Free Beading Pattern
Free beading patterns are readily available online. The following are some of the best sites offering jewelry making project ideas.
Beadage
A great basic site for learning how to bead jewelry is Beadage. This site has instructions for basic beaded necklaces and earrings, as well as hemp jewelry, wire-worked jewelry and more. Check out the gallery for inspiration. Though these pieces don't come with instructions, they have notes which explain what kind of thread or wire was used and a good description of the piece so you can make one similar.
Free Beading Patterns at Fire Mountain Gems
Although Fire Mountain Gems is out to sell you something, the company's patterns section shows off its beads beautifully in the hopes that you will buy all the supplies to make yourself a piece just like the ones shown. But it's still a great site for tips, techniques, patterns and projects, from dream catcher earrings to beautiful beaded animals.
Bead Patterns
If you're just looking around to see what kind of beading patterns are out there, check out bead-patterns.com. This link points you to the free section of the site, where there are nearly 300 patterns, including necklaces, bead bracelets, weaving information and patterns, stitch tutorials, rings, fringe and more. This is a great site for letting you know just what can be done with beads. There's also an extensive shop where you can buy patterns.
Rings & Things
For all sorts of easy projects, check out Rings & Things. This site has a good collection of jewelry, wine glass charms, beaded projects, wire projects, macramé, crystal angels and more. Instructions are detailed and well illustrated.
Aunt Molly's Bead Street
If you're into loom work, peyote or brick work, this is a great little site. There are no instructions, just colored charts. If you don't know how to do a certain stitch, you will need to look elsewhere for tutorials.
All Crafts
Scroll down on the All Crafts Jewelry page, and you will find links to a good collection of free beading patterns. Many of these are for home décor projects or holiday inspired designs. There are some missing links here, but the ones that are still live are worth the effort.
New Kingdom
This site has a collection of Egyptian, tarot and Sept. 11 bead quilt patterns. These mostly use peyote, square and brick stitch beading.
CJ Bead Pattern Links
CJ Bead Patterns is loaded with off site links to free beading patterns. You'll find everything from information about beaded jewelry to patterns for loom beading.
Ruby's Bead Work
RubysBeadWork.com is quite primitive in its website design, but the patterns themselves are well-illustrated and easy to follow. There are plenty of patterns for beaded jewelry lovers to enjoy here, from simple jump rings to intricate peyote pieces.
Free Patterns for All Types of Beadwork
The internet is a great resource for beading patterns and project ideas, no matter what your skill level might be. Before ordering patterns online or through a catalog or purchasing a book of beading patterns, take some time to browse the free offerings you can find at these sites. You just might be inspired by these patterns and save some money at the same time!
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