Beaded Tenni Shoes

ndnhottie79 · 09-17-2003, 06:38 PM

Is anyone familiar with doing beadwork on Tennis shoes? you know like the cheap 3 buck pair from walmart?
I tried but my needle just won't go near the toes...the sides go just fine...
Any tips, tricks, hints? Or anyone that has done it??
thanks

Blackbear · 09-17-2003, 10:14 PM

http://beadwork.about.com/library/weekly/aa062999.htm

I am a browser master..heheheheeh

BeadMan · 09-18-2003, 11:23 AM

Oh my gosh! I can't believe there is actually a thread on beaded shoes. Even more amazing, I actually have photos of a pair I did several years ago for a Comanche woman in Okla. Don't anyone dare ask me to make another pair though.

I can't tell you how I did it, cause I don't remember. I just figured it out as I went along. Be patient! That's the best I can tell you.

http://www.powwows.com/galleries/sho...sort=1&cat=500

http://www.powwows.com/galleries/sho...sort=1&cat=500

Blackbear · 09-18-2003, 09:38 PM

well looks like you started at the bottom and worked your way up... lazy stitch, so do you remember if you put the needle all the way through or just partly through like you do with buckskin?

BeadMan · 09-18-2003, 11:31 PM

I think I did start with the bottom row all the way around then worked up. I went all the way through the canvas. The difficult thing about the bottom row is that the canvas upper is attached to the sole with a rubbery material. I actually went through the rubbery shhhhhhhh-tuff with a 12/o sharps needle.

Like I said earlier, patience!

ndnhottie79 · 09-22-2003, 10:08 AM

Thanks everyone, I will look at those site and pics...if I get a pair actually done I will be sure to post the finished shoe..or shoes..lol
thanks again

09-17-2003, 06:38 PM	#1 (permalink)
ndnhottie79 Beading Like Crazy Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: On the Rez...Far Far Away! Posts: 96	Beaded Tenni Shoes Is anyone familiar with doing beadwork on Tennis shoes? you know like the cheap 3 buck pair from walmart? I tried but my needle just won't go near the toes...the sides go just fine... Any tips, tricks, hints? Or anyone that has done it?? thanks

09-17-2003, 10:14 PM	#2 (permalink)
Blackbear Space Cowboy Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Alaska Posts: 9,618	http://beadwork.about.com/library/weekly/aa062999.htm I am a browser master..heheheheeh __________________ Don't worry that it's not good enough for anyone else to hear... just sing, sing a song.

09-18-2003, 09:38 PM	#4 (permalink)
Blackbear Space Cowboy Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Alaska Posts: 9,618	well looks like you started at the bottom and worked your way up... lazy stitch, so do you remember if you put the needle all the way through or just partly through like you do with buckskin? __________________ Don't worry that it's not good enough for anyone else to hear... just sing, sing a song.

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09-18-2003, 11:23 AM	#3 (permalink)
BeadMan Beadworker Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Northeast Iowa Posts: 410	Oh my gosh! I can't believe there is actually a thread on beaded shoes. Even more amazing, I actually have photos of a pair I did several years ago for a Comanche woman in Okla. Don't anyone dare ask me to make another pair though. I can't tell you how I did it, cause I don't remember. I just figured it out as I went along. Be patient! That's the best I can tell you. http://www.powwows.com/galleries/sho...sort=1&cat=500 http://www.powwows.com/galleries/sho...sort=1&cat=500

09-18-2003, 11:31 PM	#5 (permalink)
BeadMan Beadworker Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Northeast Iowa Posts: 410	I think I did start with the bottom row all the way around then worked up. I went all the way through the canvas. The difficult thing about the bottom row is that the canvas upper is attached to the sole with a rubbery material. I actually went through the rubbery shhhhhhhh-tuff with a 12/o sharps needle. Like I said earlier, patience!

09-22-2003, 10:08 AM	#6 (permalink)
ndnhottie79 Beading Like Crazy Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: On the Rez...Far Far Away! Posts: 96	Thanks everyone, I will look at those site and pics...if I get a pair actually done I will be sure to post the finished shoe..or shoes..lol thanks again

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