Learn French Beading
Free French Beading Tutorials! Learn the art with designer Lauren Harpster.
- Beginner Course -
My Beginner Course is all about building foundations. It will teach you all of what I call Base Techniques to help you get started on your journey to learn the art of French Beaded Flowers.
- Tools and Materials
- Beads
- Wire
- Tools
- Other Materials
- Continuous Loops
- Continuous Loop Technique
- Closing Large Units
- Spacer Beads
- Continuous Cross-over Loops
- Continuous Wraparound Loops
- Fringe
- Twisted Fringe
- Wire-Back Fringe
- Loop Fringes
- Fringe Loops
- Basic Frame
- Basic Frame Technique
- Reverse Wrap
- Lacing
- Lacing Technique
- Lace-as-you-go
- Intermediate Course -
My Learn French Beading: Intermediate Course will teach new techniques that modify or add-on to the Base Techniques learned in my Beginner Course. There’s still one more technique that I want to add to my Intermediate Course, so be sure to check back later!
- Beehive Basic Frame
- Continuous Basic Frame
- Continuous Basic Frame Technique
- Combining multiple continuous units
- Extensions
- Top Wire Extensions
- Bottom Wire Extensions
- Extensions with Continuous Units
- Loop-Back
- Loop-Back Technique
- Loop-Back with continuous techniques
- Scallops
- Scallop Technique
- Scallops with continuous techniques
- Ruffles
- Traditional Ruffles
- Ruffle-as-you-go
- Advanced Course -
My Advanced Course will teach several techniques that I consider to be a little trickier to master, along with some advanced variations of techniques from the Beginner and Intermediate Courses. Just like my Intermediate Course, this one is still under construction. Be sure to check back for new technique tutorials.
- Miscellaneous Techniques and Skills -
- Helpful Blog Posts -
A ever-expanding collection of blog posts with tips, helps, tutorials, and fun experiments.
- Flower Patterns -
Once you are comfortable with the techniques, try some of my French Beaded Flower patterns! Some of the patterns are free and others are paid. The free flower patterns are generally designed with beginners in mind, while the paid patterns have a range of difficulty from beginner to advanced.