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Beading

Category: <span>Beading</span>

Explore the many techniques in the colorful world of beading to make bracelets, necklaces, earrings and more that express your inner Earth Mother or Bling Queen! Not into jewelry? Beadwork can embellish fiber art, clothing and home dec, adding color, texture and surface design. So weave or stitch tiny seed beads or string your favorite glass beads or semi-precious gemstones. Or simply admire the inspiring work of our talented bead artists and designers!

Bead EmbroideryOff-Loom Bead Weaving

Amazing Beaded Jewelry

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Laura Lee Ullrich Turquoise Necklace

Spotlight: Laura Lee Ullrich, Bead Artist

Who knew that a self-taught bead artist could create such intricate work? With no beading classes nearby, Laura Lee Ullrich picked a project she loved from a magazine and has...

Orange and brown beaded necklace

Spotlight: Sherry Serafini, Bead Embroidery Artist

Sherry Serafini is a bead embroidery artist without fear. If an object inspires her, even if it's an unconventional choice for jewelry, she will create an elaborate design around it....

Structural Beadwork

Spotlight: Beth Stone, Bead Jewelry Artist

A third-generation bead artist, Beth Stone thrives on challenges - on visualizing a new piece, then engineering how to make beads of various shapes and sizes work together to build...

Bead Embroidery Inspiration

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Beaded purse

Spotlight: Christen Brown, Fiber Artist

With a needle in her hand since the age of 7, Christen Brown creates lush embroidered and beaded pieces to wear and admire. Generous with her knowledge, she shares her...

Bead Embroidered Flower Brooch

Bead Embroidery – Chardel Blaine Paints with Beads

I like to create just about anything if it involves a needle and thread. For me, bead embroidery is about painting, but I use beads as my palette. Mostly, I...

Pat Herkal

Spotlight: Pat Herkal, Bead and Fiber Artist

Beads, thread and fabric occupy Pat Herkal's head and hands every day. Whimsy, color and the natural world inspire her work. Mixing beads, shells, stones, and found objects - man...

Off Loom Bead Weaving Inspiration

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Structural Beadwork

Spotlight: Beth Stone, Bead Jewelry Artist

A third-generation bead artist, Beth Stone thrives on challenges - on visualizing a new piece, then engineering how to make beads of various shapes and sizes work together to build...

Cellini Spiral Detail

Peyote Stitch Cellini Spiral Basics

Peyote-Stitched Cellini Spiral looks really complicated, but it’s just a glorified peyote rope. The stitch is even count tubular peyote with a step up. It’s the change in bead sizes...

Samples of 3 tubular herringbone ropes

How to Make Tubular Herringbone Beaded Jewelry

Tubular Herringbone (sometimes called Ndebele) stitch creates sinuous beaded ropes that await your creativity to design bracelets, necklaces and more. It can be a fussy stitch to get started, but...

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Looking Glass Bracelet Finished 1

Make the Looking Glass Bracelet

Always ready for a pretty beading project, but short on time to design and gather materials, the chance to make the Looking Glass Bracelet landed at just the right time!…
Grandmother Turtle by Sharon Riley

Spotlight: Sharon Riley, Mixed Media Artist

As a fiber and mixed media artist, Sharon Riley calls on her relationship with Mother Earth to inspire her art. Walking on the beach, meditating in less-traveled environs and listening…
Seed Beads in Labeled Photo Cases

Bead Organization and Storage Ideas

As Bead Love grows, so grows the beading stash - and the need for bead organization and storage ideas. Especially if, like me, you get excited to start a new…
Beaded Dragonfly

Spotlight: Nancy Cain, Bead Artist

Every piece of bead art that Nancy Cain designs is creatively engineered to achieve her vision for a sculptural piece with inherent structure. Math Brain and Art Brain have worked…
Beaded pendant by Maggie Meister

Spotlight: Maggie Meister, Bead Artist

Inspired by architecture, ancient mosaics and historical jewelry, Maggie Meister's museum quality beadwork includes structural components and gemstone accents that look impossible to recreate. But Maggie's unique approach to building…
Best Bead Embroidery Tools

Best Bead Embroidery Tools

Bead embroidery adds spark to your fiber art’s surface design as well as taking center stage in bead embroidered jewelry. No matter the end game for your bead embroidery, you…
Bead Embroidery Picot Edge Finished

Bead Embroidery: How to Make a Picot Stitch Edge

When you learn how to add a beaded picot edge stitch to your bead embroidery projects, your decorative finish hides most of the thread. Your beads shine just a little…
Bead Embroidery Edge Brick Stitch-6b-Row of Brick Stitch

Bead Embroidery: How to Make a Brick Stitch Edge

Create a professional-looking finish to your bead embroidery when you know how to make a brick stitch edge. The beads stand at attention while joining the layers and hiding the…
Bead Embroidery Back Stitch on Fabric-9-When Finished Tie Off on Back

Bead Embroidery: How to Back Stitch Beads on Fabric

Add color, dimension and maybe a little bling to your fabric with beads! With the beaded back stitch, you can embellish a straight or curved line and keep your beads…

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