Two needle flat stitch beading [filling in] #2 

Thank you for showing how to do both ways to bead like this. Your work is beautiful!

Mommy I love you so much with all of my heart you have amazing talent ❤️💓💖💋💗❤️🧡💛💚💙💜💞💝💘❣️💟💌🐱🐈

Really enjoyed your video. There's a nice vibe with the calmness of your voice, the gentle music and drier in the background lol. Love Bob Ross! Thank you. You're a great teacher.

I'm so glad I have found you. Your work is gorgeous and your explanations are very clear. Thank you for sharing your artistry!

I am currently working on my first medallion. your videos on this technique are the most helpful videos I've watched so far :)

you explain things so well in your videos.. beading will test anyones ocd.

Thank you! I don’t know why I’ve been dreaming about beads but your videos were a perfect refresher

I love shiny stuff too. Your daughter’s headband is beautiful.

I love the fact that I’m not the only one who can’t leave a small area open, I will do the same, find the smallest bead and lay it sideways. I personally say to myself, “you are your worst critic”, Also, after I’m done with the project, I will use rubber cement to tack onto my buckskin, it’s so much easier to work with and won’t bend your needles, if you happen to get it close to the edge. Thanks for showing! Each day is a new day to learn something new. Many blessings.

I love it when you randomly show us your other beadworkings! Seriously Mona the way you teach like you’re my best friend makes this even better.

lemlents for your videos! Flathead Salish descendant here.Been making earrings for a while and starting to learn this method since my state is under quarrentine. As good a time as any :)

I love ur work, and have continuously come back to this video for reference

Wow, The headband is stunningly gorgeous, those charlotte cut beads really sparkle...beautiful work..great detailed tutorials! I love your channel! You are amazing Miss Mona!

Your beadwork is absolutely stunning! I love all things shiny!!

I’m glad to have found your videos! 😄

I tack down every two beads also. Your beadwork is beautiful and so neat.

Your beading is exceptional, as well as your way of teaching! Thank you for your talent 👍👍

I got lucky to find you was looking at ways to make ribbon skirts and your channel popped up man you are talented I want to bead and you teach it so easy and simple to understand thank you

Hello Mona. Thank you so much for sharing your techniques, I am a beginner beader, & what I was doing was time consuming. So, I will try out the 2 needles beading. Plus I love how you find tiny beads to fit into your design. Your beading is beautiful, I appreciate passing your knowledge to us, because some of us don't have any one to show how to bead. Many blessings to you and your family. 🤩🥰💐😉👍🙏🙂💞🧵🧬

The paper I used to bead on was just something I had handy. It parchment paper, I used it because I could trace on it. I've used graph paper, regular paper before. I don't draw directly on the felt because it seems to leave larger stains and sometime you can see the pen marks through the beadwork. Sometimes I even color the paper to match the beads.

I love just playing her vids when I bead! Very talented!

I like how you work. Thank you for sharing your talents and knowledge 🙏

I feel so lucky to have found your video. I love how you explain all the details. I was a fan instantly. I bead but I truly learned a lot. Hope you continue to post videos. I have subscribed.

Thank you so much! I love how honest you are, and your instructions and explanation is awesome!

Beautiful u had our OCD going but awww u fixed it AMAZING good work

Hi Mona, Thank you for sharing your tutorials with us. I have always wanted to do beadwork but I never had any family to show me how. Now with RU-vid I am able to learn. My problem is the design work, I want to be respectful of designs. I know it's rude to use somebody's or some tribal design that is not public. I love these designs and would love to make them myself. I know that there is contemporary designs now that are not tribal. So my question is, how to design traditional pieces without being disrespectful? I am also curious to know how you finished the back of the braid holder? Do you use leather to tie it on? Can you make a tutorial about that? With help from people like you I may finally become a beader, Thank You!

Thank you. I just started learning to bead today, but brought my work home. This is very helpful.

Your work is beautiful, you are very talented.

Thanks so much I don’t have any Aunties or family who can bead anymore and this has been so much fun!!! Your work is beautiful thanks so much for sharing 😊

been missing the rez lately, it was so nice to bead along side you.

I love the part when you said you would see your daughter dancing out there and see the one little hole that you could have just filled in omg dead

Omg thank you so much for your videos!! I cannot bead but LOVE seeing how much work and love goes into such work. Makes me appreciate beaded work Even More!!!!❤💗💙💚

Beautiful Work!!! Thank you bunches for your patient & complete info teaching. I would love to see how you attach a finished beaded piece to clothing. I would like to add something special to dresses for my granddaughters & have no idea if I should use something besides the felt so it's more "flexible". Your work is splendid & super clean!! I try to do clean work w/ my hand embroidery. Not always successful LOL. Thank you in advance & Many Blessings!!!

I just wanted to let you know your work is absolutely gorgeous and your instructions are easy to follow

An awesome series on beading! Thank you! You mentioned doing a video on moccasin making...I don’t see it here but hope that you do create and share one! Your teaching style is clear and easy for me to follow. Thank you!

Hello, I'm watching you work with great interest. Where you speak of stacking and clean lines, I realized that beads are like tiny mosaic pieces because you can follow the lines how the pieces were aligned in ancient Roman mosaics too!

Love your bead work

What a craft! It’s so beautiful 🌸 As I designed and am trying to “fill in” my first little beaded bird I am all the more appeciative of your and other peoples work. Super grateful you and others are so generously teaching ❤️ By now I figured I can’t (yet) draw freehand but have to get a grasp/feel or measuring tape to work out how many rows of beads fit into a feather, the eye, the head. Your flowers are so beautiful!

Just gorgeous....I understand how you feel about the one needle method, I learned the 2 needle method as a child and that is my preference...I find that it is easier to control and a lot faster.

Very beautiful head place and your beading is gorgeous work

Your work is gorgeous!

Thank you for your kindness-sharing your knowledge. CLEAR and precise instructions and STUNNING work.

Amazing! Thank you for the tip about the outward in. As a kid I noticed that happened to a few of my projects and I had to start over. I use one needle which sometimes gets pulled to firmly. Beautiful work!!!!

I wish I lived by you so I could take classes!!! 😆

Exquisite! Regalia! Your colors are lovely...experienced hands. Thank you, Blessings all...

So beautiful, easy to follow along.

Beautiful work and soothing voice. Thank You for tutorial video.

I love the work you are doing and always wanted to try beading items like wallets.

Thank You for Sharing your techniques! I started a headband for my daughter and drew out her other work. This is my first time beading and it's coming out NICE! I too am learning how to make moccasins. Blessings!

Great teacher. Beautiful work. Thank you for sharing your talent

Thats lovely but i love the colour of ur nail polish 👍

Thank you for sharing all your tips and tricks when it comes to beading. I'm currently trying to learn and your videos have been so helpful :)

Beautiful beadwork, thank you for sharing.

Omg...your "Happy little bead" comment just sealed the deal. I subscribed...🖤 You're so calming to watch and listen to. Definitely doing Bob proud...maybe you're the Bob Ross of Beading?? 🙈

I hope that you do post your video on making moccasins. I love your videos.

Beautiful work! I'm in the process of learning on my own as well, and your video helps. Thank you.

Wonderful tutorial. I really appreciate how you have shared this work with us. Thank you so much. Beautiful pieces!

Thanks for sharing - super clear and informative! I would really love it if you made a video on making and beading moccasins :) Many thanks from Australia!

You are very good at eplaining everything, that is very important to those who are beginners. and very beautiful work. Do you do tutorials on making key chains(tubular) with peyote stitch

I really like this example because I do the same thing.. awesome design 🙂

Hey Mona, thank you so much for your tutorials. My grandmother taught me beadwork growing up, and she passed 13 years ago. I let go of this craft for a long time and didn't yet master my dexterity and the ability to do applique work, edging or finishing my pieces on leather. Your videos are so helpful, along with your commentary and your way of putting things... It really helps me learn in an environment that's soothing and nurturing much like the beading sessions I had with my grandmother. I do have a question.. When outlining the initial image, how exactly do you keep the thread from tangling and getting criss-crossed in the back? I am trying my hand at applique and find it hard to follow the outline without the back of the piece looking all wonky and tangled. Do you just skip to the nearest line? Or are there times where you might backtrace over previous lines to prevent it from getting too crazy? I don't know how else to word it.

Thank you so much for sharing, this is such beautiful work

Amazing work1! You gotta keep putting up these videos more often!! I love the tips. Even just seeing your work!

this is very interesting. looks good. thank you for sharing

Absolutely stunning work!!

Love love love your work so beautiful pls keep going with your videos pls.thank you❤❤🙏

Absolutely love and completely understand your way of beading!!! Did you do a moccasin tutorial?

Mona C, your videos are wonderful!! Your peaceful spirit and energy radiates out through your voice. I am having issues with my needles becoming bent very quickly. I am able to use them but I’m wondering why mine are always C-shaped and in all of the beading videos I watch online, their needles are straight...yours included. I am using #11 and/or #12 beading needles. Do yours become bent? I am looking forward to seeing your upcoming video on the lazy stitch on leather and also your upcoming video on making moccasins! 🙂I know that you are busy and really do appreciate that you take time to create these videos for us! Thank you so much!

wow awesome work love the colors cant wait to see more of your videos . love your work and colors ,

Two great videos and I learned so much! Thank you very much! :) Love the brief reference to Bob Ross. Funny! :)

Dopest! Love that work

Love the design work

Girl youre the best thank you so much ❤

Ty, luv ur work and ur patience to teach. :)

Absolutely gourgeous!

Beautiful headband

love your work, and your teachings, where would it be possible to find this pattern if i can, for my own work. looks perfect.! thankyou for sharing.

That is SO pretty!🤩

Stunning!

Oh! We have lots of moccs, we would love to bead them. Our favorite store is closed for good bc of Covid19, and we were so sad. We will find the equipment and supplies and get beading!

This has been one of the best videos, if not the best in showing all the elements of two needle beading. I think the pace, the language and the clear video/angle has really helped with the content you share. Im curious tho. With this style, on a larger piece, say one you will stitch onto a purse or something is too large to hold in your hand like the example. How do you get the right grasp that allows you to get good tension of the beads and thread? Ive seen some people use hoops or other frames that help stabilize the perimeter but it doesnt work if the whole piece if beaded. Like, how would you use this method when doing large areas for regalia and such? How would you stabilize or weight the piece down when your (lead thread) hand cant read the beads?

Love this video. Thank you.

Beautiful

Beautiful work! How would you fasten the head piece and what is the tutorial project going to be.

beautiful work!

When you finish it then what you use it for? Are you make a dress or belt or what? Beautiful colour. Thank you for sharing us.

Wow very impresiv 😍 thank you for sharing with us

wow your work is beautiful....

My current beading project, which is my first embroidery type beading, has the issue of concavity that you spoke of. I used one needle for the first part. I'm going to fill il now using the two needle method. Tricks for recognizing tension issues?

Also, I have seen a method where you come through the beads to tack down. Is that going to make my beading more uniform? I noticed when I use this method in your video I am noticing a few gaps between beads and you can see the tacking thread slightly. I may be using the wrong thread. I am using .20 Fireline which I use for bead weaving hoping it would be suitable. 😋 Thanks for all your tips. Your videos are awesome.

OMG GORGEOUS

Very pretty.

Your work is beautiful!💐🌹🌷🏆

Getting the first row of beads correctly is the hardest part for me. I frequently have many do-overs.

Mona, I just discovered your channel and wow what a gem! No pun intended. I’ve always known how to embroider and sew since I was about 6-7 yo. About 10 years ago I picked it up with sincere dedication. So many people and strangers want me to make them something beaded that I’ll never have time to complete them all. I digress...I’ve collected (and this is not a joke-between 300,000 and 500,000 of just seed beads. I have thousands of Venetian glass and many varieties of trade beads.) I shared only to ask what size beads you use. I tend to use 22/0 down to 15/0 if I love the color or shape. Also, could you recommend an extremely thin, strong thread to fit the sizes I gravitate towards? What got me on this track was the way you simply picked up the beads etc. my needles are the thickness of a human hair and discerning size, exact color has lead me to wear a jeweler’s headband with magnifiers and light plus I have to wear my reading glasses. Do you have any advice to lessen the strain and stress? I love it and I particularly love the tiny, antique old beads. One more ?, I bought deer skin that feels like butter but I have NO idea how to bead them. Plus, size needles, etc. I’ve run those thin needles clear through my thumbs, etc. and it gets old. If I use a thimble it breaks the needle and silicone one just poke through. Guess that’s enough for now. No two are alike! Ty in advance. I’m hoping you’ll take pity on me and point me in the right direction. I’ve taught myself everything so far! I just subscribed and obviously have a lot of catching up to do. 😍🙏🏻🙌🏻👏🏻

Mona, I am so enjoying your tutorial videos! I am new to beading and am fascinated by the beauty and relaxation that comes with this art form. Thank you so much! I'll leave a question if I may - when you mention "colouring in your colours so you don't see any white (of the stabilizer)" - what do you colour the white with? Another bead? Thread? Thank you!

Hi Mona, your work is gorgeous. What size beads are you using in this tut and where can i purchase them, especially the sparkly ones. Thank you.

Is there a reason you don’t just use the same beaded thread to go back and tack down the row of beads? I’ve seen that technique done before with no issue and wonder why others use the two needle technique? I haven’t developed a preference for any one technique yet and am still watching videos and learning before I get started.

Maravilloso trabajo !!!!!

do you have any tips on threading tiny bead needles? I like traditional sinew because you can separate off tiny thin pieces and it goes right into the needle but of course it is not practical the nymo is easier and more affordable/available... real sinew is pricey for me to order online..sorry for so many comments ...I hope you don't mind answering my questions?