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February 2004

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Contents
By Irina Miech
Turn leftover chain and head pins into a lavish tassel for an art bead
Anything goes when you transfer images onto polymer pendants
Here’s a new way to do brick stitch
Make delicate bouquets of keepsake color
Highlight an art bead with lattice, vines, and flowers
By Melody MacDuffee
Use chain to create earrings with length and movement
Link gemstones and pearls through a chain
Catch a cabochon in a beaded web
Create a self-supporting bead with brick stitch and caddis weave
Weave an Imperial Chinese robe
By Melody MacDuffee
Have fun with wrap-around elegance
By Carol Perrenoud
Choose the right adhesive for each task
By Debbie Nishihara
Dropping in on a brave new world
Build quick pyramids with seed beads
Add a crystal centerpiece to a beaded rope
Combine antique buttons with modern beads for a retro bracelet
By Marya LeMieux
Beaded dolls help ease the pain
Connect a cloth of beads with an embroidered centerpiece
By Debbie Nishihara
Green Girl takes inventory from The Beach of All Things Lost
Two-drop peyote brings stones and pearls together
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Ballerina Bear
By Randy Wilson
Departments
From Alice's Desk
Tips & Techniques
Your Letters
Origins
Seed beads in Nepalese
Pattern Gallery
Your Work
Tour D’Art 1
Beaded Chair
Native Trails
Beaded Tray
Red Ruffle
Beaded Kimono
Native American-inspired beaded bag
Koi
For Beginners
Simply strung
Fun Fashion
Falling star choker
Simply Earrings
Turning wheels
Chic & Easy
Plaited pearls
Wire Expressions
Tornado twist earrings
Two-hour Style
News & Reviews
Calendar
Ethnic Inspiration
Leather earrings
Basics
Anything Goes
Standing out in Singapore
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