Welcome to the beading world. Beads are a wonderful medium for creating many different kinds of jewelry ranging from earrings to complicated collars. Every piece is unique. Think of your different colored hanks of beads as tubes of oil paint and yourself as an artist in front of an empty canvas. A piece of yourself goes into every one of your creations.

Each of the separate chapters presented on this web site is designed to stand alone. This first chapter covers basic beading techniques and supplies. If this is your first experience with beadwork you should start here. The second chapter shows six different techniques for adding fringe. Chapters Three through Nine contain detailed instructions for seven different specific beaded jewelry stitches.

Although everybody differs in how hard they find a particular stitch to do, the stitches have been ordered loosely from easier (Chevron and Daisy chain) to harder (Gourd stitch and Lace stitch).