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VOLUME 11

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On the Cover:
The Big Apple
by Lynn Davy , page 54

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Beadwork Master Class: Beading Challenged

Dustin Wedekind

Explore the versatility of square stitch and learn to make

a pair of square-stitched earrings

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Cabochon Craze
by Melinda Barta, page 68

Olive Dangles Kerrie Slade

Garnish your ears with a pair of peyote- and herringbonestitched olives encased by brick-stitched leaves

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Tallulahs Pearls Jennifer VanBenschoten

A vintage-inspired strung necklace with pearls encircled
by wisps of seed beads

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Royal Medallions Kelli Burns

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Ladder- and brick-stitched earrings with a multistrand strung

necklace of soft, iridescent colors make a magical pair

Rivolis are given the royal treatment in this beadembroidered and brick-stitched bracelet
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Crazy for Copper Shelley Nybakke

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Hunters Moon Tina Koyama

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Autumn Bouquet Lisa Kan

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The Big Apple Lynn Davy

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Indian Summer Necklace Jill MacKay

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Peyote Power Cuff Dana Freed

This edgy combination of peyote stitch and right-angle
weave will electrify your wrist

Pearly Twist Melody MacDuffee

Earthy Collage Necklace Tina Koyama

Combine ribbon, chain, and stone using stringing and wireworking techniques for a nature-inspired mixed-media necklace

Use simple stringing to create a versatile four-strand

necklace perfect for night or day wear
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Simply Silver Colleen McGraw

A twist of imagination plus some wire, pearls, and crystals

make for glamorous earrings

Bite into this fashionable necklace of wireworked dangles

and peyote-stitched leaves
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Melinda Barta

Easy and beautiful, this is the perfect chain-mail project for

beginners

Brick, herringbone, and peyote stitches unite in a stunning

necklace of delicate flowers and leaves
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Cabochon Craze

Add a personal touch to your next project using a customized

cabochon from the fabulous new book Custom Cool Jewelry

An eye-catching necklace in bold autumn colors created

with free-form brick stitch
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Periwinkle Choker Kerrie Slade

A chain of flat and circular brick-stitched flowers evokes
the mood of summer

Waves of right-angle weave embellished with peyote stitch

form a luscious necklace
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Into the Mystic Bonnie Clewans

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Helen of Troy Jean Yates

Simplicity and beauty meet in this bracelet of strung briolettes,
teardrops, and sphinx-print beads

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4 Passing Through

16 Cool Stuff

6 Letters

81 The Challenge

8 Project Contributors

83 Beadmakers:

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Indian Summer Earrings
by Jill MacKay

11 Bead Biz Viki Lareau

Julie Picarello

13 Seeds Dustin Wedekind

102 Techniques

15 Fast & Fabulous

104 Bead Buzz