Native American Beading and Quillwork Books & Videos
Learn Native American Beading and Quillwork Techniques & Design
Master the art of Native American beadwork and quillwork with Crazy Crow Trading Post’s selection of instructional books and videos. Whether you're just starting in bead or quillwork crafting or looking to refine your skills, our resources offer step-by-step guidance, traditional patterns, and cultural insights. Explore our Beading & Quillwork Videos for hands-on tutorials that bring traditional techniques to life. Our Beadwork Books & Videos cover everything from basic stitches to complex Native American bead patterns. For those interested in the pre-beadwork era art of porcupine quill decoration, our Quillwork Books & DVDs provide detailed instruction and historical context. Perfect for creating regalia, powwow outfits, or preserving cultural heritage, these resources are essential for anyone passionate about Native American crafts, beadwork, and quillwork.
Art, Artifacts, Museum Catalogs
Beading & Quillwork Videos
Beadwork Books & Videos
Design Books
Indian Style Crafts & Tanning DVDs
Native American Style Dress & Clothing
Other Native American Crafts
Powwow Dancing & Regalia
Quillwork Books & DVDs
Deluxe Adjustable Beadloom
It’s not often that someone is truly able to build a better mouse trap. But when it comes to the classic bead loom, that’s what Crazy Crow has done with the introduction of their new Deluxe Adjustable Beadloom. For making loom beaded strips, the ideal loom should have certain features: Able to accommodate a variety of lengths and widths, can be used with a wide range of bead sizes, easy to store, adjustable with minimal effort, economically priced, easy to use, and suitable for the needs of Beginners through Advanced Beadworkers.
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Selecting Needles & Thread for Craft Project
Needle sizes are like bead sizes; the larger the number the smaller the size. A #10 needle can be used with 10/0 beads, a #11 with 11/0, and so on. The #12 Sharps and #15 Beading needles are the smallest sizes available so they are best for 14/0 to 16/0 beads. However, some beads may have holes that are too small even for these needles.
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Seed Beads & Pony Beads.. MIX OR MATCH?
The more a crafter uses seed and pony beads, the more he realizes that there is a lot to learn just about the beads themselves. Most of us start by using Czech beads, then discover modern-made beads from Italy, France, Germany, India, China, Pakistan, Japan, Taiwan, and elsewhere. But we figure that selecting beads will be easy, because they come in different size designations, and most everyone sells these according to the Czech system. . .
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Craft Focus: Porcupine Quillwork
Porcupine quillwork is perhaps the oldest form of embroidery used by Native Americans. Quills were folded, twisted, wrapped, plaited and sewn using a wide range of techniques to decorate articles of clothing, bags, knife sheaths, baskets, wooden handles and pipe stems. This article includes the history, legends, quillwork dying, various methods of applying quills and more. It also include links to all the relevant online resources we could find.
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