Here's an exciting exploration of the craft of making flowers with tiny glass beads and thread, weaving these elements together with off-loom stitches to create three-dimensional flowers, leaves and garden creatures. Beaders and gardeners alike will delight in these projects that use brick, peyote, net and herringbone stitches, as well as right-angle weave and combination stitches. Step-by-step instructions, stunning photographs and easy-to-follow diagrams guide you through simple to more advanced projects, and the colorful gallery of pleces from well-known bead artists is sure to give you a year-round case of spring fever.

About the Author

Diane Fitzgerald is an internationally known bead artist, writer, and teacher whose life is enriched with the pursuit and enjoyment of tiny, but enchanting glass beads. Beadwork has brought her a wealth of friends, enticed her to travel to far corners of the world, and stimulated her creativity, to say nothing of providing her livelihood. "I've tried other forms of fibre art such as quilting and needlework, but none has brought me the satisfaction and pleasure of beads. There would be a gaping hole in my life without them."

Reviews

"This book is beguiling." -- "Bead Society of Great Britain Newsletter"