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Jewelry makers in search of stitching projects love Kalmbach's Creative Beading series, back for 2019 with its 14th volume. Inside this high-quality hardcover book, beaders will find 65+ projects from the latest year of Bead&Button magazine. All the projects are designed by the magazine's contributors and editors, fully tested by the editors, and accompanied by step-by-step instructions, photos, and illustrations.The emphasis is on bead stitching, the most popular technique among Bead&Button readers, but the book also includes step-by-step beadweaving, stringing, wirework, polymer clay, and bead crochet projects. With more than 65 projects, Creative Beading Vol. 14 features jewelry in a wide variety of colors, styles, skills, and techniques. The projects feature the tried-and-true materials beaders love - multi-hole and shaped beads, seed beads, crystals, pearls, and gemstones. There's something here to tempt every beader!Creative Beading Vol. 14 includes a thorough Basics section, so beaders new to the techniques can get started quickly, and a handy index to the contributors for jewelry makers looking for a particular designer's style.