All-In-One Beading Buddy by Mary Stori
Softbound, 108 pages, $16.95, C&T Publishing, 1651 Challenge Drive, Concord, CA 94520, 800-284-1114, 925-677-0377, fax 925-677-0377, www.ctpub.com.  C&T also offers a Teacher’s Program; check their website or call them. 

Here’s a cute little book in a completely different format than most.  It looks like the paint swatch booklets in the hardware stores.  The pages are about 2” X 8” and there is a grommet in one lower corner. All you have to do is fan it out to the stitch you want to try and there you go. 

The index is in the front of course, but along with the stitch name is a tiny color picture of the stitch, so if you don’t know the name of it, it is still easy to find. 

I used the All In-One Beading Buddy as a teaching tool in a class last weekend and everyone had to have one. 

There are 78 different beading on fabric stitches, complete instructions plus ideas for variations; and as a bonus feature, there is a red value finder as one of the pages.  The drawings and text are easy to follow and fun to flip through. 

This is a must have for anyone who adds beadwork on their quilts or garments.

Review by Teresa Barrett