Welcome to the diary page where you can find up-to-date information on bead shows and online events. All bead shows marked with the Guild logo indicate that the Guild will be in attendance, so please come along and say hello.

All beadworkers and bead artists, regardless of experience or location, are welcome to join our community. The benefits of being a member of The Beadworkers Guild include: Members’ Events      

      Erika Sandor   Beadingschool is not only about beautiful jewellery, it’s also a community, and that is probably most clear through their #NoOneHasToBeadAlone series. Erika Sandor’s #NoOneHasToBeadAlone was launched during lockdown, as she was looking for a

The International Beading Week pattern collection began in 2015 and new donations are added each year.  Each pattern has been kindly donated by IBW ambassadors, designers and Beadworkers Guild members to encourage and inspire beaders of all abilities and skill

⦁ Offer discounts to your customers to encourage them to visit your shop or website during IBW. ⦁ Organise taster workshops to introduce customers to the products you sell. ⦁ Provide free pattern downloads on your website to celebrate IBW

Our invited ambassadors for IBW 2024 are incredibly excited to be involved with the global beading community.  Get to know a little about them as you read how they feel about beading. As both a bead artist and a bead

I am in a privileged position as I organise IBW, so I have really been an ambassador since day one, way back in 2015.  My colleague Karen Gibson-Brown suggested having a National beading day, I thought great idea but let’s

A Celebration of the Artist Gustav Klimt – Saturday8th & Saturday 15th June 2024 This year’s Beading Festival at Daventry, was a blast, so we are now bringing the fun of the day online for those of you who were

Ashtead Ashtead Beadworkers contact: Betty Newman tel: 01372 272 971 email: foxhollow@waitrose.com meeting on: the 1st Friday in the month 10:00am to 3:00pm at: Old Freeman’s Clubhouse, City of London Freeman’s School, Park Lane Ashtead KT21 2UE for: Bead and

Where would we be without our bead shops and traders? Twenty years ago we all struggled to purchase the variety and quality of beads that can be bought today, so we believe it is very important to support our bead