Embellish Borders with Seed Beads

Sometimes your project just needs a little more ✨whimsey✨.

A plain edge? Fine.

A plain edge covered in tiny beads?

💁‍♀️ Immediately yes.

In this workshop, we're learning how to use seed beads and embroidery techniques to create three different embellished borders that can add color, texture, sparkle, and a tiny bit of extra to just about anything made of fabric.

🪡 You'll practice your three border techniques on both fabric and felt, learning how the materials behave differently and how to securely incorporate beads into your stitching.

We'll have our workshop stash of colorful seed beads out for you to dig through, mix, match, and experiment with as you learn. Keep things delicate and subtle. Go bright and colorful. Mix together a completely unhinged bead combination because somehow it WORKS.

Once you've learned the techniques, the possibilities get very big, very quickly.

🤯 Add a beaded border to an embroidered patch.
🤯 Embellish a collar, cuff, or pocket.
🤯 Edge a felt ornament.
🤯 Add details to a costume.
🤯 Make a plain bag significantly less plain.
🤯 Incorporate beads into an embroidery project.

Basically: see an edge, put some beads on it.

This class is all about adding another technique to your creative toolbox. This is a powerful skill that you can can take into embroidery, sewing, felt work, clothing embellishment, costuming, and whatever weird little project you come up with next.

Important note: This class is an intermediate embroidery class and will not cover the foundations of how to embroider. If you are interested in this class, we recommend taking a beginner embroidery class first to ensure you have the skills needed to succeed in this workshop. 

Perfect for:

✨ Makers who firmly believe more is more
🪡 Embroiderers ready to start incorporating beads into their work
💎 Anyone curious about seed beads but unsure where the heck to start
🧵 Sewists, costume makers, cosplayers, and textile crafters looking for new embellishment techniques
🌈 Makers who love playing with color, texture, and tiny details
✂️ Anyone who looks at a perfectly good finished project and thinks, Okay, but what else can I put on it?

What You’ll Learn:

💎 How to incorporate seed beads into hand embroidery
🪡 Three different techniques for creating beaded embroidered borders
🧵 How to work with a beading needle and manage your thread while adding beads
✨ How to securely attach beads while maintaining consistent spacing
✂️ How beaded embroidery behaves on both traditional fabric and felt
🎨 How changing bead colors, combinations, and placement can completely change the look of a border
💡 Ideas for incorporating your new techniques into clothing, patches, embroidery, felt projects, costumes, bags, and more

Your workshop includes a piece of fabric, a piece of felt, your own beading needle to take home, embroidery supplies, and access to our workshop stash of colorful seed beads so you can experiment with different colors and combinations as you practice all three techniques.

The Vibe:

This is the kind of workshop where you learn one little technique and immediately start looking around your house thinking, Wait. I could put this on EVERYTHING.

We'll spend the class digging through tiny colorful beads, learning three different ways to stitch them into beautiful borders, and experimenting without the pressure of needing to create one specific finished project.

This one is about playing, practicing, and adding a new skill to your creative arsenal.

Because sometimes a project is finished. 

And sometimes it needs one more tiny row of beads. ✨

---

Workshop Age Guidance:
Our workshops are designed to be a welcoming and inclusive creative space for all. Please note that workshops are intended for participants ages 14 and up, with instruction, pacing, and materials geared toward teens and adults rather than young children.

Workshops that are appropriate for younger participants will be clearly labeled as family-friendly or “Grown-Up & Me” activities. Thank you for your understanding!

Cancellation Policy:
For workshops booked on or after August 16, 2026, the following cancellation policy applies: If you’re unable to attend a workshop, you may cancel your reservation up to 48 hours before the scheduled workshop time to receive a 50% refund of your workshop payment. Cancellations made within 48 hours of the workshop start time are not eligible for a refund. Please note that materials or kits from the class cannot be provided to participants who are unable to attend.