always need beads
to bring color to a chain
design. Try weaving bright
silk strings through the chain
instead. This technique
is so easy, anybody can do
it. And the strings come in
so many colors, you won’t
have to look too hard to find
matching beads for earrings.
Tip
For easier weaving,
use a folded piece of
flexible beading wire as
a needle to pull the silk
string through the
chain links.
Tila
ınspiration
Make a three-strand
bracelet with
delicate details
by Betsy Ramsey
Sometimes it’s a bead’s color that inspires me, and
sometimes it’s the shape. With Tila beads, it’s both.
Available in stunning colors and shaped like tiny
Chiclets, the flat squares have two holes, opening
up a whole new world of design possibilities.
1
2
bracelet • Cut a ¾-in. (1.9cm)
piece of French wire and an
18-in. (46cm) piece of beading
thread. String a twisted-wire
needle on each end of the thread
and center the French wire. String
the ends through a bicone crystal
in opposite directions.
On each end, string a 150 seed
bead, a bicone, and a hole of
a Tila bead.
3
a On one end, string: 1.8mm
cube bead, bicone, 150, hole of
a Tila.
b On the other end, string: 150,
bicone, cube, remaining hole
of the Tila.
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