Embroiderers' Guild Bookshop - Related Textile Techniques

A Bead Cornucopia
Gray, A
Pub. Georgeson
Price £12.95 paperback

A-Z of Bead Embroidery NEW!
Pub. Country Bumpkin
Price £14.99 spiral bound
As with the entire and the very popular A-Z Series, this is an easy to use guide on Bead Embroidery for all levels. For beginners there are clear and simple instructions on how to get started, the best tools for the task and how to identify different beads by their size, shape and finish. Withclear and comprehensive instructions on how to work tambour beading, beadpoint, padded beading, how to handle sequins and bugle beads. With a number of beautiful projects, this is the ideal book to hone in your skills.

Beaded Greetings Cards
Wing, P
Pub. Search Press
Price £6.99 paperback
Beginners and experienced crafters will be inspired by the subtle, delicately beautiful cards Patricia Wing has created for this book. Make wonderful cards using beads, gems and lace combined with embossing and pricking techniques. Learn how to glue on beads or sew them into pricked designs, create gem flowers, cut out and dye lace and how to use punched shapes, parchment and embossed patterns to decorate cards. Create your own beautiful cards for any occasion.

Beadwork Creates Beaded Bags
Campbell, J
Pub. Interweave Press
Price £12.99 paperback

Beadwork Creates Beaded Beads
Campbell, J
Pub. Interweave Press
Price £12.99 paperback

Beadwork Creates Beaded Bracelets
Campbell, J
Pub. Interweave Press
Price £12.99 paperback

Beadwork Creates Beaded Rings
Campbell, J
Pub. Interweave Press
Price £12.99 paperback

Beadwork Creates Earrings
Campbell, J
Pub. Interweave Press
Price £12.99 paperback
Simple and glamorous designs for earrings with 30 projects to try which mostly can be achieved in under an hour. Projects included are simple loops, squares, chandeliers, round nets, crystal drops and many more.

Beautiful Bead Stitching on Canvas
Benson, A
Pub. Search Press
Price £12.99 paperback
Combine beautiful beads and stitching onto canvas to create effective beadpoint designs. Clear and easy instructions and photographs explain all aspects of the technique, and charted designs for over 25 projects, including bags, jewellery and pictures, offer plenty of scope for both embroiderers and anyone interested in beads.

Beautiful Beaded Gifts
Lassus, I & Voituriez, M
Pub. David & Charles
Price £7.99 paperback
A beading book with a difference - it contains only miniature projects. A range of 21 original and charming designs for all occasions including picture frames, butterflies, fairy lights and the cutest little keyring dolls which would work really well as Christmas tree decorations. Straightforward instructions, clearly explained with practical diagrams and close-up photographs for each design.

Beginner's Guide to Bead Netting NEW!
Rollason, Madeleine
Pub. Search Press
Price £9.99 paperback
How to create beautiful and imaginative designs using bead netting. Stitches and basic techniques are explained using easy to follow instructions.

Beginner's Guide to Beadwork
Rollason, M
Pub. Search Press
Price £7.95 paperback

Fabric Jewellery NEW!
Teresa Searle
Pub. A&C Black
Price £14.99 paperback
Discover how to combine scraps of silk with vintage fabrics, buttons and a range of inexpensive haberdashery items to create one-off jewellery pieces. Designs include simple accessories, such as a Bollywood iPod case, as well as necklaces, bracelets and corsages all in Teresa Searle's inimitable style.

Making Beautiful Beads
Tourtillott, S
Pub. Lark Books
Price £12.95 paperback
Five talented designers show you how to make a wide array of fabulous and unusual beads from metal, glass, fibre and polymer clay. From very simple to highly ornate designs, you'll never need or want to buy a bead again, and all you need to know about making them is in this book. Beautifully illustrated and with step-by-step instructions, this book is a must for all bead enthusiasts.

Making Needlework Accessories with Beads
Andrews, C
Pub. Ruth Bean Publishing
Price £14.95 paperback

Simply Pretty Beading NEW!
Patricia Ducerf
Pub. David & Charles
Price £7.99 paperback
Step by step instructions to make bracelets, necklaces,earrings, hair clips and more.

Simply Sensational Glass Beading
Wood, D
Pub. David & Charles
Price £17.99 hardback

Start to Bead NEW!
Thomas, Jill
Pub. Search Press
Price £6.99 hardback
Learn how to bead with step by step photographs, easy to follow instructions, simple techniques and lots of creative ideas. A new set of books written with young people in mind.

The Beader's Bible
Crouchley, C
Pub. Search Press
Price £15.99 spiral bound
The spiral bind of this series has proved very popular and useful. With 312 spectacular bead designs for a huge range of creations for loom and off-loom weaving it includes essential and useful information on finishing, quantities for beads required and much more!

The Beader's Guide to Color
Deeb, M
Pub. Watson-Guptill Publications
Price £14.99 paperback
This book demonstrates how colour can be used to create unique and vibrant beadwork designs. It has a section devoted to each colour and explains clearly how to combine and make matching and contrasting colours work. More than 20 different projects, a section on basic beading techniques and a gallery of work are also included.

The Beadworkers Guild Introduction to Beadwork - Earrings, B
Devon, J and Thornton, L (eds.)
Pub. The Beadworkers Guild
Price £12.95 spiral bound

The History of Beads from 30,000 BC to the Present now in paperback
Lois Sherr Dubin
Pub. Thames & Hudson
Price £19.95 paperback
A book for anyone capitivated by beads. Bead styles and uses are investigated from prehistoric times to the 20th century.

Why not Carry on Beading?
Ashby, D and Woolsey, J
Pub. Ashby/Woolsey
Price £6.95 spiral bound