The Impatient Beader

by Margot Potter

Get your bead groove on with The Impatient Beader and you'll be a beading goddess in no time Do you get antsy waiting for water to boil? Do you feel like it takes ages for fingernail polish to dry? If... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1581807627
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: North Light Books
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.8" x 0.3" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

An unusual step-by-step approach which leaves nothing to the imagination alone

A fun, light reading style provides a very approachable guide to beaders with Margot Potter's The Impatient Beader: Easy Jewelry Projects For The Busy Beginner! If author Margot Potter's name sounds familiar, it's because she's a QVC on-air presenter and featured artist on PBS TV's 'Beads, Baubles and Jewels' show, and here provides a collection of master techniques and tools for making necklaces, bracelets, earrings and more. Color photos present not only the usual finished product, but close-ups of beading in process for a unusual step-by-step approach which leaves nothing to the imagination alone.

Lively and fun -- this book is a blast!

I have a standing twice-monthly babysitting get-together with my nine year-old niece, and I got this book to try some projects together. The book is intelligently laid out with a concise shopping list (important, because I don't enjoy spending a lot of time wandering around craft stores), and easy-to-follow photographs that lead the reader every step of the way. In addition, the text is lively and a lot of fun to read. So far, we've done the following projects: Island Girl Kilt Pen Casino Royale Collar Mermaid's Bounty Necklace Surf Betty Anklet All have turned out great. The projects take very little time, but the results look incredibly professional. I only hope there's a sequel before we finish all the projects in this book!

Have a Blast Bedecking Yourself with Beads!

I have never read a beading book written quite in Margot Potter's style before. She clearly has a charming personality and it shines through, here. She is witty and intelligent, but even more importantly (although that makes this book a great read, anyway!), for beginning beaders, she is thorough and totally informed about the subject of beads, tools, findings, and particularly how to put together a design. Designing is a talent. Margot is a great teacher: you learn without even realizing: she explains the importance of beading boards, color wheels, why you need certain tools and how to use them. Her projects have fun, snappy titles like: Victorian Temptress Choker (whoo-hoo!) and Bahama Mama (which put me in a mellow mood). I was attracted not only to her color schemes and her choices of projects, both simple and more complex. I liked her tips. I was encouraged by the manner in which she explained each project, and I liked her little cartoon person--but then--I am a little redhead too! Her hair is more perfect than mine could ever hope to be, but I felt a kinship as I enjoyed reading The Impatient Beader. I look forward to making the "Cha-Cha-Cha" Bracelet as my first project from this book! I am excited and enthused by the fun imparted by author Margot Potter!

Fun to Read, Fun to Bead. I Loved This Book!

As a graphic designer, I was drawn to this book by its cool retro look, but I love the book because of it's unusual, fun and witty style. The projects show Margot Potter's exceptional design talents and her elegant color choices. Each project is given a "degree of difficulty" category. The basics are well covered in the first chapter with clear photos of each step. Her descriptions are charming and often funny, too. I laughed out loud more than once. I don't know whether I had more fun reading or beading. I highly recommend this book to everyone!