Beading a Hatband: Add a Custom Touch to Any Hat

Instructor: Cindy Judd
Course Length: 1 hour | Lessons: 16
Skill Level: Beginner Friendly

Create a beaded hatband with Western flair.
Beading is a powerful way to add personality and color to your leatherwork. In this course, Cindy Judd walks you through the entire process of crafting a beaded hatband—from graphing your pattern and setting up the loom to stitching the finished beadwork onto leather for a polished look.

With beginner-friendly instruction and practical tips, you’ll learn the fundamentals of beading that can be applied not only to hatbands but also to belts, straps, and custom inlays.

What You’ll Learn:

• How to choose beads and design your pattern
• Loom setup and stringing for consistent stitches
• Step-by-step beading techniques for clean, even rows
• How to splice thread and finish strands seamlessly
• Attaching and stitching beadwork to a leather strip

Inside the Course:

• Supplies & Project Overview
• Pattern Design & Loom Setup
• Beading Process: Starting, Stitching & Finishing Strands
• Attaching Beadwork to Leather & Final Hatband Assembly

Included with Membership:
✅ 140+ professionally filmed courses
✅ Downloadable patterns & checklists
✅ Monthly live Q&As with expert instructors
✅ Supportive artisan community
✅ Ongoing new course drops

About the Instructor:
Cindy Judd is the creative force behind San Rafael Works in Castle Dale, Utah, where she and her husband Jon run a bespoke saddle and silver shop alongside a cowboy catering service. Drawing on a background in design and a lifelong love of Western artistry, Cindy specializes in beadwork and leather braiding, creating handbags, headstalls, and hatbands inspired by the desert landscape of the San Rafael Swell. Her teaching blends practicality with artistry, making traditional crafts accessible to beginners and experienced makers alike.