book, Bead Flora: French Beaded Branches in Bloom

by BeadFloraStudio // September 22, 2021 // Comments off

Hello, my friends! In this post, I want to share with you some of the photos of projects that are in my new book “Bead Flora: French Beaded Branches in Bloom.” The concept of this book is, of course, flowering... Continue reading →

French beaded flowers Bead-a-long

by BeadFloraStudio // June 9, 2020 // Comments off

Last year was an exceptionally crazy year as my book was published, teaching at the Bead & Button show and among other things, I didn’t do a proper bead-a-long. There was a small one on the French beaded flowers facebook... Continue reading →

French beaded eucalyptus pattern plus lacing tip

by BeadFloraStudio // May 26, 2020 // Comments off

Do you make French beaded flowers but find that you need some fillers for your beaded flower arrangements? Today, I will show you my beaded eucalyptus pattern. For the free French beaded eucalyptus pattern and instructions, watch the video: I’ve... Continue reading →

Top Beginner Essentials for making French beaded flowers

by BeadFloraStudio // May 19, 2020 // Comments off

Top Beginner Essentials for making French beaded flowers As a beginner, what do you need for making French beaded flowers? This is a question that asked over and over by beginners. Like anything, it’s tempting to get EVERYTHING. In the... Continue reading →

French beaded small sunflowers part 4

by BeadFloraStudio // May 5, 2020 // Comments off

We are finally at the final part here! Here’s a review of what we did this past few weeks. Part 1: The design process Part 2: Petals Part 3: Sepals and in today’s final lesson, Part 4: The centers, leaves,... Continue reading →

French beaded small sunflowers part 3

by BeadFloraStudio // April 28, 2020 // Comments off

Learn how to make French beaded small sunflowers with designer and author Fen Li of Bead Flora Studio Continue reading →

French beaded small sunflowers part 2

by BeadFloraStudio // April 21, 2020 // Comments off

How to make french beaded small sunflowers with designer and author Fen Li. Continue reading →

French beaded small sunflowers part I

by BeadFloraStudio // April 14, 2020 // Comments off

In this 3 part series, I will be showing you how to make these small French beaded sunflowers. In the first video, I will go over the design process along with showing you the different techniques that can be used... Continue reading →

French beaded rose brooch pin – video

by BeadFloraStudio // April 7, 2020 // Comments off

I introduced some very exciting projects and techniques in my book, “Bead Flora: the Revival of French beaded flowers.” One of the projects is this beaded rose brooch. I use continuous techniques so that the whole flower is made on... Continue reading →

Lace-as-you-go method

by BeadFloraStudio // March 18, 2020 // Comments off

I’ve posted before on all of the lacing methods. And one of the things I keep hearing over and over is how some people have problems lacing petals the traditional way. Some people just can’t seem to do it. They... Continue reading →