Two years ago, I purchased a copy of Embeadery by Margaret Ball. I loved her work, but the instructions may as well have been hieroglyphics as far as I was concerned. I put the book away, only to take it out periodically and try to decipher the instructions again, with similar results. It appeared I would never succeed and the book would soon be on its way to one of my "eBay internet garage sales".This fall, while browsing through the Joggles Online Class offerings, I found Beadazzled Stitches taught Christen Brown. I loved the beadwork. I had many of the supplies already, because I use them in other projects. Most Joggles classes are filled with clear instructions, many photographs and the instructor available online for extra assistance. I signed up and soon was working on my beaded project.
The Beadazzled class has increased my confidence in my ability to do beadwork; I brought out my copy of Embeadery again. Having the background experience I gained in the Beadazzled class made the Embeadery text seem less like hieroglyphics and more like instruction.
