Seed Beads For Jewellery Making & Beadwork
Glass seed beads are also sometimes referred to as rocaille beads – historically these were French made beads with a square silver lined or gold lined hole – but this term is now used more generically. Seed beads are also the basis for a whole beading genre, namely on and off-loom weaving, but they can be used equally well as tiny spacers or colour highlights in non-woven designs. Before you buy seed beads you can read more about the manufacturing process, seed bead finishes, seed bead shapes and seed bead sizes, as well as the the history of seed beads in our informative Guide to Seed Beads
The majority of our seed beads come from the Czech Republic – but there are four principle global manufacturers of note, namely Matsuno, Miyuki, Preciosa and Toho. We stock a core range of Preciosa Czech glass seed beads for use in your beading and jewellery making designs. These loose seed beads are available in a variety of colours and finishes by weight, in handy multiples of 10 grams. Finishes and shapes include farfalle seed beads, opaque seed beads, silver lined seed beads and the added sparkle provided by two cut seed beads.
In addition to these contemporary seed beads BigBeadLittleBead also has a small selection of Vintage Seed Beads including Japanese seed beads.





















