Modern Beaded Lace

Learn how to create showstopping beaded lace jewelry with this step-by-step guide to beadweaving.

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.

Whether you're a beginner or an experienced beadweaver, Cynthia shares everything you need to know to create your own 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
• Fully illustrated instructions for creating 18 jewelry projects
• Tips and inspiration for designing your own beaded lace baubles | "A surprising number of the projects are appropriate for beginners, and the clear instructions, including diagrams, are helpful. Most of the designs use multiple beadweaving stitches, for which Daniel provides simple guidance. Lacy designs aren't uncommon in beadweaving, but Daniel's approach--which comes from traditional lace--is unique, and her designs are strikingly beautiful." --Library Journal | Cynthia Newcomer Daniel has been beading and creating jewelry 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.