IBW 2024 events & special offers

International Beading Week (IBW) 2024 - 'Celebrations', runs from Saturday 27th July to Sunday 4th August.

It is the Beadworkers Guild's 25th anniversary this year, so we hope to see you on our free online sessions and we hope you enjoy the other events and special offers that our international designers and traders are offering as part of our beady celebrations.

If you are a designer or trader with an IBW event or special offer to share with beaders all around the world, then please contact us here ASAP.

Until Sunday 4th August

The Beadworkers Guild 25th Anniversary offer

In celebration of 25 years of Guild publications and 10 years of hosting International Beading Week , we are offering a whopping 50% discount on selected books and Journal magazine packs.

Our books offer a varied selection of patterns originally created for either themed Guild events or our Journal magazines and are suitable for beaders of all abilities.

This offer is only available from 11.59pm Friday July 26^th until 11.59pm Saturday August 4^th, so why not treat yourself this IBW or even pick up some early festive gifts for a beady pal by heading to our online shop at: https://members.beadworkersguild.com/shop

The Guild shop is open Mondays from 1.00 - 6.00pm and Thursdays from 11.00am - 4.00pm (UK time).

For all enquiries please contact Alison, the Guild Administrator at: enquiries@beadworkersguild.com

www: www.beadworkersguild.com

tel: +44 (0) 7837 649 712

29th to 31st July

To celebrate 20 years in business which coincides with IBW, Cranberry Beads we have been having weekly sales.

Our last sale is from 29th to 31st July midday to midday AEST (48 hours) This is to thank all our loyal customers who support buying locally, where you get service and knowledge along with your beads. We would not be here without you. This sale is for all four sizes of Japanese seed beads.

Until 4th August - Online and in person sales
In addition you get free seed beads with orders over $50, excluding postage until 4th August.

Shop: 104, Charman Road, Mentone, Victoria, 3194 Australia

www:www.cranberry.net.au

tel: +61 410 233 253

FREE Mystery 27-Row 3D Peyote Star Bead-a-long with Cheryl Bryan

From Sunday 21st July for approx 2 weeks

Release dates at 08:00 GMT as follows:

Part 1 - Sunday, 21st July 2024 Rows 1-5
Part 2 - Tuesday, 23rd July 2024 Rows 6-10
Part 3 - Thursday, 25th July 2024 Rows 11-14
Part 4 - Saturday, 27th July 2024 Rows 15-18
Part 5 - Monday, 29th July 2024 Rows 19-21
Part 6 - Wednesday, 31st July 2024 Rows 22-24
Part 7 - Friday, 2nd August 2024 Rows 25-27 plus zip row

For full details of this event, please click here.

For further information please contact Cheryl at: cheryl.bryan1966@gmail.com

Until Sunday August 4th

For International Beading Week this year we are embracing the colours of IBW and also the theme of celebrations. On an IBW colour theme we have put together various selections of beads in the twelve colours of the IBW logo in different sizes and finishes and a selection of these collections will be available at very special price. These will be launched on July 26th and stock of each of the collections is limited.

Onto Celebrations and there will be some fabulous discounts on a lot of sparkly goodies, plus a special celebration for two lucky customers (one each shop and mail order). Every purchase made from July 26 to August 4th will be entered into a prize draw with a fabulous £50+ pack of goodies winging its way to the lucky winners.

Shop: 47 Tamworth St, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS13 6JW, England

Tel: +44 1543 417 650

Email: info@spellboundbead.co.uk

Saturday 27th July to Sunday 4th August

Tanzee Designs has again joined up with Les Perles par Puca to offer a free gift with every qualifying purchase during International Beading Week.

With a 'Christmas in July' theme, we are adding one of a range of kits made from Puca's 'Flocon Noel 23' pattern to every order over £25 (before postage) received during the course of the week. Everything you need to make one of these pretty motifs except the needle and thread will be included with your gift

www: www.tanzeedesigns.com

email: tanzeedesigns@aol.com

tel: +44 (0) 1453 520 000

Saturday 27th July to Sunday 4th August

To celebrate International Beading Week, The Bead Shop Nottingham Ltd, are offering 15% off all your beads and jewellery making supplies for the whole week!

It's the perfect time to try a new kit, or buy the materials needed to have a go at a new beading technique.

To use our offer simply enter IBW24 in the coupon box at the checkout on our website or mention at the counter in store.

The Bead Shop, 7 Market Street, Nottingham, NG1 6HY

www: www.mailorder-beads.co.uk

Tel: +44 (0) 1159 588 899

Saturday 27th July to Sunday 4th August

Exclusive IBW 2024 design

The 12 colours of the IBW logo are represented in this superb little drum kit. You will get all the beads, needle, thread, and wadding for 1 drum, along with a 12-page pattern with diagrams and photographs. Also included is a set of A-Z beads, to sort the 12 Delica colours.

Pre-order the kit from 1^stto 19^th July at a special price of £12.50 (£16.50 after 19^th)

Download the pattern from 22^nd July to 4^th August at a reduced price of £5.00 (£8.95 after 4^th August)

Printed patterns and materials packs are also available.

www: https://www.halfpenneys.co.uk/contact-us/

email: kathryn@halfpenney.co.uk

tel: +44 1254 236049

Time: AM 10.00am - 12.00 noon & PM 5.00 - 7.00pm (UK time)

Cost: Free to all

Join the BWG online celebrations, whilst we bead our way around the world, with our first port of call being Europe.

IBW - Celebrations, is the perfect opportunity to share items you may have made for a certain European day of celebration. Whether you made something to celebrate St. Patricks Day - Ireland, King’s Day - Netherlands, Vappu - Finland, Bastille Day – France, San Gennaro Feast Day – Italy, or the Carnivale di Venezia, whatever celebration has inspired your beadwork, we would love to see your interpretations for your country of choice, whilst enjoying some social beading time with beading friends around the world.

AM session only - Designer Meg Thompson will be joining us to share some bead embroidery hints and tips as well as demonstrating Peyote bezels.

PM session only - Sam Norgard will be bringing us updates of her previous global projects and will be launching her 2024 project: Honoring Ndebele (see further details below).

Wherever you are in the world, whatever your skill level, this FREE event is for you, and whether you are a Guild member or not, we would love you to join us to celebrate our love of beadwork.

To book a place on one or both of our online sessions, please click here.

Event: Norgard Designs' 2024 Global Project: Honoring the Ndebele

Launch date/time: Saturday 27th July @ 5.00pm BST

Cost: Free to all beaders

Norgard Designs is hosting our fifth annual global project: "Honoring the Ndebele".

Under Global Projects, our website (www.norgarddesigns.com) will provide free lessons and lectures. Through our lessons, Anvi Shah will teach you the Ndebele stitch and Deb Mosch and Sam Norgard will guide you through your choice of colors. This year Kathryn Shriver will facilitate our lecture series where you will learn about the Ndebele people and hear Kathryn's interviews with contemporary bead artists. All participants are encouraged to follow our color requests and send in 6 - 12" versions of Ndebele ropes to be used in an artistic creation designed by Sam Norgard.

Keep an eye out to join our upcoming Facebook page: "Honoring the Ndebele" where questions can be answered and all will be encouraged to post the progress of their ropes!

For further information please contact: karensamnorgard@mac.com

Event: 3D Peyote STAR Mystery Beadalong with DiMarca

Date/Time: Saturday 27th July @ 10.00am CET (9.00am UK time)

Cost: Free to all beaders

International Beading Week is about encouraging people from all around the world to share their passion for beadwork, encourage newcomers and to showcase exciting projects that are happening around the globe. Of course we want to do our part, so we are launching another FREE Mystery Beadalong. If you want to virtual bead-a-long together, please ask to join the group for details, supplies and techniques:
www.facebook.com/groups/peyotestar

The Beadalong will take four days and each day we'll post part of the pattern (it's not "live") in our Peyote STAR group. At the end of the four days you'll have the whole pattern.

We hope to see you there!!
www.facebook.com/groups/peyotestar

Time: AM 10.00am - 12.00 noon & PM 5.00 - 7.00pm (UK time)

Cost: Free to all

Today the BWG online Zoom team is taking you on a trip to Asia - a part of the world filled with fragrant spices, exotic flowers and sumptuous silks.

Whether you have made something to celebrate The Lantern (Yuan Xiao) Festival – China, the Dragon Boat Festival – Hong Kong, The Cherry Blossom Festival – Japan or Diwali – India, we would love to see what has inspired your beadwork and what technique(s) you used to stitch your celebratory projects.

AM session only - Julie Ashford of Spellbound beads will be demonstrating her Ruby Memories necklace.

PM session only: Debi Burns will be doing a demo and navigating us around all things Miyuki!

Wherever you are in the world, whatever your skill level, this FREE event is for you, and whether you are a Guild member or not, we would love you to join us to celebrate our love of beadwork.

Bookings close 48hrs before this event. To book a place on one or both of our online sessions, please click here.

Event: Beading Day

Time: 10.00am - 4.00pm (UK time)

Cost: £15.00

Level: Experienced

Venue: The Beading Room, 26 Melbourne Street, Clayton-le-Moors, Accrington, Lancashire, UK, BB5 5LS.

Join Kathryn who's banging the drum for IBW this year.

Refreshments and a copy of this year's IBW drum pattern will be provided and you can choose to either bring your own beads or order the materials pack - see Saturday 27th above for kit info.

For further details, please email Kathryn at: kathryn@halfpenney.co.uk

www: https://www.halfpenneys.co.uk/contact-us/

tel: +44 1254 236049

Cranberry's open social beading day

Time: 10.00am - 3.00pm (AEST - Melbourne time)

Cost: $10.00 - redeemable against bead purchases on the day

Level: All levels welcome

Venue: 104, Charman Road, Mentone, Victoria, 3194 Australia

Come along to Cranberry Beads for our IBW Social Beading Day, to celebrate our love of beadwork.

This event is open to all, but you do need to book on line at: https://www.cranberry.net.au/shop/kits-patterns-and-classes/workshops/bead-together-day-at-the-shop-31st-july-10am-to-3pm/

The $10 dollar attendance charge is redeemable against beads on the day and there is a cafe next door to keep your coffee flowing. We will be providing free tea though.

Bring along an IBW project to work on or whatever you wish to make. There will be a display of bead weaving club members' work throughout the whole of International Beading Week, for you to enjoy. The shop will be open longer hours during IBW, so you will have plenty of time to take in all the wonderful projects on show.

www: www.cranberry.net.au

tel: +61 410 233 253

Event type: Workshop

Time: 10.00am - 4.00pm (UK time)

Cost: £25.00

Level: Beginners to intermediate

Venue: The Beading Room, 26 Melbourne Street, Clayton-le-Moors, Accrington, Lancashire, UK, BB5 5LS.

Join Kathryn who's banging the drum for IBW this year for a workshop to make her delightful IBW design. The drum kit and refreshments are included in the price of this workshop.

For further details, please email Kathryn at: kathryn@halfpenney.co.uk

www: https://www.halfpenneys.co.uk/contact-us/

tel: +44 1254 236049

Event: Social Media Event

Time: 6.00 - 8.00pm AEST

Cost: Free

Come and join Paula from On A String, for a special 'Design on the Fly - IBW Colours' session.

Supported by Michelle, from Beadworx, based in Queensland, Australia, Paula will unbox a package of beads from Michelle, handpicked in the colours of IBW. Not knowing what beads will be provided, is the perfect design on the fly session, where Paula will literally design as she goes.

Watch for new ideas and ways to use the beads provided, and being a Facebook Live session, you can join in, watch along and ask questions at the same time. Click on the link below to save the event, so you get notified when Paula goes live!

Facebook Live Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/share/KpoQitxR4EFJWxc4/

For further details please email Paula at: hello@onastring.com.au

Time: AM 10.00am - 12.00 noon & PM 5.00 - 7.00pm (UK time)

Cost: Free to all

We are heading down under to the sunny islands of the Sothern Hemisphere today to check out what you may have made for the Sing-sing Festival – New Guinea, the Sydney Mardi Gras – Australia, the Pasifika Festival – Auckland, New Zealand, the Hibiscus Festival – Fiji or the Aloha Festivals of Hawaii.

The culture of these islands provides a wealth of inspiration, which can easily be translated into beadwork, so whatever celebration has inspired you to bead... even Mother's Day, do join us for a day of beady exploration.

AM session only - Chloe Menage of Pinkhot Jewellery will be joining us for a free demo of her Super Bubbles Beaded Beads. If you wish to bead along please check out Chloe's event info below.

PM session only - International designer Jill Wiseman, will be demonstrating her Starshine component.

Wherever you are in the world, whatever your skill level, this FREE event is for you, and whether you are a Guild member or not, we would love you to join us to celebrate our love of beadwork.

Bookings close 48hrs prior to this event. To book a place on one or both of our online sessions, please click here.

Event: Super Bubbles Beaded Beads - Free demo

Time: 10.00 - 12.00 noon (UK time)

Level: All levels

Weave fun beaded beads with Chloe using SuperDuo or Twin beads, round glass beads and seed beads! These Bubble components are really enjoyable to make, and you’ll have a bracelet in no time! The components have lots of uses beyond a bracelet and Chloe will share lots of ideas with you during The Beadworkers Guilds' free online session. This is the ideal project for beginner beaders upwards.

Materials list for one beaded bead:

16 x Twin hole or SuperDuo beads in one or more colours
16 x 3mm pearls or druks (round glass beads)
Pinch of size 11 seed beads
1 x 10mm or 12mm pearl or druk (round glass bead)

N.B. There is the option to purchase the full pattern (which includes a beaded clasp) on the day!

For further information please contact Chloe at:

email: info@pinkhot.co.uk

www: www.pinkhot.co.uk

Event: Hypatia Pendant #NoOneHasToBeadAlone online beading workshop with Erika Sandor

Date: Thursday 1st August

Time: 5.00pm CET (4.00pm UK time)

Cost: Free

Event address: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhweXKLkX10

EXPERIENCE THE CREATIVE ENERGY!
Everything you need is available at https://beadingschool.com/bead-shop/

Join Erika and 100+ beaders from all around the world to bead the same design at the same time! MARK GOING to make sure that you don't miss it. Social media should show you your own time zone, but in rare cases glitches happen: the workshop is at 5.00pm CET. INVITE your friends - the more, the merrier!

PREPARE YOUR BEADS - everything is available at: https://beadingschool.com/bead-shop/

MATERIAL LIST, double for pair:
4 x 3 mm Round glass beads
4 x 4 mm Preciosa bicone beads
8 x 3 mm Fire-Polished beads
1 x 12 mm cushion cut glass cabochon
12 x 3×5 mm Gekko Beads
12 x 5×8 mm Vexolo
15/0 Miyuki round seed beads
Findings, drops, connectors

TUNE IN at the designated time. The tutorial is available one hour before the workshop, for three days with the option to download as our GIFT to you. If you can't make it - the recording stays online, but it's so much fun to do this together!

www: www.beadingschool.com

email: info@beadingschool.com

Time: AM 10.00am - 12.00 noon & PM 5.00 - 7.00pm (UK time)

Cost: Free to all

Join the BWG online Zoom team today for a celebratory trip across The Americas.

From North America to the South, what celebrations have inspired your beadwork? Whether it is Independence Day – USA, The Day of the Dead – Mexico, The Medellin Flower Festival – Colombia, The Martes de Challa Festival – Peru or the Rio de Janeiro Carnival in Brazil, we would love to see what you have made.

AM session only - Explore the miniature world of beadwork with Lynsey James from ThreadaBead

PM session only - Meet IBW Guest Ambassador Edgar Lopez, for a free beadweaving demonstration.

Wherever you are in the world, whatever your skill level, this FREE event is for you, and whether you are a Guild member or not, we would love you to join us to celebrate our love of beadwork.

Bookings close 48hrs prior to this event. To book a place on one or both of our online sessions, please click here.

Time: AM 10.00am - 12.00 noon & PM 5.00 - 7.00pm (UK time)

Cost: Free to all

The Beadworkers Guild Zoom team welcome you to our final IBW online sessions with a round up of the weeks beady celebrations!

During our week-long IBW event we have celebrated your beadwork from all over the world, inspired by celebrations from various countries around the globe. Now it is time to check out all your free pattern choices from IBW 2024. What celebration or rainbow beaded beauties have you made this year?

PM session only - Meet Floor Kaspers who will be discussing conceptual beadwork.

Wherever you are in the world, whatever your skill level, this FREE event is for you, and whether you are a Guild member or not, we would love you to join us to celebrate our love of beadwork.

Bookings close 48hrs prior to this event. To book a place on one or both of our online sessions, please click here.

Saturday 27th July 2024

Sunday 28th July 2024

International Beading Week - Celebrating Europe

Tuesday 30th July 2024

International Beading Week - Celebrating Asia

Wednesday 31st July 2024

Thursday 1st August 2024

International Beading Week - Celebrating Oceania

Saturday 3rd August 2024

International Beading Week - Celebrating the Americas

Sunday 4th August 2024

International Beading Week - A final farewell!