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Bead Embroidery

Category: <span>Bead Embroidery</span>

With bead embroidery, you have so many creative options! You can stitch from patterns or improvise a design with any beads you choose. So if you can stitch with a needle and thread, you can learn how to do bead embroidery to create unique jewelry – necklaces, bracelets and more. Just a few tools and basic stitches will get you started.

Browse through our bead embroidery projects for inspiration.

Spectacular Bead Embroidery Inspiration

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...

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...

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Sisters

Spotlight: Janice Gatti, Embroidery Artist

Unlike many artists who create work primarily for others to see, Janice Gatti is more private about her art. When she gets home from her demanding day job, she will…
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.…
Octopus and Crab in the Bering Sea

Spotlight: Beth Blankenship, Bead and Fiber Artist

When Beth Blankenship creates, she calls on her lifelong love for artistic pursuits. Her childhood experiments with crayons and a rich public school art education led Beth to her love…
Crazy Embroidered Pumpkin Glamor Shot

Fiber Art Challenge: Crazy Quilted Pumpkin

When asked to “decorate an art pumpkin” for a local arts alliance exhibit, what’s a fiber artist to do? Add the personal challenge of using materials already in my studio.…
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…
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…
Marie Bergstedt Endura

Spotlight: Marie Bergstedt, Sculptural Mixed Media Artist

Marie Bergstedt is a fiber artist whose work defies traditional categories. Always telling a story with her pieces, she uses whatever materials and techniques best tell the story. And there…
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…
Field of stars quilt

Spotlight: Martha Steinborn, Crazy Quilter & Stitcher

A stitcher for all seasons, Martha Steinborn is a quilter, embroiderer, crazy quilter and font of information on stitches and threads. Her crazy quilting is lush and keeps the viewer…

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