About Bead Soup
Bead Soup is located in the Old Weave Building of Historic Savage Mill, a restored 19th century textile mill built in Savage, Maryland. Since we opened our doors we have become known in the DC and Baltimore Metropolitan areas as a friendly whimsical store with a little bit of everything. We offer a full selection of beads, beading supplies, tools, books, magazines, classes and kits.
Bead Soup not only offers premium beading classes, but instruction in needle felting, seed bead classes and PMC. Our guest instructors include local masters in their own medium, as well as nationally and internationally know bead designers and beading book authors!
For that special one of a kind gift we feature ready to be purchased unique, handcrafted jewelry, glass pendants and focal beads, bead crocheted jewelry, and one-of-a-kind items for sale from local artisans.
Meet Our Team
Kathy Fritz
Owner, Bead Artist, Lead Instructor
Bead Soup
Kathy has been beading small crystal balls from Japanese patterns for quite a while! Still her signature item, she has sold shiny crystal balls for many years to local buyers at craft fairs, friends, family, and in the summer of 2006 to a small shop in Delaware's Rehobeth Beach. This expansion into the retail market helped to expand her work and the reviews of her beadwork were overwhelming!
That one retail experience was the catalyst which produced Bead Soup located at Historic Savage Mills. Making the decision to open her own bead shop, Kathy started teaching beading and selling beading supplies. Constantly improving the size, complexity and variety of her own bead designs, Kathy teaches with enthusiasium to her students.
In 2011, Bead Soup and Kathy celebrated the third anniversary of her store's opening and in 2012 she moved into a much larger store located just down the hall from the old one! Kathy is looking forward to opening many more!
"I hope you enjoy the store, products and my designs as much as I enjoy making them!" - Kathy Fritz
Jo Ray
Senior Instructor, Bead and Felting Artist
Bead Soup
Jo has more creativity in her little finger than most of us have in our whole bodies! Having once worked as an electrical engineer, Jo switched careers, taught herself to beadweave, and starting beading and felting almost three years ago. As our senior instructor, Jo's classes and patterns are always fun and unusual. In her spare time, Jo works with polymer clay and her felted items are funny and whimsical . Pictured is Jo with her self portrait felted hat pin! Known for her eclectic array of hats and bubbly personality, Jo is a valuable asset to the Bead Soup team!
He’s an awfully happy jack as we get ready for Halloween so hopefully you will make him all yours this Halloween season.
Our Bead Soup projects are always done with Miyuki beads and this black cat was created with five different size 11/0 Miyuki Delicas. The colors we used are located on the color chart so once you make your purchase you will find them there.
Our sample was created with 6lb Fireline and a size 10 beading needle. We did not experiment with other beading thread and/or needles so we are unsure of the outcome if you decide to use something other than what we used.
Supplies Needed
Five-size 11/0 Miyuki Delicas
6lb Fireline or beading thread of your choice
Size 10 beading needle
This purchase is for a word/color chart only. There are no step-by-step instructions for the actual brick stitch beading so prior knowledge is needed to be successful with this project.
Please be aware there are no refunds on downloads so make sure this project is within your beading ability before making your purchase.
Once you make your purchase please add the download to your computer within 24 hours otherwise it will disappear
This purchase is for a download only. There are no beading supplies included nor is there a finished cat face