Beaded Collars: 10 Decorative Neckpieces Built with Ladder Stitch

by Julia Pretl

There is no other book on the market that presents broadcollar projects for beaders-a traditional form.

Julia S. Pretl, author of Little Bead Boxes and Bead Knitted Bags, has created a collection of beaded neckpieces, inspired by broadcollars, the dramatic jewelry worn by the ancient Egyptians and a well-known form among beadworkers. She has adapted the traditional form-a broad, beaded necklace-to create ten original designs...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1589233816
• ISBN13: 9781589233812
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Quarry Books
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.9" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

love it

really enjoy this book, beautiful projects and felt the artist did a good job in providing intstruction both visual as well as written.

Beaded Collars

I found this book to be as wonderful as portrayed. There are a wide range of beautiful collars for all occasions and styles.

Exquisite

I thought the beaded collar on the front of this book was beautiful. The projects throughout this book are exquisite. One breathtaking design after the other.

A great basic reference

I've greatly admired Julia Pretl's fantastic collars and pre-ordered this book. I hope that Julia considers putting out an advanced version - because I'd hoped to learn how she incorporated bead embroidered pieces into her collars and didn't find any reference to that here. Still, I give her book full marks as a reference and learning tool. The information is clear, the illustrations second-to-none and the projects are interesting. Although the concept of the collars is simple - learning how to construct and use a template, how to use one or two needle methods and her many tips are invaluable. I know I'll enjoy teaching myself her methods. Next book - my wish list is some additional embellishment techniques and a gallery section, but for now - I feel I more than got my money's worth from this excellent book.

Beaded Collars

This book is well written and helpful pictures to help you get started making collars. Bead work and different ways of making the collars are very helpful. There are alots of steps to make the collars but the book makes it very easy to understand how to incurperate different patterns into one collar. I recommend this book for any beader beginners and ones that have been beading for years. I am sure anyone that gets this book will really like it like I do.