Learn the secrets of making beautiful beaded lace! In ‘Modern Beaded Lace’, beadweaver extraordinaire Cynthia Newcomer translates her love for lace into exquisite beaded creations. Using basic beadweaving stitches, she transforms delicate seed beads and sparkling crystals into flowers, leaves, and scrolls, which become stunning necklaces, pendants, bracelets, earrings, and rings. Cynthia shares everything you need to know to create gorgeous beaded lace, including:

An overview of the elements of traditional lace and how to translate them into beaded designs

Instructions for the basic beadweaving stitches used in weaving beaded lace, including herringbone, peyote, right angle weave, and square stitch

Step-by-step, fully illustrated instructions for creating 18 jewellery projects

Tips and inspiration for designing your own beaded lace baubles It’s easier than you imagine to make showstopping beaded lace jewelry! AUTHOR: Cynthia Newcomer has been beading and creating jewellery for nearly 50 years. Her work has been featured in the books ‘Marcia DeCoster Presents’ (Lark, 2014), Marcia DeCoster’s ‘Beads in Motion’ (Lark, 2013), and Sabine Lippert’s ‘Beadwork Evolution’ (Lark, 2014), and the beading magazines Beadwork and Bead & Button. See more of her work at jewelrytales.blogspot.com. SELLING POINTS:

Technique-based beading books are strong performers.

Beaders will learn every aspect of this technique along with a variety of projects to get them making beaded lace.

More advanced beaders will enjoy sidebar details related to designing original projects featuring beaded lace.