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September/October 2008

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Step by Step Beads September/October 2008
Volume 6, Number 5
Magazine Table of Contents

ON THE WEB
 

Your First Stash
These core elements are the tools and supplies you'll always want on hand when you sit down to bead, and you'll continue to replenish them as your love for beading grows.
Jean Campbell
Read more by Jean Campbell at BeadingDaily.com

 

Media Review: Bead Romantique: Elegant Beadweaving Designs
Lisa Kan
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PROJECTS

10

Steampunk
Wire-wrapped rings, beads, and chain necklace
Melanie Brooks Lukacs

14

Copper Tops
Wire-wrapped dangles and chain
Carter Seibels

16

Oh Those Coins
Square-stitched beaded beads with coins necklace
Hannah Kopelman

18

Turning Leaf
Wire-wrapped loop chain necklace
Lisa Kan

22

Tourmaline Fans
Easy wire-and-chain earrings
Loella Medina

24

Diagonal Tweed
Herringbone bracelet
Tina Koyama

28

Hills and Valleys
Spiral-stitched bracelet.
Janel Gradowski

30

Hardwearrings
Four easy earring designs
Dorothy Narwich

34

Tiny Wrappings
Wire-wrapped-loop bracelet and earrings
Cecilia Guastaferro

42

Squiggles
Simple stringing necklace
Terry Rhoades

44

Netted Barrel
Beaded bead.
Diane S. Hertzler

46

Spiral Barrel
Beaded bead.
Diane S. Hertzler

48

Pushing Up Daisies
Ceramic and seed beads swag necklace
Melissa J. Lee

50

Red Copper
Wire-wrapped-link necklace
Leslie Rogalski, editor in chief

52

Copper Crescents
Metal wraparound bead or pendant
Dottie Hoeschen


FEATURES

37

Your Work
Gallery of Readers' Designs


DEPARTMENTS

4

Bead Scoop
Leslie Rogalski, editor in chief

43

Patterns: Houndstooth
Even count peyote
Carol Dean Sharpe

55

Bead by Bead
Even-count peyote, peyote tube zip up, square stitch, and brick stitch.

58

Color Works
Margie Deeb

60

Findings
Jane Dickerson, managing editor

82

How to Contact Us


ADVERTISING SECTIONS

71

Bead Shops

78

Bead Classes

79

Bead Browser

80

Classifieds

82

Advertisers’ Index

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ON THE COVER:
Steampunk necklace by Melanie
Brooks Lukacs, page 10.

Coin Necklace
Oh Those Coins, page 16

Beaded Leaves
Turning Leaf, page 18

Houndstooth Peyote Stitch Pattern
Patterns: The Houndstooth of
the Baskervilles
, page 43

Daisy Bead Necklace
Pushing Up Daisies, page 48

Red Copper
Red Copper, page 50

 

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