w Welcome TECHNIQUE GUIDE bead embroidery ................................. 40, 77 bead weaving ..........................18, 36, 50, 68 brick stitch .................. 40, 45, 50, 68, 70, 77 herringbone................................................ 50 kumihimo ................................................... 70 ladder stitch ......................................... 36, 68 peyote stitch ............................24, 30, 62, 70 right-angle weave ................................ 24, 62 soutache .................................................... 45 PROJECTS 18 | Chic & Easy Rulla wave bracelet: Stitch semicircles of Rulla beads around a handful of pearls in this curvy, casual band. by Connie Whittaker 24 | Design Workshop And the bead goes on: Work a pretty pattern of right-angle weave and decreasing peyote stitch around a wooden bead from the craft store. by Pamela Jensen 30 | Quick Stitch Basketweave rings: Thread bands of beadwork around and through the windows of a peyote stitch ring. by Nina Raizel 36 | Triangular appeal Get the look of a high-end necklace with triangle beads worked in ladder stitch around large oval crystals. by Anu Rao 40 | Tuscan sunset cuff Set off the Bead&Button anniversary focal using just a few bead-embroidered accents on an Ultrasuede band. by Julia Gerlach 45 | Oh, lolly, lolly pendant Create “lollipops” from scraps of soutache and leftover beads, and then layer them in a shapely pendant. by Amee K. Sweet-McNamara 50 | Organic twist bracelet & necklace Add depth to this jewelry set with striped seed beads worked in twisted tubular herringbone and brick stitch. by Kerrie Slade 62 | Do the bump Embellish cubic right-angle weave with peyote stitch medallions in this necklace and bracelet. by Kathleen Stauber COVER STORY 18 45 62 24