Beading tutorial!

I was going to put this in TikTok, but the orientation is all wrong. So here’s an audio-less, quick tutorial to beading, the way I do it!

You will need:

thread (I use quilting thread)

Beading needles (bigger ones don’t fit through beads)

A base (I use felt)

Scissors

Good luck!

Let's just get one thing straight.

This is traditional native clothing:

Eastern Shoshone (Wyoming), Girl’s Dress, beads/leather, c. 1900.

Not this:

Or even this:

Wanna know why that second one still doesn’t count?  Because ladies and gents that is Iron Eyes Cody. He was a famous actor who did western movies. He was an Italian that liked to play Native American, not just in his movies, but in real life.

This is what we dance in:

Not this:

This is the proper way to wear a warbonnet:

This is Phil Fontaine. He is the former National Chief. He can wear a war bonnet.

Improper way to wear a war bonnet:  

These are “Indian” Blankets:  

These are not:

This is what native art looks like:

Not this:

This belongs under #indian hat:

This does not:

This is native jewellery:

My friend’s bead work.

This is not:

GOT IT?!

This is traditional native clothing:

Eastern Shoshone (Wyoming), Girl’s Dress, beads/leather, c. 1900.

Not this:

Or even this:

Wanna know why that second one still doesn’t count? Because ladies and gents that is Iron Eyes Cody. He...