Beginning Beaded Embroidery Bezel around a Cabochon

Class Description: 

Laura will teach you how to create a beaded bezel around a cabochon using peyote stitch.  Once you learn the basics there are endless possibilities as seen in the photos above.  Knowledge of Peyote even stitch is required.

Clas Day/Date: Saturday, March 28, 2026

Class Start & End Time: 1:00-4:00pm

Location:

New Mexico Bead Company

411 Louisianna Blvd., NE

Albuquerque, NM  87043

Instructor provided Components:

• Instructor will have cabs and seed beads available plus Lacy's Stiff Stuff for purchase - or you can purchase supplies at NM Bead Company.  If you already have items needed, there is no additional cost.
• Come at least 15 minutes early if you need to purchase supplies.

Students should bring:

• Flat back Cabochon Round or Oval between 15mm & 25mm in Stone, Resin, or Glass (not high domed)
• Glue on backing- Lacy’s Stiff Stuff or similar backing (not felt or reg fabric)
• Delicas/Seed Beads Size 11s, 15s, 8s
• Needle & thread of your choice such as Nymo, Fireline

• Bead mat
• Scissors/Cutter
• Ruler
• Light/Magnifier
• Anything else you would like to have to be comfortable when you bead, such as magnifiers, beading light, needlework supplies/tools, etc. 

Class Cost: $40

Maximum Students: 8 (waitlist will be available)

Laura Bosch: Laura was born in Washington DC and lived most of her life in Silver Spring Maryland. She & her husband, Jonathan, moved here in 2023. She joined the Bead Society of NM even before moving here! Laura is our Facebook board member.

Majoring in crafts at the Univ of Maryland in the early 1970’s, her main focus was fabric arts like macramé and loom weaving. She started beading again in the 1990s, mainly seed beading amulet bags, earrings, bracelets. Now she does all kinds of beading. After working for a wholesale jewelry business in Maryland for 10 years, in 2002 she left to start her business Multibeadia. Selling first on eBay and now selling on Etsy, her store has a large variety of stone beads, large hole beads, findings, tools, Czech glass beads, 2-hole beads & her own jewelry designs. 

Store address is Multibeadia.etsy.com.   Bead Society members receive 10% off, and you can even make an appointment to buy in person.