First lazy stitch...

[medicinewheel]

Just finished my first lazy stitch around the mouth of a plains quiver I'm working on. Not so difficult once you manage to get the pony beads onto your needle onehanded, but demanding patience. A lot of it.

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[BearG]

nice

[Josh]

that looks great, Frank! 

[medicinewheel]

Thanks Bear and Josh.
The quiver is gonna be for a trade.

[NTD]

That's incredible work Frank.  I barely have enough patience to make bows no way I'd have it to do the bead work, but the results are always amazing.

[mullet]

 That is real nice, Frank. My whole family was into bead work for awhile and then lost interest. I never tried the lazy stitch.

[chasing crow]

Great work. You have it lined up so neatly. Not the easiest thing to do.

[Pat B]

Nice bead work Frank and a good color combo too. 

[medicinewheel]

Thanks all!

I don't know who of you knows atlatlist Bob Berg from Candor/NY; he's been at my house a few weeks back, and he's a really funny person. When he saw a picture showing black and red Blackberries he said 'Blackberries are red when they are green.'
Keep thinking of that when I see my work here...
BTW. it's Bob's birthday today.

[Pat B]

Frank, that was one of my Dad's sayings many years ago. 

[Hillbilly]

That looks really good. And as for patience, wait 'til you try some 11/0 seed beads.

[medicinewheel]

11/0 huh...?? These where 6/0 and 8/0
Using my finest furrier's needle I wondered what did the Natives use??

[Grunt]

Nice work with the White Hearts. Crazy Crow has 11/0 and 13/0 seed beads and beading needles so fine it is hard to tell which end the eye is on. I think the NA folks used a small fine awl to poke a hole through the leather.

[Cromm]

Great work.
You will have to show photos of the whole quiver when you are all done,please.
Thanks for your time

[medicinewheel]

Thanks Grunt, thanks Cromm.
I sure will post the finished quiver for you guys!