- ISBN13: 9784889962123
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
With meticulous instructions and beautiful, full-color photos, internationally-renowned bead artist Nobuyo Chiba shows readers how to create charming miniature furniture and accessories out of beads. Here are directions for six complete rooms (four living rooms arranged by season and two different bedroom styles–classic and casual) including couches, floor lamps, chairs, tables, beds, bureaus, mirrors, fireplaces, chandeliers, even potted plants and a Christmas tree. Each piece is astonishing in its detail and 1/24 of actual size. In addition, the book features an extensive, illustrated equipment list.
wish i could send this book back for a refund because it wasn’t what i expected. all other purcases i’ve made were satisfactory. one used book i bought was missing pages, the Beaders Bible, a used book is a used book. i will be more careful in the future.
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If there is a doll collector in you life, then this book is a must have! Every room is detailed in beaded furniture. “Real” beading techniques are used, not just Frech wire, which I personally can’t stand doing. Highly reccommended!
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As a girl, I spent many hours furnishing a dollhouse to absolute perfection (or so I thought). Once it was finished, there was little for me to do with it but store it away, a treasure that rarely saw the light of day. I saw this book online and had to have it — here might be a way for me to combine my adult hobby with my childhood one. I put the credit card number in so quickly it practically burnt up the wire getting to Amazon.
When the book arrived, I was thrilled. Like most Japanese bead books, there are no instructions, other than the absolute basics. What you do get are very detailed drawings of the thread paths, so an experienced beader can identify the stitch and start following the book. The stitch used in “The Beaded Dollhouse” is 99% Right Angle Weaver, a time consuming but simple stitch. I’m just beginning making the first project: a sofa from one of the three living rooms in this “house.” And therein lies my only tiny complaint: Although the author designed three living rooms., a dining room and two bedrooms, the poor residents of this dollhouse have no kitchen, and no bathroom. As a woman who keeps take out food places on her speed-dial, I suppose I could live without a kitchen, but a bathroom?
I hope that the next book will include those two very important rooms in her beaded dollhouse, and that they are as charming and filled with whimsical touches as this slim volume. I’m sure that I’ll be among the first to purchase it!
P.S.: The author is also kind to our beaded wallets during this time of financial craziness. She makes her projects with three and four millimeter fire polished beads instead of the usual cut crystal. If I ever get to meet her, I’ll give a her a great big Thank you!
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Offering meticulous, methodical, ‘reader friendly’, fully illustrated, step-by-step instructions, internationally-renowned bead artist Nobuyo Chica shows anyone how they can create charming miniature furniture and accessories out of beads in “the Beaded Dollhouse: Miniature Furniture And Accessories Made With Beads. Directions are provided for creating six complete rooms (four living rooms arranged by season and two different styles of bedrooms) that include couches, floor lamps, chairs, tables, beds, bureaus, mirrors, fireplaces, chandeliers, potted plants, and even a Christmas tree. All the items are on a ration of 1/24 in actual size. Of special note is the extensive and illustrated equipment list for the beading enthusiast. “The Beaded Dollhouse” is the perfect instruction guide and a very strongly recommended ‘how to’ manual for the novice seeking to make dollhouse furnishings out of beads.
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I got this book thinking it was just a few patterns for beds and chairs. Wow, totally wrong! You also get lamps, rugs, ceiling fans, plants, even a birdcage, and much, much more. The projects use various sizes of beads, so stock up on sizes 3 and 4 mm Swarovski and Czech fire polished and have a nice seed bead assortment on hand. And, the illustrated instructions were wonderful. I was even to figure out how to make a dining table with chairs although there was none in this book. I would love to see more books just like this!
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