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Beadwork tutorials from Komok: brooches, earrings, decorative flowers, embroidered details, and small handmade jewelry projects.
BeginnerFreeA guide to the 'monastery' method of bead embroidery without a hoop: how to position the fabric on the table, check your needle, lay the beads from top to bottom, and secure the thread reliably.
BeginnerFreeThis material presents a video tutorial on weaving a beaded rope with a needle, without a crochet hook. The author explains that ropes like this are often crocheted, but this method suits people who do not have crochet skills, special thread, a hook, or findings. A beaded rope can be used as a pendant base instead of a chain, as a standalone necklace, as a bracelet, or as a base for jewelry with woven bead charms. The step-by-step diagrams and process are shown in the video.
Beginner3 hrFreeA tutorial for a beaded lucky clover brooch: trace a clover template onto felt, decorate two petals with shibori ribbon, embroider a rivoli crystal centerpiece with beads, cover the remaining petals with seed beads and bugle beads, then back the piece with leather and finish the edge with a whipstitch.
BeginnerFreeThis master class shows how to embroider a dimensional flower with sequins: first draw a circle in the required size, divide it into petal guides, bring the needle up on one guide line, pick up one sequin and two small seed beads, repeat the sequence until the petal has enough volume, then take the needle down exactly in the center of the circle and secure the thread on the wrong side. Repeat for every petal. The center can be embroidered after the petals, or you can fill it first with small crystals and then build the sequin-and-bead petals from the center outward. For beginners, firm plain fabric in an embroidery hoop makes the small details easier to control.
Beginner2 hrFreeA detailed tutorial for a bead-embroidered whale brooch: transfer the design onto felt, set the tail and front flipper with rhinestones, embroider the belly and back outlines with beads in different shades, cut out the figure from felt, reinforce it with a cardboard backing and a leather back piece with a clasp, then finish the edge with a beaded border.
Beginner2 hrFreeA tutorial for shibori earrings: bead a bezel around a rivoli crystal, prepare felt petals with shibori ribbon, embellish them with beads and bicones, make a suede or leather backing, and attach an ear wire.
IntermediateFreeA step-by-step tutorial for bead-embroidering a seashell: fill the cavity with silicone glue, mount the shell on felt, bead the edge in four rows alternating bead sizes, trim the base, glue it onto leather, and close the side seam with large beads.