Beading Level 1 Course
What You’ll Get From Traditional Metis Beading for Beginners
As a student, you’ll get a few great benefits from being here:
- Access exclusive content. We’ve designed Traditional Metis Beading for Beginners to inspire, instruct, and engage.
- Meet new people. Your fellow students are as motivated as you are to master what we’re exploring here in Traditional Metis Beading for Beginners.
- Get results. As you dive into the course content and meet the community here in Traditional Metis Beading for Beginners, you’re on a path to not only gain skills, but also to better understand those women came before us who made us The Flower Beadwork People.
How to Get the Most Out of Traditional Metis Beading for Beginners
We’re here to get results and we know you are too. Here’s the best way for each of us to get there:
Be supportive. Encourage and support your fellow students. No one here is looking for your criticism, cynicism, advice, or judgement. (We can get those things on the rest of the Internet).
Share generously. Your stories and experiences may be exactly what another student needs to hear today to solve a problem or seize an opportunity.
Be constructive. We’re here to push each other forward and lift each other up. Find ways to help each other stay inspired, motivated, and creative.
Don’t spam, promote, or troll. Traditional Metis Beading for Beginners exists to help you learn. It’s not a place to spam, promote, or bully anyone else.
What You’re Going To Learn
In this workshop, you’re going to learn the foundational skills that you will build on over the coming weeks, months and years to create beautiful beaded artwork.
- Materials and Equipment – learn all about what materials you can bead on, the different sizes of beads and what they are used for, what size and types of needles and thread to use for beading, and how to ensure your beading ages well with backing fabrics.
- Traditional Flower Designs – learn about what makes the Metis “The Flower Beadwork People” and what are the traditional elements of flower beadwork.
- Single Needle Stitch – learn this basic stitch which you will build on with all other stitches.
- Two Needle Stitch – learn how to create even tension, coverage, and strokes in your beaded artwork with two needle stitches.
- Patterns – learn how to transpose your beading pattern onto your fabric
- Tips and Tricks – learn how to create lovely rounded petals, perfectly pointed leaves, and even scrolling vines. Learn how to pick up beads with ease, ideas for helping you bead while protecting your eyesight and much much more.
You’re a Part of Something Bigger
By joining Traditional Metis Beading for Beginners, you’re also a member of the Meeting My Ancestors Community, our overarching community. You’ll be able to keep up with our Traditional Metis Beading for Beginners activity both here, but also in your main Meeting My Ancestors Activity Feed (think about it as our own Facebook newsfeed with Course and other activity all in one place).
Let’s get started.
Materials
Materials are not included in the cost of classes. Each class will come with a materials list. We also offer optional materials kits with all of the materials necessary to complete the course.
Course Fees
This course is available in the following course packages or is included for free in several courses, you’ll see those below. For details on each package and fees, click the Register Here button.
