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  • French Beading Abbreviations

    February 1, 2021 / No Comments

    BF, CL, CCL, BR…. While working with French Beading patterns, you will often come across techniques, shapes, and other parts of a pattern that have been abbreviated. I talked a little bit about these in my Learn French Beading: Beginner…

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  • How to Work with Multiple Bead Colors in French Beading

    August 1, 2020 / 1 Comment

    Bear with me, you guys, this is a long post with a lot of information. We’re going to take a look at the complex issue of shading patterns in French Beading. I’m only going to cover the basics here. We’ll…

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  • Comparing different types of embroidery floss for stem wrapping

    March 9, 2019 / No Comments

    I’ve just published a tutorial for wrapping your French Beaded Flower stems with floss. I’ve done a tutorial on this on my previous Lauren’s Creations website, but finally found the time to update it here. There is also more and…

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  • Can You Use Two-Hole Beads for French Beaded Flowers?

    October 7, 2018 / No Comments

    Hello there my beady friends. I’m doing a quick little blog post today about a weird French Beading experiment I did recently. This isn’t a full blown, fully studied and tested idea where I can tell you exactly what to…

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  • Let’s Talk About Bead Spinners (and a DIY bead spinner tutorial)

    August 8, 2018 / 1 Comment

    Many types of Bead Spinners One of the questions I am asked frequently is about Bead Spinners. Specifically, which ones are the best and what I recommend, so I figured I should just go ahead and do a full blog…

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  • On Making Miniatures

    August 19, 2017 / No Comments

    Introduction Most beaded flower artist tend to make their flowers life-size, so I thought having a “tips” post on making miniature sized flowers would be fun and different. However, I haven’t made very many miniatures myself. Most of my work…

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  • A Few Teasers and a Mini Tip!

    July 19, 2017 / No Comments
    French Beaded Ball Dahlia by Lauren Harpster

    I’ve been quiet on purpose this time. The last couple of months I’ve been working on a rather large project, probably one of the largest things I’ve ever made (if measuring by mass) but I can’t post pictures here yet…

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  • An Introduction on Designing French Beaded Flowers

    May 23, 2017 / No Comments

       One of my most favorite parts of French Beading is the design work, making a brand new flower from scratch. The whole process excites me. For me, at least, if it’s not challenging, then it’s not fun. ​So, when…

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New Facebook Group!

Come join a brand new Facebook group led by myself and designer Fen Li – Learn French Beading. Connect with other French Beaders as we all learn together!

 

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