Native American Beading  

Native American Bead work is popular all over the world for its versatile designs and beautiful blend of colors. Native American bead work usually features a lot of use of shells, turquoise, corals and various other types of stones. You could also use wood and glass beads. Although, the Native American Beading also makes use of ivory and animal bones, in most countries, the use of ivory and other such material is considered illegal.

Native American also made use of leather in their bead work. If you are fond of Native American bead work, and have a little time with you, you could make it yourself, instead of buying it.

Native American designs basically depicts the lives and the stories of the Native American. You will notice that the Native American beading styles incorporate the use of brightly colored threads and beads in combination with a deep colored base.

Native America Beading – Do It Yourself : The Native American style of beading is quite complex, however, if you follow certain simple steps or techniques, you would be able to design and make some of your own Native American bead work.

You could make table mats, and necklaces and other types of jewelry by making use of the Native American style of beading. Besides, you could also add a decorative touch to your handbags and purses.

Here are a few techniques that you could use to make your own Native American bead work. In this type of bead work, the beads are attached together or to a base, in loops or individually.   So, if you wish to make some Native American bead work, you could attach beads in a line with the help of colorful threads or attach them one by one, on a piece of cloth or leather to make a design.

Apart from this, you could also make use of large beads that are made of wood and thread it to the handles of your purse or to the ends of your table mat. Allow these to dangle and this will add to the aesthetic appeal of the cloth.

Native American Necklaces: You could thread really tiny seed beads to a thread that is long enough to go around your neck. Now do this to several different threads of the same size. Join the ends of all the threads and attach a patch of leather on which you have done bead work on the front. At the back end of this necklace, you could attach hooks that are readily available in the market.

You could also make several thick necklaces with parallel seed bead line by making use of a single really long thread instead of joining the threads together later. However, the former is simpler and a good way to start with Native American Beading.

Other than this, it is also a good idea to make a necklace that consists of just one row of big seed beads. Make use of various vibrant colors to get the real Native American feel. Besides this, you can also use glass beads as they are extremely attractive. 

Whatever beading style you choose you need to know the beading basic stitches.