As usual I can't seem to leave things well enough alone.I decided to do a little beadwork on this bare bag flap begging for it.It's a 3" rosette.Beads are size 11 and 12 seed beads.I used a no.12 sharps beading needle and nylon nymo thread.
I wanted it to represent what it is used for.The blue is sky blue for my surrounding area I hunt/the brown is arrow heads/the red is blood with the tin coned split white and dyed red brain tan lace representing blood dripping from the arrow heads wound.
It's sioux lazy stitched on brain tan which means it's embroidered onto the leather without going all the way through the leather.A feature about brain tans' toughness and softness to allow this type work on it with the same ease as sewing onto wool trade or flannel cloth only the material is 10 times tougher.Makes it easier on the fingers while beading and the stitching holds very well.
It's probably not my best work as some beads are a little crowded and other places not but it'll have to do this time.The sioux lazy stitch is supposed have a slight hump on it in it's final look and was used on the great plains area mostly.Along with the cheyenne lazy stitch which laid a little flatter.Not to mention the many different ways to edge bead leather also.I learned from a how-to book on beadworking.Before beading the natives quilled their garments for expression and decoration.Dyeing their garments was practiced too.
The bead lines need to be straight in line pointing to the center on rosettes using the sioux lazy stitch.There's an overlaid in line applique method of doing rosettes too as pictured on this buffalo hat with this keyhole design.The overlaid stitch was used a lot around the eastern great lakes area where floral curved type designs were used.Having uniform sized beads for this method is a must for nice work to be done.These are all czech seed beads.
No stitching on reverse side.
