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Crafty Tips Arts & Crafts Directory » Beadwork & Lapidary » Free Beading Patterns

Free Beading Patterns

Professional and hobbiest beaders offer their free patterns for creating your own beaded jewelry and accessories.

All the website owners have included their favorite crafty tips on the creation, use, and care of items constructed from beads and gem stones.
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Great Free Beading Patterns Websites


Eureka! Beads - Free Beading Instructions
Huge range of free beading instructions, including instructions for magnetic wraps, tigertail chokers, crystal earrings, chain bracelets and more. We also have a full online store, where you can find the glass beads, findings, semi precious beads and more needed for your project.
http://www.eurekabeads.com.au/free-beading-instructions-c-27.html
(Clicks: 1694; Link added: Aug 15, 2006)
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Free Beading Patterns Crafty Tip

To finish an elastic beading project, either add a clasp using crimps (be aware that this will weaken the elastic), or tie a strong knot, dabbing a little clear nail polish or glue to strengthen.



Free Jewelry Beading Patterns
This site shares over 40 free beading patterns. Patterns include plenty of pictures so that even beginning beaders will be able to create their own beaded jewelry. Instructions include bead suggestions and substitution recommendations. Site includes a gallery of beaded jewelry others have created from these patterns. Be sure to check out Ruby's book, "Beading with Ruby ~ A Beginner's guide to creating beautiful beaded jewelry" to find 30 more beading patterns and tips on crafting with beads.
http://www.rubysbeadwork.com/Thumbnails.html
(Clicks: 2055; Link added: Sep 14, 2006)
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Free Beading Patterns Crafty Tip

Depending on what beads you've used, you may have to increase or decrease the amount of beads in the last 2 rows, or you may have to increase or decrease the number of rows you use. For instance, Japanese size 11 beads are slightly larger than size 11 Czech beads, or Delicas.

If you don't have any size 15.0 beads, you can use Charlottes, which are size 13, but you may have to adjust the count when you use those too. Since the beading takes so little time, it's easy to tear our a row or two to make adjustments.



Aunt Molly's Bead Street
Free seed bead patterns and instructions. A wide variety of pattern types using the loom/square stitch, peyote/gourd stitch, two drop peyote stitch, and the brick/comanche stitches. There's even a selection of fun patterns for beginners along with an easy brick stitch tutorial.
http://home.flash.net/~mjtafoya/patterns.htm
(Clicks: 935; Link added: Nov 17, 2006)
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Free Beading Patterns Crafty Tip

Have fun with color, just because a pattern shows pink and blue beads doesn't mean you can't make your beaded item with green and purple beads.



Beadnik - Free Beading Tutorials
Learn how to bead around a cabochon with my easy to follow beading tutorial. There's several other great tutorials along with a number of free patterns.

Editor's Note: The artist also shares some of her award-winning beadwork to inspire the bead lover in all of us.
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Gallery/1216/tutorindex.html
(Clicks: 1052; Link added: Nov 17, 2006)
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Free Beading Patterns Crafty Tip

Try doing the right angle stitch with 2 needles - you will be amazed how much faster it is than using only one needle.



Free Bead Patterns by Robyn
Robyn offers a number of well-illustrated step-by-step beading techniques. These projects mainly use seed beads and druks to make a variety of necklaces and bracelets.

Editor's Note: Be patient with this site - it is worth it. As it is a Geocities site, it sometimes exceeds its allowed bandwidth, simply wait a few moments and try again.
http://www.geocities.com/robynl_4/
(Clicks: 1645; Link added: Nov 25, 2006)
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Free Beading Patterns Crafty Tip

Car upholstery thread is a great alternative to beading thread. In fact, I prefer it.




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