About Nanetta Bananto Expertise I can answer questions concerning design, peyote-primarily free-form, bead tips, supplies, bead embroidery, fringing, mixed media-including wire, polymer clay and fused glass. I can answer some historical questions. I cannot answer questions about patterns.
Experience
Past/Present clients Anna's Gallery, Wichita Art Museum, City Arts - Wichita, Ks. Hays Arts Council, Hays, Ks. Lester Raymer Red Barn Studio, Lindsborg, Ks., Variations, St. Louis Mo. LA County Museum of Art, LA CA.
Question hy, i am making my boyfriend a "Billy Jack" hat and it has a beaded hat band. i don't much about beading. how should it go about it? it is 11 beads thick and they are side by side. any help, please, i have no idea how to go about this and i cant seem to find anything online that will help. thankyou very much, Candi Clark
Answer Dear Candi -
If you are new to beading, I suggest trying the peyote weave. If the beads are side by side in the example you have seen, they are probably woven on a loom. So it won't look exactly that way.
Peyote weave takes no special equipment. But the supplies are important. I am assuming you are going to use seed beads.
Get:
nymo beading thread size 00, #12 beading needle (I prefer John James, English beading needles), a lighter and Bead Heaven bead conditioner.
Work with a doubled thread, begin with about 12" of thread.
Follow the tutorial in the link. These are great instructions. There is a bit of history and tabs for supplies and patterns.
