Craftspeople who admire striking Indian designs can now create beautiful, colorful Beadwork originated by the Chippewa, Iroquois, Pawnee, Seminole, Winnebago, and other American Indian tribes.
With this inexpensive do-it-yourself book, you can create beautiful projects for yourself and your family and memorable gifts -- for a fraction of the price you\'d pay in a store..
Use the appliqu Patterns to decorate leather, denim, and other fabrics for handbags, vests, blouses...anything that would be enhanced by a touch of distinctive Indian beadwork.
Follow the Charts to weave belts, headbands, sashes, necklaces, and other eye-catching accessories.
Beadcrafting is surprisingly easy to learn, offering hours of enjoyment and satisfaction.
Choose from a rich array of motifs rendered from Authentic American Indian artifacts found in museum collections -- stars, exciting geometrics, sunbursts, exquisite florals, and much more.
Easy-to-follow directions tell you how to construct your own Bead loom.
You\'ll find fifty versatile designs charted on graph paper for Bead Weaving and twenty-one Full-Size Patterns for appliqu , including transfer instructions and color keys.
This book is a complete guide to this time-honored handicraft, offering step-by-step instructions, clear diagrams, and 71 tribal designs for two types of traditional Bead applications -- Bead Weaving and appliqu beading.
Craftspeople who admire striking Indian designs can now create beautiful, colorful Beadwork originated by the Chippewa, Iroquois, Pawnee, Seminole, Winnebago, and other American Indian tribes