How Do You Make Native American Bead Designs?
Many Native American bead designs are constructed using a peyote beading stitch. If you know this simple stitch, you can create a variety of bead designs including pictorial wall art, purses, pouches, belts, and headbands. Peyote stitch beading typically uses size 10 and 11 seed beads available in a variety of colors at your local craft store. You can find free beading patterns from online resources to create a variety of designs with the peyote stitch. Cut a 2-foot length of waxed beading thread and thread your needle. Leave an 8-inch tail from the needle. Thread on one seed bead to the end of the thread. Insert your needle around and back through the seed bead to secure it on the thread. Thread on seven more beads the same color as the first. You now have eight beads in your first row. Consider them numbered from one to eight, with eight being the last bead you added. Thread on one different colored seed bead. This is the first bead on your second row. Insert your needle back through
