LSouth25 Report post Posted January 3, 2020 I want to learn how to make a leather belt with bead inlay and I need some help I need to know what I need to get started what size beads, what loom , what kind of sting to use to put the beads on and what ever else I need to know to make a bead strip Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zuludog Report post Posted January 4, 2020 (edited) I haven't made a beaded belt, and I don't know exactly how to, but here are some suggestions - Search YouTube and play around with the Search box for 'beadwork' , 'making a bead belt', 'making a bead inlay belt' and so on; there are loads of videos, just follow the links It might be an idea to start with a kit. Tandy sell ready made beaded strips, #5521, or Search Google. I have found these suppliers - www.crazycrow.com and www.wanderingbull.com, though there are probably others Have a look round your library/bookstore/Amazon for relevant books, and/or find a craft store EDIT - Crazy Crow looks like a decent supplier; they are in Denison & Pottsboro, Texas Edited January 4, 2020 by zuludog Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zuludog Report post Posted January 4, 2020 There is a beadwork magazine in USA, called, logically enough, 'Beadwork' and produced by www.interweave.com. I thought that was familiar, as I think I've seen it in newsagents in Britain; obviously imported, and possibly to other countries as well Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chuck123wapati Report post Posted January 4, 2020 "Beads and beadwork of the American Indians" by William C. Orchard is a good reference book if you can find it as it shows many styles of Indian made and trade/ glass beads as well as how they were sewn on leather goods. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
