Create and customize your own colourful beaded jewellery!
Simple to make and right on trend, these fun beaded projects add the perfect finishing touch to any outfit and make wonderful personalized gifts.
Start off with simple projects such as elasticated friendship bracelets and hoop earrings, then move on to making stunning charm necklaces, tassel earrings and rings. Make coordinating pieces, mix and match, and then experiment with different beads choose seed beads for more delicate projects and larger gemstone and glass beads for a chunkier look.
20 simple, customizable projects that make stunning accessories and great gifts. All the techniques you need clearly explained from bead weaving and fastening to making woven daisies. With fun, contemporary colour variations to inspire your creativity!
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Introduction 4
Materials and tools 6
Techniques 12
PROJECTS 18
Adjustable fastening bracelet20
Chunky friendship bracelet 22
Daisy bracelet 24
Lobster claw clasp bracelet 26
Charm bracelet 28
Elasticated necklace 30
Mother-of-pearl initial necklace 32
Bugle bead necklace 34
Daisy necklace 36
Charm necklace 38
Daisy earrings 40
Drop pearl earrings 42
Charm hoop earrings 44
Tassel earrings 47
Beaded hoop earrings 50
Stacking ring 52
Bugle bead ring 54
Daisy ring 58
Daisy glasses chain 60
Gemstone phone strap 62
With a degree in textile design, Imogen Rhodes-Davies founded her business Imogen Melissa in 2020, to modernize perceptions of beading and embroidery. She regularly delivers workshops on beaded embroidery and jewellery making, and has developed a range of kits. Imogen lives in Surrey, UK.
Alongside her website (www.imogenmelissa.com), find Imogen on Instagram (@imogenmelissa_embroidery), Etsy and Not on the High Street.
