Step by Step Beads, September/October 2009

The September/October issue of Step by Step Beads has 18 original projects that teach you how to make jewelry using natural materials and colors. The cover project is an easy square-stitched bracelet using cool cube beads, one of several stylish bracelet projects including a stylish way to use old buttons. We feature our three Semiprecious Stone Contest winners––dazzling designs that are fun to make and eye-catching to wear.

• Button Chain - Stringing - by Leslie Rogalski, editor in chief
• Singing Sweetly - Wirework - by Lorelei Eurto
• Copper Chic - Wirework - by Carole Rodgers
• Tandem - Stringing - by Carole Rodgers
• Pearls of Isis - Stringing - by Terri Wlaschin
• Easy Stacks - Wirework - by Suzanne Ivester
• Shimmer & Shine - Beadweaving - by Fran Morris Mandel
• Treasures of Atlantis - Wirework - by Lynn Davy
• Tuscan Summer - Stringing - by Erin Strother
• Earth Mother - Stringing - by Sandi Warner
• Cubes 'n' Dots - Beadweaving - by Claire Groff
• Tangled Vines - Beadweaving - by Robin Cowart
• Wrought Iron for Your Wrist - Beadweaving - by Jennifer VanBenschoten
• Striking Jasper - Beadweaving & Stringing - by Melody Marie Murray
• Zigzag Zen Bracelet - Beadweaving - by Phyllis Dintenfass
• Treasures of Atlantis Bracelet - Beadweaving - by Lynn Davy
• Floral Fusion - Beadweaving - by Shanna Steele

• Bead Scoop - by Leslie Rogalski, editor in chief
• Colorworks - by Margie Deeb
• Findings - by Jane Dickerson, managing editor
• Bead by Bead: Even-count peyote, zip up, and brick-stitch increase and decrease
• Stringing 101
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