Beading for beginners. 2 needle flat stitch technique 

Thank you for teaching me this! I didn't have any aunties or grandmothers to teach me. You're my beading auntie now. :)

So happy I found this. I'm too shy to ask anyone in my community to teach me and I'd really like to learn and maybe teach my daughter.

My grandma passed away when I was young so thank you for this 🥺💙 I’m teaching myself my indigenous roots

You're like the auntie I never had :')!!!

Thank you so much for going into so much of the basis of knowledge of "Native beadwork" that a lot of us didn't receive. I've been looking for so long for someone to demonstrate all the steps so plain and simple from start to finish. Thanks!

I’m a young native girl and I wanna start learning how to bead. Thanks

My beadwork has never look so uniform. Thanks so much for making this tutorial!

Mona I wanted to give you a tip I got from another beader. Cut the felt corners rounded and the thread has nothing to snag onto. 😀 Happy Beading!

He Mona! My father was an indian boarding school kid and made sure we were estranged by our tribe. As an adult I don't know many people in my tribe yet, so this video has helped sooo much. Wanishi-ta!

Thank you for posting this! I’m Métis and so much of my culture has been buried over the years. I don’t have anyone in my family to teach me this. You’re amazing! Thank you for keeping resources for our culture going! ❤️

Mona, in case no one else says this...THANK YOU! Thank you for taking the time to share your talent with potential "beaders"!! I used a loom many years ago and created a necklace I was SO proud of...it only took me TWO YEARS!! But I was busy being a wife and mom, but I'll tell you something many will find hard to believe, it was SO relaxing to sit and string those beads and watch as my design unfolded and grew into a real piece of artwork! Instead of wearing it I decided to frame it for my middle son, but unfortunately the glass broke in transit and my son didn't get around to replacing it... I've been trying to get it back from his ex-wife...actually his ex-now-widowed-wife. She claims she can't find it, but I'm guessing she just doesn't even want to look for it. Anyway, I sure wanted to make sure his daughter got it as a gift from her daddy and her grandmother. Wish me luck...maybe the "Higher Being" will bless me and I'll somehow get it back...some day. Anyway...thank you again! Rubicon3

Thank you so much for this beautiful video. I clicked on this on a whim because I was having a really rotten night and now not only do I feel better, but I'm thinking about taking up beading! I really appreciate you passing on the traditional knowledge. My family definitely thought beadwork was too feminine to teach me!

Bless the Aunty I needed in my life today

Thank you for the video! I am taking beading this quarter for a college class and as a snowstorm hit my area I went into the snowy ditch and took hours to get out. I missed half of my beading class which is only a 5 week class from 9-2:00 pm. My elder teaching the class was just like, "pick your design, stitch the design on this, pick some beads, and start beading" I barely finished stitching my design on when she was like, "yep, we're done early for today" I didn't want to ask her what to do next and I asked my hubby's mom (Kootenai elder) but couldn't quite imagine what she was explaining. You showed exactly how she explained it so thank you so much. I am a Coeur 'd'Alene native living in Montana. However, I grew up in foster care and group homes. I learned how to bead when I was very young but today it's a bit rusty on me. I'm so glad to finally be getting back into it so I can one day teach my daughter and sons.

Thank you ! I found out I was half native and I'm trying to learn more about my culture so thank you so much!!!!

I may have to watch this over and over but I wanted to bead on fabric/felt and this has shown me a beginning! Thank you so much!

Thank you for teaching me to do this. My great-grandmother died before she could pass this tradition on to any family members. Now that I can, I'm doing my best to learn 😊

You are a great teacher! I am on a mission to learn all types of handwork and traditional beadwork is on my list. Thanks so much for sharing. Much love, Amy

Thank you for this detailed tutorial. Every other one I found was as you said for people who knew how to start lol. I had no idea about anything!Thank you!!!

Thank you for filming this video. I'll soon get my supplies in to try and start beading. I'll will surely watch this again. Thank you

The way you tie your knots so effortlessly and poke the needle through in the perfect spot every time when your tacking!!!! #GOALS!!!

Glad I watched this I always thought you weaved through every 2 beads it is like sewing thank you

I was able to make my first pair of earrings after watching this. Thank you for your videos and please continue to make them.

Thank you for your 2 needle flat stitch videos! I have struggled a long time with the 1 needle technique and I am anxious to try this! I had searched and looked and really never saw this! Thank you for taking into consideration the beginner and your clear explanations!!

I'm getting ready to head again. I stopped doing it when I had kids. Now I want to get back into it so I can show my kids. Ty for yr videos!👍😁

Really love watching your tutorials!!! Thanks for sharing!

I'm a reconnecting Sinixt descendant, looking up beading and planning on learning soon since my neighbor is gifting me her beading supplies 🥹 This was the first video and from the looks of the comments, I'm in the right place... Thank you. We weren't taught, we had this taken away... We get to teach our daughters now, thanks to you.

Thank you for this❤️ I’m so excited to start beading and you are such a good teacher!

I do living history and I've been wanting to learn beading for a long time and this was such a great video. Thank you so much!

Ahhh thank you so much! My uncle taught me the basics to keychains but Ive been wanting to expand my horizons and this is a perfect tutorial

I was curious how bead work was done. I'm a white guy in the Northwest Territories, I absolutely appreciate the work that goes into native craftsmanship, beading, weaving, tufting. Mashi Cho

I very much needed this video! I am such a novice at beading! Thank you!

Genius!!! So happy I found this. I have tried to bead embroidery before and it didn't turn out. I LOVE this stitch, thank you.

I really like the wrapping finish. Thank you for showing how to do it. You're a very good teacher.

Thank you so much!!! I did a little bit of bead work in high school and some peyote beading but trying to reteach myself. It use to be more for relaxation for me 😂...sometimes. The dryer going and the chimes reminds me of my aunts just homey and relaxing. Thank you so much.

Thank you, Mona. You are an excellent teacher. And your work is beautiful.

Would love to learn more about making booties or mukluks like you mentioned in other videos.

Thank you a million for sharing this knowledge 💖

I am so glad I came across this video. I'm wanting to learn to bead, but I wasn't sure how beads were stitched. This was very helpful! Thank You! Next is to go out and get the supplies.

Thank you for the help. I have never seen theses edgings done before.

Great demonstration! Thank you for sharing this with us!

Thanks so much for your beginner video. I’m learning how to bead by watching videos. I don’t live by my family so I have no one to teach me but have always wants to learn.

You made it so easy to understand! Thank you so much for posting! I’m wanting to head my graduation cap and prom earrings this year :)

I do hope you continue on these series in how to do edging, how to end in edging in earrings or medallions...etc. series in how to bead a medallion and working in how to put designs in one’s projects. You are an excellent teacher in these series, especially taking it slow and camera closeness in beading. Thank you so much!

I am a newbie at this and I’m so glad I came across your video because doing every two beads is driving me nuts! THANK YOU THANK YOU ! ❤️🙏🏼❤️

Ohh you know what video id liketo see next THE MOST!!! A video on how to do a pattern in the earring colours, for example like the earring you show in this video thats almost done

Thank you!! I know you posted this a few years ago, but I recently purchased this really cool leather purse. I wanted to bead the edges. This is sooo helpful!!

this was extremely helpful! you're so talented, thank you!

Six years later and your gracious sharing of this beautiful art is still teaching people. Hai Hai

What a wonderful tutorial. I’ve been wanting to learn this forever. Thank you so much!

Ty so much for this! I decided to try and I am loving beading. 🦋🦋🦋

Thank you so much for sharing this knowledge in such a straightforward way🧡❤ I am hoping to connect more with my roots by learning. My family has lost the history of our bloodline on Turtle Island, but I do know that I am indigenous even if trauma or racism through the years has made my bloodline forget. It takes some bravery but my heart is calling me back to it... thank you for helping me and others to have more knowledge to reconnect in this way.❤ Blessings to you

Thanks I been doing it wrong and didn’t know why till I saw this definitely going to tack them down

Very helpful hints I will try this on my quilts.thank you.

I can not thank you enough for being that special Auntie to teach me.

You are a wonderful teacher. You anticipate my questions and answer them as you go, and you make everything very visible all along the way. I don't know how this got in my feed but I'm going to check out all of your content!

ive been wanting to learn to bead for years but didn't know where to start! Wado for the amazing tutorial!

i never got to learn how to bead. many of my cousins who did my family’s beading passed before i was born or before i was old enough to learn. thank you so much for this, you have no idea what this means to me. 💕

Thank you for this video Mona. I'm a beader and was looking for new techniques, never saw 2 needle stitch on small projects. Only seen it on looms. Very interesting.

Migwetch!!!! Love this video. Thank you for making this.

Wonderful. I was using regular felt ..sewing 1 thread and tacking as I go along. This is wonderful 😊 ty

I love learning from you! Thank you so much 🙏🤗

Thank you SO much for sharing this with us! I have no one to teach me and have been desperately wanting to learn, this is so appreciated!

You are an awesome teacher! Thank you.

Thank-you for your thorough teachings Mona; really helps.

I've gone through and watched so many videos and I feel like yours are the first that I can actually follow and feel like I can learn from thank u so much for sharing your knowledge and passing this on to us I can't wait to try it for myself I can't wait to c so many more videos from u

I want to thank you for your language. I and my eldest daughter love beadwork. But we are Russian and English is a foreign language for us. Thus I know how to do may things but I had no idea how to speak about it in English. And it's great that you describe all your actions and tools! I've learnt a great deal from you. By the way, I'm an English teacher; that's why it's important for me. Thanks again. 🤗

First of all thank you! Ive been watching videos on youtube in order to start my beading journey and I just seen that rounding the edges of the felt, helps the thread not to get caught. Just a lil tip to save some time and energy lol thanks again!

This was such a great tutorial!! You’re a real life saver 💗 never got to learn from my grandma before she passed away so this really helps me out a lot!

Thanks for the tutorial . Amazing work! ❤️

Thank you for sharing your talents 😀 I like this method. I’m following along with my dollar tree beads 😂 my earrings are coming out nicely 😍

There’s a beading club at my jr high and me and my friends joined it and we’re doing this exactly except we are working in sections of four. Thank you for showing the process so I can continue at home!

This is amazing. Thank you so much for showing us how to do this!

Thank you so much for your very clear video's. Now I understand the 2 needle flat stitch. Beautiful beading btw.

Thank you! This channel is just what I have been waiting for... Subscribed right away! Hahaha Look forward to watching all these.

You are awesome! They need a beading class where I'm from. New Town ND. Lol we just had our little shell powwow and I told this lady selling beads and I told her I didn't know how and she said, it's never too late to learn! I just walked by her stand 🤦🏻‍♀️💀

I feel like I’m finally understanding how to get started, Thank you!!! 🤍

Thank you for teaching,I'm from Brasil and 76 years old! Learning is never to much!

This makes so much sense now! I always wondered how people got them to not bulge up haha drove me crazy when I tried to make a pair 😂🤦‍♀️

Been wanting purchase some medallion earrings and can’t find what I like. Because of you, I can now make them myself. Thank you for this wonderful tutorial! A’ho

Thank you, this video helped me learn alot more to bead.

Nice, thank you. I am one of those newbies 😂. I needed to see this. Thanks again

Love the video. Great work.

You make it so easy to follow your instructions. Thank you so much.

This is so helpful, ive watched so many videos and couldn't get it right. My gram has 15 grandkids and never has time to teach me. Thank you so much!

Cool!! I like to start beading earrings 💞 Thank you!

Thank you so much youre awesome for teaching us. Some ppl wont share teaching and majority dont know thank you so muuuuuch!

Greatful for the video! Always wanted to learn, now I have a place to start. Thanks!

PLEASE keep posting for beginners very helpful THANK U!

Nya:Weh for sharing your techniques! I'm making our babies moccasins and I've beaded tiny moccasin earrings I made but real moccasins are a whole different level of beadwork lol

Great tutorial! Seedbeed are great, and TINY; but with patience can make some really cool stuff!

You done an awesome job teaching this technique! Thank you

Thank for for teaching this. I'm very new to this and super excited to create some amazing pieces.

Thank you for making your videos. 💜💜💜

Thank you for sharing! You’ve inspired me to give this a try! Heading to Michael’s to buy beads tomorrow. ❤️😊

Thank you for showing me this. I live far away from home from mom and aunties now so I am greatful to you for your time and talents.

Your videos are so helpful! Thank you so much !

Thank you so much for making it so easy to learn. I've always wanted to learn but haven't came across a video that makes it easy to learn. But you explained everything perfectly for stich beading. Thanks again!

Thank you! This was so helpful and you are such a great teacher!

This was extremely helpful, I appreciate you sharing your craft