Free Beading Patterns
By Jennifer VanBenschoten, About.com Guide to Beadwork
A wide variety of free beading patterns, including patterns for necklaces, bracelets, earrings and rings, bead embroidery patterns, beaded art projects, French beaded flowers, home decor beading projects, making your own beads and more.
Beading Stitch Tutorials
Do you want to learn a new beadweaving stitch? Here are stitch tutorials for some of the most popular off-loom beadweaving stitches.
- Square Stitch
- Flat Even-count Peyote Stitch
- Flat Odd-count Peyote Stitch
- Brick Stitch
- Flat Ndebele with a Ladder Stitch Start
- Flat Ndebele with a Traditional Start
- Tubular Ndebele
- Twisted Tubular Herringbone
- Spiral Rope
- Vertical Netting Stitch
- Chevron Stitch
- Freeform Peyote Stitch
Basic Stringing Techniques
A great way to get started in beading is just by stringing beads. Easy to learn techniques for making beautiful beaded jewelry by stringing, crimping and basic wire work.

