Beaded Christmas Decorations: Thirty Stunning Beading Tutorials to Make Ornaments and Decorations for Christmas (Beadflowers Beading Patterns by Katie Dean)

Beaded Christmas Decorations, is the fourteenth book in the Beadflowers Beading Patterns series. It offers you thirty of the beading projects that I created for making dimensional ornaments to decorate your home at Christmas. These projects spanned my entire career as a bead artist and I shared them through the Beadflowers website.The majority of the projects in this volume, use traditional seed beads. I have included a few designs using multi-holed or shaped seed beads. The projects range in difficulty from beginner to advanced. They use primarily Peyote stitch, with a few other basic bead-weaving techniques for some. I loved creating dimensional work and ornaments and decorations for festive celebrations provided me with plenty of inspiration.You might wish to supplement this book with the second volume in the series, which teaches you basic beading techniques. For the beginner projects in this volume, I have shared everything you need to know to complete your design. Projects for more experienced beaders assume that you already have basic technique skills. So, if you wish to learn or remind yourself of the basics, definitely ensure you have access to volume two to use alongside this.If, like me, you are an avid beader, you will soon be looking to stretch your skills beyond jewellery projects. Decorations are a perfect way to explore new avenues and create family heirlooms. Perhaps you will begin a tradition of making a new decoration every year. Or, perhaps, like many of my customers, you will make these to give as festive gifts to special friends. I know that I love taking out all my decorations each year: I ended up with enough beaded Christmas decorations to cover an entire five-foot fir tree! So, what traditions will you be celebrating or creating with these projects?If you enjoy these, then make sure you also check out the next book for my remaining Christmas designs along with projects for Easter and Halloween. You will also enjoy the volumes of festive beaded boxes, beaded lanterns, and some of the beaded jewellery for Valentines. I also offer designs for Hanukkah in the volume of beaded lanterns, and I invite you to adapt these projects to suit your needs.Katie Dean followed a career in the beading industry for over 12 years. During that time, she designed and published over 500 patterns, more than 10 books, and taught numerous beading classes, both in-person and online. She also worked as editor of Bead and Jewellery Magazine for 3 years, ran her own business, Beadflowers, and appeared on the Craft Channel and Jewellery Maker TV. She reached the finals and won multiple international beading competitions, participated several times in Battle of the Beadsmith, and had her designs published in just about every major beading magazine across the world (back when beading magazines existed!). The information and projects shared in this book series, Beadflowers Beading Patterns, represent the legacy of Katie's beading experience and designs. May they support you in growing your skills and bring you much joy as you explore the wonderful world of beading! Read more