Beads and Beading
Glossary of Beading terms hosted by Beadage
Beading :
Aunt Molly's Beadwork Classroom ia an instuctional site with beading lessons online including instructions on using porcupine quills as bugel beads. The site also includes instructions on hoew to make Angel Charms of three beads and a tutorial which illustrates how to make a simple beaded edging
Bead a Bead : instructions on how to do this from the about.com beadwork site
Beaded Bead Instructional material provided by Bonnie Brooks which could also be adapted to bead a button
Beaded Edging A tutorial which illustrates how to make a simple beaded edging suitable to adapt as a seam embellishment in crazy quilting
Beading Jargon Tips, Techniques, and Tidbits : A useful list of terms and definitions compiled by Maria Nerius
Beading Tutorials on brick stitch, peyote Stitch, Basic spiral weave, Russian Spiral, joining, Tube crochet, working cab surrounds, beadpoint, loom weaving and graph papers are available in PDF format from Bead East. Also on the site are free patterns for a number of projects using these techniques.
Beadnik Tutorials, Gallery space, links and patterns supplied by a keen beader
Beads, Beading, Beadwork a brief article on the basics by Linda Beer
Bead size chart provided by Embellishments Beads and Jewelry
Beltana's Beads -- Free Beading Tutorials for Beginners! Deborah Walker has written a series of articles on various beading techniques.
Bob's Beading Tutorial Pages: A non commercial site which hosts illustrated tutorials dedicated to teaching the basic techniques of beading provided by Bob Goldschmidt.
Fire Mountain Gems publish free tutorials including one on the Color Wheel and Itten's Color Theory.
Guide To Beadwork Greg Vinson has provided a comprehensive primer online
Janie's Embellished Beads - Photographs illustrate this article on beading a bead by Janie Warnick
Bead Embroidery:
Adventures in Bead Embroidery provided by Anne Checker who has illustrated and documented her experiences with foundation fabrics to use for bead embroidery.
Needleweaver's Studio for learning the art of Needleweaving provides illustrated instructions on using beads in combination with needleweaving.
Bead Embroidery Samples I : Part of a series on bead embroidery illustrating embroidery stitches worked in seed beads. The second part includes working motifs in beads
Introduction to Bead Embroidery by Paula S. Morgan of the About.com network
Knot Bead Embroidery! To Knot or Not, in Bead Embroidery Article discussing the advantages of knotting in bead embroidery
Beads : Ezines and directories
About.com beadwork site: directory of beadwork sites
Beads for all. The Bead Site is the Center for Bead Research on-line. The Bead Site is the Center for Bead Research on-line. Information and articles about ancient, and trade beads, beading and beadwork, the uses and names of beads as well as researching beads online provided by Peter Francis, Jr. who has now died but the site remains online in memoriam.
Beadwrangler's Bead & Fiber Junction: This site hosts over a 1,000 pages of articles, galleries, and instructional material of interest to those who bead.
Bead & Button Magazine: Creative Ideas for the Art of Beads and Jewelry Tips, patterns, tutorials and articles online. Registration to become a member is required to acess the site.
History and Culture of Beads and Beadwork
An Essay on Beadwork by Jamey D. Allen covers historical and cultural aspects of beadwork.
Birthstones chart of what they mean provided by Embellishments Beads and Jewelry
Gemstones of the Zodiac provided by Embellishments Beads and Jewelry
Gallerys
Beader's Gallery provided by beadedimages.com a selection of guest artists
Bead Groups and Societies.
International Netsuke Society: An organisation which is devoted to the study of Japanese Netsuke
Free Patterns
Aunt Molly's patterns - Patterns for loom/square stitch, loomwork strips, Peyote stitch etc
BeadShak hosts a good number of free bead patterns
Beadage hosts many intructional articles on how to make beaded jewelry
Free patterns for a number of projects are available in PDF format from Bead East.
Fire Mountain Gems publish free tutorials and over 150 free projects
Make a Beaded Spider This beaded spider is a Halloween ornament but would look great on a crazy quilt.
