Creative Cloth Doll Beading: Designing And Embellishing With Beads

by Patti Medaris Culea, Laura McCabe, Anne Hesse

An illustrated guide to embellishing dolls with beads Beading, one of the oldest forms of craft, is also a hot new trend and being used in new applications. Beadwork, which has typically been used in fashion, home decoration, and jewelry, is reaching for new horizons and showing up on quilts, journals, knits, crochet, and fiber arts of all kinds. In this book, author Patti Medaris Culea and beading experts Anne Hesse and Laura McCabe illustrate new ways of using various bead techniques to embellish the cloth doll. Sections include the basics of beadwork, beaded flowers for her hair, bead embroidered faces, starbursts (using crystals to enhance the figure), and wings and things (creating wings, crowns, and shoes with beads). Each chapter presents a different type of beading application in detail, with full instructions. Techniques are highlighted with step-by-step photos. A gallery of interpretations of the same pattern by leading artists is included for further inspiration.

128 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2007

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Reviews

[Elizabeth Cárdenas · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great instructions - samples and patterns were inspiring. May be too advanced for a beginner. I'm pretty good at improvising so I had fun with materials I had on hand. For those who don't have a craft room full of materials, it may be a bit pricey to acquire materials and tools.

[Lindley Walter-smith · Rating 4 out of 5]

Intimidatingly elaborate but clearly explained. Nice doll bodies included.

[Cindy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful book on dollmaking and beading.