Beaded Ball

quilla · 05-03-2008, 03:32 PM

can anyone offer some tips on making beaded hide balls (sometimes hung on cradles but may also be used for the Lakota girls rites); any help is appreciated!!

Lyricsdad · 05-05-2008, 01:16 PM

Peyote stitch??

Although I have seen them in lazy stitch too..

quilla · 05-06-2008, 10:15 AM

I've seen them done in lazy/lane stitch and have a pattern to basically make a "tennis" ball (2 figure eights) but wonder if its best to bead after its been stuffed and sewn up?

OLChemist · 05-06-2008, 01:00 PM

I've never seen one made with figure eights, just with 4 sections like the peel on a quartered orange. Anywho....

I'd advise beading all but the seam allowances before hand. Since the surface is going to be fairly dramatically curved, I'd crowd the stitching a touch. That way when you sew it up and stuff it, there won't be big gaps. Then bead over the seams.

quilla · 05-06-2008, 01:13 PM

thanks...am finishing up a cradleboard cover and getting ready to start another and will be adding all the little bits (amulets, balls etc) next

05-03-2008, 03:32 PM	#1 (permalink)
quilla Pow Wow Visitor Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 3	Beaded Ball can anyone offer some tips on making beaded hide balls (sometimes hung on cradles but may also be used for the Lakota girls rites); any help is appreciated!!

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05-05-2008, 01:16 PM	#2 (permalink)
Lyricsdad Tiny Tot Dancer Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 44	Peyote stitch?? Although I have seen them in lazy stitch too..

05-06-2008, 10:15 AM	#3 (permalink)
quilla Pow Wow Visitor Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 3	I've seen them done in lazy/lane stitch and have a pattern to basically make a "tennis" ball (2 figure eights) but wonder if its best to bead after its been stuffed and sewn up?

05-06-2008, 01:00 PM	#4 (permalink)
OLChemist Pow Wow Committee Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 743	I've never seen one made with figure eights, just with 4 sections like the peel on a quartered orange. Anywho.... I'd advise beading all but the seam allowances before hand. Since the surface is going to be fairly dramatically curved, I'd crowd the stitching a touch. That way when you sew it up and stuff it, there won't be big gaps. Then bead over the seams.

05-06-2008, 01:13 PM	#5 (permalink)
quilla Pow Wow Visitor Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 3	thanks...am finishing up a cradleboard cover and getting ready to start another and will be adding all the little bits (amulets, balls etc) next

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