Digital Beading Magazine

Geometric Kumihimo

  This is the latest issue of Digital Beading and my Geometric Bracelet can be found in it. This is the first time I have had a tutorial published which is made using the Kumihimo square plate. Over the last year I have had lots of requests for tutorials using the plate, but I have found myself busy enough just …

Latest tutorial in Digital Beading

  The latest issue of Digital Beading is out and one of my tutorials can be found in it. It is made using gorgeous citrine and peridot gemstone chips and a sprinkling of long magatamas. This design features a new variation of my button hole fastening. I have enjoyed trying different methods of making a button hole in a kumihimo …

Rizo Wreath

This pretty bracelet can be found in the latest issue of Digital Beading. The spikey rizo beads are offset by the ultra-feminine bow. It is quick and easy to make up and the huge range of colours and surface finishes available in this grain of rice shaped bead means it can be adapted to suit any colour scheme or theme. …

On the Edge

This is On the Edge, the lastest tutorial to hit my shop. This design was first seen in Digital Beading last year and it has now been rewritten and expanded into a full tutorial for my site. The braid used is Round Braid and to get the drop beads to be positioned only along the sides of the braid, it …

Happy New Year

Happy New Year to all lovers of Kumihimo! This is the time of year when we can look back over the year and see what we have achieved, as well as looking forward to what we hope to accomplish in the coming year. I feel that I learnt a lot in 2013 about how to play with Kumihimo to achieve …

My latest tutorial in Digital Beading, Nautical Knots

This is the front page of my latest tutorial for Digital Beading. It is called Nautical Knots. The brief was to make something summery, so I went for a nautical theme and got the chance to use these adorable sea charms. Writing tutorials for a fully digital magazine is interesting because they do not have to work to the same …