Beading: 4 Dazzling Decor Projects

Photography by Natasha Milne

Bead-Studded Table Runner

Repetition of a simple flower design unifies this piece, while the different finishes of the beads used — some opaque, some pearlescent, others mirrored — add variety and interest.

When laying out the beads, concentrate them around the edges and at the ends of the runner, so that they will not be in the way of items that you put on top of the runner.

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Excerpted from Bead by Elizabeth Bower. © 2006 Thunder Bay Press.