Modern Beaded Lace ─ Beadweaving Techniques for Stunning Jewelry Designs

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 jewelry projects
• Tips and inspiration for designing your own beaded lace baubles

It's easier than you imagine to make showstopping beaded lace jewelry!

Cynthia Newcomer has been beading and creating jewelry for nearly 50 years. Her work has been featured in the booksMarcia DeCoster Presents (Lark, 2014), Marcia DeCoster's Beads in Motion (Lark, 2013), and Sabine Lippert'sBeadwork Evolution (Lark, 2014), and the beading magazines Beadwork andBead & Button. See more of her work at jewelrytales.blogspot.com.