Tila Bead Segmented Bracelet Pattern
My latest Tila bead pattern features ladder stitch and a modified sort of beaded lace/netting. The result is a slinky, segmented bracelet tied together with rich brown brass findings ...Read Full Post
View ArticleOne More Tila Pattern for November
I have another new Tila bead pattern to share before we turn our focus to holiday beadwork. It's a simple (yet cute) bracelet designed to coordinate with the Read Full Post
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Time to Vote in the 2011 Flex Your Creativity Contest
This year's Flex Your Creativity Beading Contest by Soft Flex challenged entrants to combine flexible beading wire with craft wire in original, colorful designs. The top ten finalists have been...
View ArticleOn to Horizontal Netting
As a follow-up to last week's diagram tutorial of vertical netting, I've published a similar article on horizontal netting. As its name implies, horizontal netting is stitched side to side, rather than...
View ArticleSeasonal Beading Patterns From the Not-So-Distant Past
Here's a look back at some of the cutest autumn/winter and holiday beading patterns brought to us by Beadwork Guides past. I'll share more in the coming weeks to make it easier for you to find...
View ArticleSanta Fe Bead Fest Registration Is Officially Open
Workshop registration for the next Bead Fest is open, and now is the time to sign up if you can make it to Santa Fe in March (March 15 - 18, 2012, to be exact.)...Read Full Post
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Understanding Beading Patterns
For those of you new to beadweaving, I decided to put together a guide to the terms and annotations I use most often in beading patterns and tutorials here on About. As I explain in the article intro,...
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More Holiday Beading Patterns
I promised more quick links to some of the beautiful holiday beading patterns designed by Beadwork Guides past . . . and here they are: ...Read Full Post
View ArticleNew Beaded Pendant Tutorial
Here's a new pendant tutorial I'm having lots of fun with behind the scenes. It uses those wonderful matte-finish gold fire polished beads (which you can find at Lima Beads and occasionally on Etsy)...
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A Beaded Rope for Your Wreath Pendant
The beaded spiral rope tutorial is here! I call it Bejeweled, because the faceted fire polished beads are like jewels embedded in layers of seed bead spirals. Spiral rope stitch is relatively easy, as...
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Beading Over a Bead
In case you missed it, Jennifer posted a great tutorial the other day on how to cover a wooden bead with peyote stitch. It's a useful technique to master, because you can use these beaded beads for so...
View ArticleStitch a Square for the 2012 Bead-It-Forward Quilts
It's that time of year again to stitch up a square or two for the annual Bead-It-Forward quilts. The Bead-It-Forward project was started back in 2006 by beadwork artist Jeanette Shanigan. Each year,...
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Understanding Weaving-In
Weaving-in is one of those absolutely essential beadweaving skills. You weave your thread into beadwork in order to change direction, end a working thread, or hide a thread tail. In the coming months...
View Article2011 Flex Your Creativity Contest Winners Announced
The results are in! For this year's contest, Soft Flex challenged beaders to create pieces that combined flexible beading wire with metal craft wire in original, colorful designs. And by colorful, I...
View ArticleWorking on More Bead-It-Forward Squares
This week I published a few more free bird patterns that everyone is welcome to use and modify for Bead-It-Forward 2012. What do you think of the quail? (It's my state bird, and I just love the little...
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Register Now for the 2012 Bead&Button Show
Registration is now open for the slew of jewelry making and beading classes scheduled for the 2012 Bead&Button Show. It's being held at the Frontier Airlines Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, June 1...
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Beading and Jewelry Books That Make Great Gifts
If you're feeling a little behind with holiday gift acquisition this year, you're not alone! I'm amazed at how the winter months seem to speed by faster and faster each year, leaving less and less time...
View ArticleMaking Beaded Leaves (and Flowers) With Wire
Earlier this week, a reader asked me how to make super-simple beaded leaves. Although there are lots of ways to stitch up beadwoven leaves, few of them are in the category of super-simple....Read Full...
View ArticleMore Loom Beading in 2012!
How's that for a resolution? If you've never tried beading on a loom, now is the time. (The loom is calling you . . . can you hear it?) And if you have dabbled in loomwork, and gave it up for one...
View ArticleGreat New Year Ideas From Beading Daily - Let's Journal!
In case you missed them, Jennifer has written a few posts recently that are very motivational for sparking your beading creativity in 2012. Her most recent post was a call to action for me; it's about...
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