Bead and sequin embroidery patterns

Learn how to sew a bead rope, a bead embroidery technique used often on professional dance costumes! Perfect for belly dance, ballroom, figure skate & more!

The French Knots can be used to pin down sequins and beads on the fabric. This is a great technique when you want to place sequins and beads in an isolated manner to create textures and other interesting patterns.

The Pekinese Stitch is wonderful to play around with beads. The weaving of the thread over a base stitch gives us enough room to experiment with different kinds of beads and looks.

I made a few more hand beaded Blythe dresses. I'm really enjoying playing around with bead embroidery so I thought I'd make a little tutorial for you! It is a bit time consuming, but easy to learn and a great way to sparkle up your embroidery projects! You'll first need a pattern of some sort, lines to follow. You can draw some simple swirls or shapes on your fabric with a pencil, or find some interesting patterned fabric and embellish the shapes with beads like I did with the pink and green…

Sequins are such a fun and versatile craft supply that can add a beautiful sparkle to all kinds of items! Use them to brighten up everything from clothing to jewelry to home and holiday decor. Sequins are relatively inexpensive and available in a wide variety of colors, levels of iridescence, shapes, and sizes. Best of all- you don’t need any fancy equipment to attach them, just a needle and thread! As September is National Sewing Month, let’s look at some hints for sewing sequins onto your…

Discover top bead embroidery kits and start crafting your own stunning beaded art. Perfect for beginners and pros alike.

I love to embellish using beads. I sometimes add each bead one by one … … and I sometimes add strings of beads … Regardless of which way you bead, you can’t go past a good book for learning new…

Deep down, though I don't indulge in it too often, I have a penchant for bling. I like sparklies and I like beads and I like shiny stuff. This doesn't come across too often in my embroidery. It doesn't even come across in my household decor or my clothing. And I rarely wear jewelry. But for some

Following on from our Handmade Showcase post earlier this week, we thought we’d publish an introduction to freeform embroidery. You can use this technique to make beautiful bead embroidered jewelry…

The Stab Stitch is particularly used to hold two beads or decorations in place. A smaller bead that is anchored by the Stab Stitch is used to pin down the bigger one in place.