Dimensional Flowers, Leaves & Vines

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Summary: Dimensional Flowers, Leaves & Vines
Review: Although geared for more advanced bead workers, a beginner such as myself found this book well-written and well illustrated. The instructions are detailed and easy to follow. The photos are truely inspirational. Beginners should not shy away from this book, with enough time and patience one can produce beautiful flowers and leaves. A truely awesome book!!!!!

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Summary: Dimensional Flowers, Leaves & Vines
Review: Although geared for more advanced bead workers, a beginner such as myself found this book well-written and well illustrated. The instructions are detailed and easy to follow. The photos are truely inspirational. Beginners should not shy away from this book, with enough time and patience one can produce beautiful flowers and leaves. A truely awesome book!!!!!

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Summary: Gorgeous unique projects, with detailed instructions
Review: Be forewarned that this book is paperbound and very thin, with staples down the middle (as opposed to glitzy professional publishing). Nevertheless, I still gave it 5 stars because the projects are so uniquely beautiful, and the directions so clear.
One critic complained that other authors provide many more ideas for the same price, and this is true. However, their directions are often much more superficial, and not all of their projects are very inspired. Speaking only for myself (obviously), I found this book well worth the price, and am thoroughly delighted with it. To me, the fact that the directions virtually ensure success, and that the projects are uniquely beautiful (rather than same old, same old) is invaluable to me. I love the book, and highly recommend it.

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Summary: Dimensional Flowers Leaves and Vines May 15, 2002
Review: Dimensional Flowers Leaves and Vines
This is a wonderful book .The directions are easy to follow. I do loom work most of the time so for the directions to be easy enough for me to follow, they have to be good.
Using the wonderful leaves patterns from Barbara Grainger's book, I made a necklace of peyote flowers, ndebele and peyote straps . Subsequently, this same necklace won first place in the "Signs of Spring Challenge" on About.com as well as winning in the "Flower Challenge." Thank you, Barbara! Your leaves made the necklace as beautiful as it is!
A winner.
Frieda Bates

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Summary: Dimensional Flowers Leaves and Vines May 15, 2002
Review: Dimensional Flowers Leaves and Vines
This is a wonderful book .The directions are easy to follow. I do loom work most of the time so for the directions to be easy enough for me to follow, they have to be good.
Using the wonderful leaves patterns from Barbara Grainger's book, I made a necklace of peyote flowers, ndebele and peyote straps . Subsequently, this same necklace won first place in the "Signs of Spring Challenge" on About.com as well as winning in the "Flower Challenge." Thank you, Barbara! Your leaves made the necklace as beautiful as it is!
A winner.
Frieda Bates

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Summary: BIG FAT DISAPPOINTMENT OF A BOOK
Review: First of all it is more apt to be discribed as a pamplet. This was my first complaint, it is staple bound book. There are a few photos of the endproduct in the center of the book. The idea is to look through the photos find what you want to create and look at the instructions on how to do it. The instructions are in black and white and neither the the illustrations or the instructions are as clear as they could be. The illustrations are crudely drawn and don't cover each step. In the begining of the book she states that she assumes the reader has an understanding of the techniques, but I found even that is not enough to shepard you through her instructions.
There are some out of sight bead books out there like Creative Bead Weaving by Carol Wilcox Wells (which is the same price and worth every penny if not more!). Buy that book or any of Vicki Stars, but don't waste your money on this!
Nicole

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Summary: Dimensional Flowers Leaves and Vines
Review: This is one of the most interesting and helpful bead books to come along in quite awhile. Not a pattern book, instead this book teaches beaders how to create three dimensional flowers that could be used as centerpieces for necklaces or many other projects, vines that can be earrings if used alone, fringe if done in several strands, necklace straps, bracelets, parts of sculpture, whatever. The possibilities are endless, the directions are lucid and easy to follow, and the completed projects shown inspire a beader to try them. This book really expands the dimensions of a beader's own creativity. Kudos to Ms. Grainger.