Soutache: How to make beautiful braid-and-bead embroidered jewelry and accessories

Begin with the basic techniques of finishing and sewing the cords and inserting pearls and cabochons or cameos, discover the secrets behind coiling your soutache braids to make buttons, then begin to make bracelets, rings, headbands and much more. Learn about the history of jewelry crafting and the ever-growing trend for affordable yet stylish costume jewelry, before trying your hand at your own soutache pieces. Donatella Ciotti shows you how to create stunning, expensive-looking costume jewelry, from earrings and bracelets to brooches for hats, with full-colour, detailed photography to guide you through each process. Your soutache creations will be eye-catching and entirely uniq

She teaches courses on Styrofoam, beadwork, silk ribbon, and flower compositions made with Venetian beads.. Donatella Ciotti lives in Pavia, Italy, where she owns a crafts store

myshelf . I was pleased to see my own favorite projects to make are well represented; hair decorations such as headbands and combs. A winning combination! It is fun to do as well; the ideal thing to do while relaxing in front of the TV once you have the basics right. But maybe it is there to showcase the immense possibilities that this inexpensive and enjoyable craft has for anybody who masters it. I learned from another book as this one was not available but out of the books around this is the best one for beginners. As with many crafts some of the techniques would not be easy to understand if there were not enough steps but in here no vital stages are omitted. The subtitle says it all - use a particular type of braid to make some stunning jewe