JEWELLERY MAKING TUTORIALS

Thanks to Carol for these links:


If your interested in making jewellery and not sure where to start, here are a few tutorials / patterns i found helpful (just wish i had found them last year when i first started) lol.
Hope you find them helpful.

http://www.jeanpower.com/patterns/ - Some free patterns tuts here.
http://www.beadalon.com/crimpinginstruct.html - shows you how to do crimping
http://www.mailleartisans.org/weaves/subcat.cgi?mode=cat&key=1 - Different chainmaille weaves
http://www.allaboutjewellerymaking.info/wire-gauges-for-jewellery-making - Wire gauges
http://www.rubysbeadwork.com/Thumbnails.html - Different patterns/tutorials of seedbeading work
http://jewelrymaking.allinfoabout.com/features/spiralrope.html - Beaded spiral rope chain
http://www.beadinfinitum.com/ - Beaded beads (spinning top design) free tutorial
http://www.goder.com/beads/patterns.htm - seed beading patterns (havent tried her out yet, but she has some lovely designs)
http://www.beadshop.com/learnonline/projects/projects.aspx - stringing projects

Most things you can find out to do from about.com though. Ive had loads of patterns/tuts off there, also if you try goggle for patterns too.
Carol XXX

wow! thanks Lorraine... one of these days when i have some time..... hey it could be my next hobby (like i need one LOL)

thread is 11 years old Maria, amazing what resources we have here! It was bumped by the spammer posting a link to his embroidery shop in India

thansk Tina, sorry to misunderstand... must say i thought it was a bit weird Lorraine saying nothing then suddenly posted that. Call me guilable!