💜 Why should I wax my beading thread? 💜 What wax should I use? 💜 What’s the difference between wax and thread conditioner? 💜 How to wax your thread These are questions I get asked a lot! In this blog and video I’ll guide you through this and answer these questions.
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Beading Tips: Stretching Your Thread
Why should you stretch your beading thread and what's the best way to do it? Which threads should you always stretch? These are questions I get asked a lot! In this blog I'll guide you through this and answer these questions. Why should you stretch your beading thread? The easy answer is; it makes it [...] Continue Reading
My Favourite Colour Palettes
I often get asked for advice about colours or to suggest some colour combinations. So I thought I'd share two of my favourite colour palettes with you. The first is very much in 'Chloe colours' and the second is slightly more muted but still makes a statement. I hope you find it useful and I'd love to [...] Continue Reading
Beading With Mindfulness
The summer seems to be racing away and in just a few short weeks my tiny beader will be setting off to Big School. It's an emotional time for sure. We've been enjoying trying lots of new things recently, including riding her bike without stabilisers and lots of new crafts like sewing on wooden shapes [...] Continue Reading
Beading Tips: Keeping a firm tension
Tension can be a tricky thing – some beaders bead very loosely, while others (like me) sometimes end up with work that is so tight it even snaps beads and threads! I find from my experience as a teacher that most people who struggle with tension tend to err on the looser side. Tension plays […]
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Battle of the Beadsmith Earrings Challenge 2023
It was an honour to take part in the 2023 Earrings Challenge of Battle of the Beadsmith. I bowed out at round 2, and it was amazing to be a part of the competition, alongside many truly creative bead artists. (Good luck to you all!) I'm thrilled to have taken part and am super proud [...] Continue Reading
The Great British Bead Show 2023
What a blast I had at the Beadworkers Guild Great British Bead Show last weekend! I've been shattered all week but it was worth it to be around so many beady peeps! What is the GBBS? It's a bi-annual event run by the Beadworkers Guild that brings together some of the best beading tutors from the [...] Continue Reading
International Beading Week 2022 – Free Project
Celebrate International Beading Week’s 2022 theme of Flowers of the World and create these fun little bead embroidered earrings reminiscent of a Tudor Rose.
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International Beading Week 2021 – Free Project
This year International Beading Week is 24th July - 1st August 2021 and I am delighted to be a Guest Ambassador for this exciting event. What better way to celebrate than with a free beading pattern! International Beading Week takes place in the last week of July every year and was set up by the [...] Continue Reading
Bucket List: Adventures in Bead Country
Read all about my once-in-a-lifetime trip to Prague and its surrounding areas, exploring the glass bead factories of the Czech Republic.
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