Get free patterns, download design software, learn about bead shows, visit galleries, and get tips to improve your technique.

Learn edging. braiding, and brick stitching, and read about using porcupine quills, and making tassels. Find patterns, beadwork galleries and classroom resources.

Presents a collection of free patterns and projects for making beaded jewelry. Also provides some book recommendations.

Bead fanatic compiles articles, sells project kits, and presents tips on making purses, dolls, and miniatures. Check the national event calendar.

Browse through this guide to find suggestions for using needles and jewelers wire, attaching clasps, and endless loop stringing.

Recounts the history of the Zulu nation and traditional bead crafts, including some technical terms. View necklaces and body adornments.

Find basic instructions for making bead patterns. Peruse tips, join the chat boards and visit the gallery of completed critters.

Read the history of this decorative art including their manufacturing and uses as jewelry or textile adornment from the MSN Encarta.