Bead Embroidery (Essential Stitch Guides)
Part of the wonderful Royal School of Needlework Essential Stitch Guides, this book focusses on bead embroidery. It includes a brief history, basic techniques, counted thread embroidery, bead embroidery, surface embroidery and fringes. The book is illustrated with fine examples of work, many from the author's private collection. It details everything you need to know with step by step instructions and photographs of techniques that make it all so much easier.  Stitches are included with instructions, a good-sized clear photograph and a chart. It is suitable for those needing to learn basic beading. Recommended.-Yarnsandfabrics.co.uk/crafts Have you amassed a coveted collection of beads but are at a loss how to make the best use of them? If so, you need to arm yourself with a copy of [this book]. As well as a sound and thorough grounding in techniques and stitches, the book will also provide you with inspiration and ideas to incorporate more beads in your embroideries. There is a gallery of counted thread and canvaswork stitches that are all enhanced with different types of beads as well as surface embroidery stitches that create some remarkable effects. Shelley also covers how to create luxurious and shimmering bead fringes. As with the entire series of books, it includes plenty of tips and methods of working that come straight from workrooms of the Royal School of Needlework.-New Stitches Cox, a graduate of England's prestigious Royal School of Needlework, explores bead embroidery techniques in this stitch guide. After providing an overview of bead embroidery history, supplies, and preparation, Cox demonstrates common stitches used for counted thread, bead embroidery (embroidery where the thread is fully covered with beads), and surface embroidery (bead embroidery where the thread is a component of the design). The counted thread designs comprise the bulk of the book and include a number of common needlepoint stitches embellished with seed and bugle beads. Each stitch features step-by-step directions with close-up photographs of each stage, allowing stitchers to follow the needle path easily. There are no projects here, but plenty of finished objects serve as inspiration. VERDICT Like the other books in this series, Bead Embroidery helps to preserve an old-fashioned handwork technique by presenting it in a manner that appeals to contemporary stitchers. This topic is growing in popularity, and Cox's title works well with Yasuko Endo's Bead Embroidery Stitch Samples, which focuses on surface embroidery incorporating beads. Cox, a graduate of England's prestigious Royal School of Needlework, explores bead embroidery techniques in this stitch guide. After providing an overview of bead embroidery history, supplies, and preparation, Cox demonstrates common stitches used for counted thread, bead embroidery (embroidery where the thread is fully covered with beads), and surface embroidery (bead embroidery where the thread is a component of the design). The counted thread designs comprise the bulk of the book and include a number of common needlepoint stitches embellished with seed and bugle beads. Each stitch features step-by-step directions with close-up photographs of each stage, allowing stitchers to follow the needle path easily. There are no projects here, but plenty of finished objects serve as inspiration. VERDICT Like the other books in this series, Bead Embroidery helps to preserve an old-fashioned handwork technique by presenting it in a manner that appeals to contemporary stitchers. This topic is growing in popularity, and Cox's title works well with Yasuko Endo's Bead Embroidery Stitch Samples, which focuses on surface embroidery incorporating beads. Cox, a graduate of England's prestigious Royal School of Needlework, explores bead embroidery techniques in this stitch guide. After providing an overview of bead embroidery history, supplies, and preparation, Cox demonstrates common stitches used for counted thread, bead embroidery (embroidery where the thread is fully covered with beads), and surface embroidery (bead embroidery where the thread is a component of the design). The counted thread designs comprise the bulk of the book and include a number of common needlepoint stitches embellished with seed and bugle beads. Each stitch features step-by-step directions with close-up photographs of each stage, allowing stitchers to follow the needle path easily. There are no projects here, but plenty of finished objects serve as inspiration. VERDICT Like the other books in this series, Bead Embroidery helps to preserve an old-fashioned handwork technique by presenting it in a manner that appeals to contemporary stitchers. This topic is growing in popularity, and Cox's title works well with Yasuko Endo's Bead Embroidery Stitch Samples, which focuses on surface embroidery incorporating beads.-Library Journal USA