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Upcycling: Bead-dazzel

Breathe new life into everyday clothing and home goods with beautiful hand-sewn beadwork.

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  • 44-02 23rd St, Long Island City, NY
  • 2 hours

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Sun. Nov 8, 2026, 3:30pm ET


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Description

Give your bbbbborrrring garments and home goods new life with hand-sewn beadwork! Bring a piece that needs some love plus any old costume jewelry from your jewelry box! You’ll learn how to disassemble it and use those beads in your project.

We'll start with the basics, then spend most of our time in guided co-creation!Part workshop, part hangout.

No experience necessary, just bring your imagination.

We will cover things like:

  • Disassembling old costume jewelry for reuse
  • Basic stitches: running stitch, backstitch, and couching
  • Securing beads so they hold up to wear and washing
  • Adding beadwork to necklines, cuffs, hems, and moreg

Prerequisite:

  • Noexperience required! newbies or those in need of a refresh are welcome!

What is Included:

  • 2 hours for guided workshop time.
  • All tools and instruction for the workshop.
  • A selection of beads and jewelry to work with
  • Live demo and instructions and demonstrations

    Note: This does not include garments. Fabric can be purchased separately to bead on if you forget.

Inspo for project ideas:

  • little lamp-shades in need of some whimsy
  • the thrifted find with serious upcycle potential
  • a throw pillow you got from Ikea in your 20s thats making your sofa look basic as hell
  • the thrifted find with serious upcycle potential
  • the button down you've been meaning to cover a stain on
  • the favorite band tee your ex left at your place (who will be stunned to see it covered in sequins)

What do you need to bring?

  • Item of clothing on or fabric home good.
  • Loose Beads, sequins, sew through gems etc (optional)
  • Jewelry to reuse (optional)

Note: If the materials brought by the student are not appropriate for the project or they forget them, students can purchase provided materials at the time of class for full price. 

Refund Policy

Class fees are non-refundable. If you cancel 14 days before the workshop, you can use the credit towards a future workshop or private lesson with Hillary if booked within 60 days of the original class.

If you cancel 7 or fewer days before the event, you will not receive a credit.

It's strongly advised that if you need to cancel within 7 days of the event to gift your place in the class to a friend.

If you need to cancel, please contact [email protected].

Note: In any event where a customer wants to cancel their enrollment and is eligible for a full refund, a 5% processing fee will be deducted from the refund amount.




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