15 Top Courses to Learn Jewelry and Accessories Design

Craft unique accessories from sustainable materials and refresh your style with online courses taught by experts

It’s never been easier to update your wardrobe on a budget: a handmade accessory can reinvent your look, and the best part is that once you’ve learned a new craft, you’ll continue to grow and improve it for every fashion season to come.

Whatever material you choose—embroidery, macramé, live flowers, resin, or polymer clay—we have an online jewelry and accessory design course to help you create a statement piece while practicing sustainability and conscious shopping! Discover the 15 courses below, which cover headdresses, patches, earrings, bags, and more.

Courses to stitch and embroider accessories

1. Freestyle Embroidery on Tulle for Beginners, a course by Ignacia Jullian

Embroidery allows you to “paint” with thread. Ignacia Jullian (@ignaciajullianb), a visual artist and self-taught embroiderer who has worked with Levi’s and Falabella, is an expert in adding color and texture to garments with tulle embroidery.

In her course, you’ll learn how to stitch an embroidery patch using tulle. Draw your design, learn basic stitches, then prepare your patch for transfer onto a canvas shoe or other surface for a sustainable update.

2. Beaded Embroidery: Create Hair Accessories, a course by Mulatt

Beads add dimension to your embroidery projects, not to mention lots of sparkle. Diana Serna and Juan Gómez are the team behind Mulatt (@mulatt), a brand specializing in hair decorations that add instant drama.

In this course, they’ll teach you how to create beaded headbands. You’ll experiment with materials, textures, and colors, and ensure the quality of your work. Finally, get social media selling tips to take your brand online.

3. Miniature Needlework: Make Embroidered Jewelry, a course by Yulia Sherbak

Miniature embroidery opens up a tiny world of creative opportunities. Artist Yulia Sherbak (@mossandfeather) combines a passion for needlework, animals, and nature via this technique.

Using simple stitches, Yulia teaches this course on embroidered jewelry with minute details. For your final piece, you can create a necklace or brooch depicting a cute woodland creature.

4. Professional Leather Handbag, a course by Lili Storella

For a different take on stitchwork, why not apply it to a large project? Leather maker Lili Storella (@wenglili) uses this material to create unique pieces that are sold worldwide.

In her course, she shares the foundations of working with leather to create a bespoke bag using a 3D sculpture method. From understanding the structure of your design to hammering details into place, you’ll finish this course with a stunning handbag unlike any other.

Courses for woven accessories

5. Macramé Accessory Design, a course by Belen Senra

Belen Senra (@belensenra) founded RanRan Design and since then has traveled the world learning about weaving techniques to incorporate into her macramé collections.

This course will teach you how to use macramé techniques to create accessories. For your final project you’ll design functional and aesthetic accessories ranging from a plant hanger to a bag.

6. Macramé Jewelry, a course by Fibra Bohemia

Carla Marin, textile artist and founder of the brand Fibra Bohemia (@fibrabohemia), specializes in macramé techniques. She aims to give the art of knots a contemporary feel using natural fibers.

In this course, you’ll learn how to tie knots step by step to create three artisanal jewelry pieces: a pair of earrings, a bracelet, and a necklace.

7. Design and Creation of Beaded Jewelry, a course by Fatto

Weaving doesn’t have to stop with fabric: have you considered weaving intricate accessories using beads? Elsa and Dani are a mother-daughter duo and the founders of the creative space Fatto (@fatto), where they give workshops on accessory-making.

Their passion for craft led them to make this course on creating beaded jewelry. Learn how to design using a grid, and use a bead loom to make a patterned bracelet.

8. Woven Jewelry with Natural Fibers, a course by Mercedes Salazar

Jewelry and accessory designer Mercedes Salazar (@mercedessalazar) draws inspiration from nature's colors, shapes, and textures to design striking, artisanal collections.

In this course, Mercedes shares how to weave jewelry with natural fibers using a traditional Colombian technique. Your final project will be a pair of earrings, a brooch, and a necklace for your collection, which you’ll finish with eye-catching packaging.

9. Rope Jewelry for Beginners: Make Your Own Necklaces, a course by Beth Pegler

Beth Pegler (@beth_pegler) is a jewelry designer whose work has featured in gallery exhibitions and publications like Mollie Makes and Project Calm. Her striking, chunky rope jewelry designs quickly add a pop of color and texture to any outfit.

Here, Beth teaches you how to make three styles of rope necklaces. Learn macramé knots step by step, and use the winding technique to make jewelry.

Courses to make statement accessories inspired by nature

10. Hair Accessories Design, a course by CAN CAN

Fernanda Guimarães is the creative director of CAN CAN (@cancanacessorios), a brand specializing in hair accessories and reviving ancestral traditions through manual techniques.

In this course, she will show you how to design hair accessories. From combs to headbands, you’ll create a collection made from composite materials which can then be marketed and promoted with Fernanda’s top tips.

11. Floral Headpiece: Using Flowers to Create Accessories, a course by Violeta Gladstone

Make heads turn at your next event with the help of floral stylist Violeta Gladstone (@violetagladstone). She creates stories using flowers as a medium for botanical installations, accessories, and advertisements.

In this course, she shares how to create a flower crown statement headdress. Build the base structure, learn different wiring techniques, prepare and place the flowers, and get essential aftercare tips.

12. Wearable Floral Jewelry: Make Accessories with Fresh Flowers, a course by Susan McLeary

As an award-winning editorial florist, Sue (@passionflowersue) has been featured in over 50 publications including Cosmopolitan. Sue combines her jewelry design background with floristry to craft accessories from flowers.

With this course, you’ll learn how to make unique accessories with fresh flowers, including earrings, bracelets, and headpieces. You’ll collect references, define color palettes, and sketch ideas, before learning floral design techniques including wiring and gluing.

Courses to craft sustainable earrings

13. Paper Jewelry Making with Origami Techniques, a course by Mayumi Fukuda

Mayumi Fukuda (@mayumiorigami) has fused the delicate art of origami with jewelry design to create a bespoke collection. Her work has featured in museum shops in the British Museum, as well as publications like Ma Vie.

In this online course, Mayumi teaches you how to make water-resistant jewelry with paper using the modular origami technique. Learn paper folding, pattern design, and how to make your creations more durable.

14. Polymer Clay Jewelry Design for Beginners, a course by Made by Maeberry

Rachael is the maker behind the playful polymer clay jewelry brand Made by Maeberry (@madebymaeberry). With custom shapes and effects, she makes this simple material look original and high-end.

Make your own statement earrings using polymer clay with Rachael’s course. Design vibrant color palettes, shape your clay, and learn how to create textures like marbling and terrazzo.

15. Resin Jewelry Design, a course by Mia Winston-Hart

Educator and designer Mia Winston-Hart (@miawinstonhart) invites you to mold and play with your ideas via the flexible tool, epoxy resin.

In this course you’ll learn how to create a focused collection of resin jewelry. Explore different coloring methods, incorporate decorative elements such as flowers or glitter, and add finishing touches.

English version by @eloiseedgington. Updated by @lauren_duplessis.

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