An article from The Handicrafter (Jan/Feb 1930) on the history and methods of beadwork, focusing on bead bags. It surveys beads in dress from ancient Egypt and Byzantium through the Renaissance, Stuart England and the 18th-19th centuries, then explains five methods of making bead bags, including sewing on canvas or cloth, chain-stitch with a crochet hook on a net foundation, and crocheting with pre-strung beads. Plates illustrate stitches, stringing beads, crocheting a tubular bag, slitting the bag for a hinged top, and mounting the top and lining, along with museum photographs of historic beadwork.