Bead Embroidery Series - #1 The Basics- 4 Methods of attaching beads 

You are such a great teacher. Thank you. I remember watching my mother bead on her clothing when I was young. I loved watching her make beautiful items. My people are from Manitoulin Island. I am Ojibwe . It is wonderful to learn traditional skills. My mother taught us basic basket weaving when we were young. How to to harvest vines and make them into useful and beautiful items. We learned about different tannins to dye with. Played at sanding feathers. My grandfather taught me to track and about local flora and fauna on our farm in Michigan as a child. I learned to skin in 3rd grade. Thank you for helping me further my traditional skills and be able to pass them on to my daughter. Have a beautiful day, Thank you.

Found this as I am starting beading and it is an excellent lesson - thank you!

Just getting started and am clueless. This is so helpful! Thank you. 😘

I have been beading for decades and picked up some things that I didn't know before. Thank you!

I've been playing around with bead embroidery and this was so helpful to me, thank you 🧡

Mani, thank you so much for providing a thorough and accessible introduction to such an old and revered Indigenous practice. I feel so blessed to have found you and this introduction. I will remember this every time I bead.

Thank you much for showing us. 💫💖💫

I am brand new to this. Just bought my first beads. I can’t wait to try this. Thank you very much for sharing a thorough well made, clear video. I love that I can actually see what you are stitching. You explained everything so clearly. Thank you so much!!!

I find beading really intresting and mind calming. Thank you for your video. Thankfully my mom is sewing, crotcheting etc and we always had things needed for such art. Just needed to get the beads. Hopefully I will stick to it.

OMG! You have no idea how helpful this tutorial was. Be blessed

this is perfect. Im learning to bead to complete my grass dance regalia!

Thank you so much !!! you are calm, natural and generous

PLEASE KEEP MAKING VIDEOS LIKE THIS!!!

Thank you so much, I’m only now getting aquatinted with my Métis roots in Ontario. Thank you I can’t wait to create and learn more.

Thanks for the information. I'm working on something new to me so I needed good information

I picked up beading supplies for the first time today and this is the first video tutorial I've watched, I am amazed by this craft and how it all just comes together. I appreciate the acknowledgement of native American beading aswell!

You are a wonderful teacher! I'm starting to understand. thank you

Loved it, I’m getting hooked to it . I have an indigenous Canadian co worker and she made me a hair pin and a poppy and I love it!

Thank your for slowing down this process. I have watched a few videos on this and they go to fast and ended up having to watch them over repeatedly in order to see what is happening.

u are such a wonderful teacher! sending love from Canada ♥️

One of the best tutorials I've seen! Thanks for the closeups!!

Thank you for sharing your experience I’m going to keep working on it.

I just found your site, what a awesome teacher you are.!

Thank You Manie

I have finally found a teacher I can relate to. I've watched a lot of videos trying to learn and they're good, but they're not right for me. You are a great teacher. Thank you so much. I can't wait to get started. And what you were saying about the stiff felt, I had no idea what to use so I'm glad you explained that. Common sense told me the cloth needed to be tight so I was going to put it in an embroidery hoop. I am a new subscriber .

This was so great to learn, thank you so very much.

So good for me as beginner. Thank you!

Your method of teaching is so good !

I'm very glad you are here teaching me. I will view more often. Thanks, once again.

You’re an incredible teacher! And very encouraging; I felt like I had a motivational speaker with me telling me to make sure I relax and just worry about it being neat 😅 I had the stupid problem of pulling too tight 🤦🏻‍♀️ Im a bead weaver so I’m used to pulling tightly but you’re absolutely right I just skim over a lot of silly mistakes I’m making and you bring them to my attention! Thank you so much (: I subscribed. I’m making my mom a rainbow flower popsocket and earring set (:

Thank you for such clear instruction and encouragement!

Thank you! Most helpful video to learn how to do bead embroidery. Love your calm voice and close ups.

Love it, you're great teacher, thank you so much!

Very informative! Thank you!

Thank you so much! Your demonstration and explanation skills are amazing! It's like having my own personal teacher

This is exactly the video I needed! Thank you so much

I just found you, can't wait to learn more :).

Excellent tutorial, thank you

Beautiful just beautiful.

Looking forward to the next video

Thank you! This has been the most helpful video I found to learn how to do bead embroidery.

Great video, thanks for sharing.

TY so much for posting this! this helped me with a few of my issues. Could not find any other vids explaining the basics quite like you did

Thank you mani! This was perfect

I pick up tips on beading where ever I can. Your tutorials are the best! You're my favorite teacher, continue the good tutorials.Judy in Boise

Thank you for making this video! It was very helpful:) I’ve been learning how to bead as a way to reconnect with my Ojibwe heritage. I appreciate your acknowledgment of Indigenous art!

Very good work and your tutorials are very easy to follow. Thanks so much!

Excellent guidelines Thank you so much 🥰

All I can say is god bless u 😘

Thank you! This was very helpful, my late Mom in the late 60’s & 70’s we would bead together, I miss my Mom who I lost last June 2019, i miss those precious memories! ❤️😢

Thank you for this video 🤗 Learnt something new today!

Thank you, thank you, thank you. I decided now was a good a time as ever to start learning how to bead. My mothers requested something for mother's day (she doesn't care that I'm a beginner) and your videos are going to help me greatly.

Amazing tutorial! Thank you

Great video! Very helpful....thank you! Your voice is also calming...much needed in today’s world.

Great Tutorial - Thank you for taking the time to share with the world! You're a natural for teaching!!!! I am going to be trying this - I have everything but the backing...so going to get that this week...from a fan from Ontario, Canada

Thank you so much I found went through loads of tutorials and found the perfect explanation, you re amazing and thank you so much for sharing ❤

Absolutely wonderful Marie you are a perfect teacher very engaging - I have been beading taught myself own method when young, and the couching method is similar , so great to see how the traditional method is done. Thank you heaps. xx

Thank you for sharing! I'm new to this and you helped me immensely.

Thank you for this. My grandmother has passed on and I grew up out of my Ojibwe culture but this is a craft I have been wanting to learn

I am so excited to do this series and learn rosettes!

Love this, thank you!! Where is the tutorial for the flower medallion?

How hard is it to start bead work? I recently took up sewing and thought this would be a nice addition.

Your a wonderful teacher!

Hey thanks so much for sharing!

THANK YOU I HAVE NEVER EMBORIDERY WITH BEAD NOW I WILL TRY .

Excellent instructions!

Very helpful. Thanks. Merci beaucoup

very clear instructions - thank you

This is what I've been looking for. Thank you

OMG this is amazing 🤩 Really gorgeous 🤗👍👍👍💖🙏 Thank you so much Diana from France

You are so good, but those beads are so small! New subs here - ready to learn!

what's that cloth ? on which bead embroidery is being done ?

Thank you, I subscribed!📿🪡

tacking the beads down is called couching. great tutorial.

So helpful!!! Many thx!

subscribed and liked!

Thank you! Very easy to follow!

thank you so much for your videos, your explanations are sooooo goooood!!

You can also buy Pellon stiff stabilizer by the yard. Very inexpensive.

i do the tack down method by putting the beads on 30 gauge wire and tack down with Nymo thread. That way my strand is flexible without flopping around too much. its weird but it works for me!😂

Thank you so much this was very helpful ☺ 😊

I agree! When are you going to teach the flower one in this picture?

I am starting at #1. I've been subscribed since I started doing bead work but I am starting over with learning more.... I am having trouble with needles and getting frustrated. They are the right size I've just been through a lot lately.

I just wanted to start with initials on brain tanned deer leather. If I go to Michael’s and get a # 12 needle is that what I want? Do I need to know more? And what thread could I get from there that would work? There just seems to be so many kinds of needles and threads lol thank you.

This was a super informative and clear video, and you have a lovely voice and cadence! Thank you, looking forward to seeing more of your work.

super helpful thanks for the great close ups!

Your beading is absolutely gorgeous! Your tutorial has been so helpful for me. Thank you so much for such detailed explanations and nice and clear instructions. I love your channel and videos! Thanks again for such a great tutorial! Blessings to you!

Thanks u u explain good great job

I love how detailed you are in explaining the different options. Your voice also makes the process seem like it is easy to conquer. That said, which of the methods would you recommend for beading on T-shirts?

good work

Thank you so much,it is very helpful

very helpful!!

I really enjoyed your instruction, I have been doing some beading - of sorts- in different applications then most people today are doing it. I am a crafter and use it for totes, purses, and on clothing and I am self taught so viewing yours today was by all means enlightening! You have shown me how to improve my skills considerably. I am interested also in knowing a little of your background- if you care to share- I studied Native American history in college and have enjoyed working with Native American and their cultures a great deal over the years and listening to you I was just wondering what part of the country you are form. I am currently living in Northwestern Wisconsin but I have also lived and worked in Eastern Az. Just wondering- anyway, Thank you very much for all your instruction and I will be sure to keep watching and learning.

This is my favorite beading stitch. Good job showing the details.

How much time do you take to fully finish that??

Thank you!

Hi mani! I’ve been beading for over a year at this point but I have no idea where to buy quality beads. So I was wondering where you get your beads. Also I love your videos.

You have answered so many of my questions thank you I going to start learning on my own so I have had so many questions

Thanks for a great video. I'm just learning bead embroidery, and your detailed instructions were so helpful.

I would love your advice...Cousin took Native Studies instead of French. She made various crafts using hide (But looks like the Stiffen Felt looks like it might be good for beginners) and beads. Do you know where I can get KITS for these types of crafts?