Enjoy a fresh and thorough approach to learning and mastering peyote stitch with 15 innovative styles of this popular beadweaving technique. With interest in beadweaving on the rise, Mastering Peyote provides a much-needed look into the most integral technique peyote stitch. With 15 styles in all, beading geniuses will finally have an accessible, easy-to-understand guide to one of the fundamentals of beadweaving, brought to you courtesy of Beadwork Editor Melinda Barta. In the Peyote Basics chapter, you will learn the basics of creating flat peyote bands, then advance to circular and tubular variations, eventually learning to fashion dimensional jewellery pieces. Once you've mastered the basics, Melinda dives into designing dimensional jewellery pieces. Additional chapters cover combining peyote with other popular beadweaving techniques (right-angle weave, herringbone, and bead embroidery) and creating unique edgings and embellishments for finished pieces. Melinda, together with Beadwork's Designers of the Year, including Jean Campbell, Lisa Kan, Carole Ohl, Melanie Potter, Jean Power, Cynthia Rutledge, and Sherry Serafini, demonstrates a range of styles in 15 beautiful jewellery projects.