How to make Beaded Tassels

Beads bring an extraordinary beauty to garments and accessories, wherever they are added. You can add beads to the edges of your fabric as beaded tassels or as edge beading stitches. Some of the most common types of beaded tassels are as below. 

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Supplies needed to make the beaded tassels

Assorted beads (Seed beads, bugle beads, or crystal beads)
Beading needle
Upholstery thread

Step 1 – Determine the amount of length you need for the tassel. The thread would need to be double that, plus 2 inch. Cut five pieces of that length from the thread.

Step 2. On each of the sewing threads, tie one end; String a big bead, then small beads in a sequence, then another big bead, and tie a knot. Make some 4-5 strings like this.

Step 3. Fold these strings in half. Insert a thread into the fold and tie the whole thing together. Fix knots in silk thread with clear nail polish (use two coats) when dry, trim.

Step 4.Finish off with a bead cap. You can also simply add a big bead on top through the hanging thread.

These tassels can be sewn to the ends of shawls or dupattas as individual strands.

Beaded Tassel -Method 2

This gives you the most simple tassels. String your thread with some beads according to the length you want for the tassel. I have taken 10.

Take the beads to the back of the thread (a little above the knot)

Come back and insert the needle through the beads in a reverse fashion, skipping the first and last beads. 

Now come back and insert the needle through the last one (no. 10 in my case) This will anchor the bead tassel. 

Your first single strand tassel is ready. 

Make several of these and attach to the fabric edge. You can attach one at a time too. 

Bead tassel – Method 3

This is a tassel made by threading the needle with 3 big round beads and then  lastly a small bead or a bugle bead. Come back with the needle through the second bead to the back of the fabric  passing through all the rest of the beads

Bead tassel – Method 4

This tassel is the easiest as it involves simply threading the needle with beads and  then inserting needle to the back of the fabric 1/2 inch or so from the starting so that a chain is formed. You can make this chain as long as you want ; you can also make the chains one inside the other , made so by starting the next chain inside the first one.

Bead tassel- Method 5

This tassel uses augmenting beads ( small, big, bigger, you get what I mean), and is made the same way that the previous one is.

Beaded tassel – Method 6

This tassel is made by threading the needle with beads and bugle beads alternatively . In the end thread three beads after the bugle bead. Bring the needle down through the bugle bead and through all other beads and continue to the back of the fabric

Beaded tassel – Method 7

This interconnected type of tassel is made by first making a loop with beads and then making the next loop connected with the first one by going through the bugle Bead as in the picture below

How to make this bead tassel

Make a loop with one bugle beard, 5 round beads one bugle bead,three round beads, one bugle beads, three round beads , one bugle bead and then five round beads ( In the picture I have mistakenly added one more bugle bead which results in a somewhat mis-shapened loop) Take the needle and thread through the top bugle bead to the back of the fabric ; You will get a nice loop

Start the next loop some distance from the first loop starting point – enough for the loop to expand into a diamond shape. Thread one bugle bead and five round beads.

Bring up the needle through the bugle bead in the first loop. This will connect the two loops. The bugle bead will be shared between the loops and forms the connecting chain

Continue threading the needle with rest of the loop as you did with the first loop; ie three round beads, one bugle bead, three round beads, one bugle bead and five round beads. 

Take the needle through the first bugle bead and take it to the back of the fabric 

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