Comments on: Sew Native American Moccasins

By: steve

steve — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 01:36:24 +0000

They used bone needles or sometimes thorns.After the white man came, they quickly upgraded to metal needles.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 01:48:19 +0000

Common types of needles were made of beaten copper, porcupine quills, or bone. Quills were also used for beads.

By: Logan

Logan — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 23:46:39 +0000

im looking to make a pair of moccasin boots, preferable in the minnatonka or a simular style, does any one have any advice, pattern ideas, sample patterns? any help would be greatly appreciated, my email is masterlabob@gmail.com

By: mohlow

mohlow — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:45:55 +0000

i made a pear once but i lost them i found one and made a patern out of it my making a three pees apache boot right now if works im going to make a two peas patern out of one of them if your wondering the three peas has a front peas tha covers the foot+frontofcaf a back peas that covers the heal+backofcaf and a sole peas you can hit me up at kadenmohlow@yahoo.com

By: coogi

coogi — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 03:50:40 +0000

good pattern

By: Hip Hop

Hip Hop — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 03:50:13 +0000

seems a little complicated

By: Joey Vigil

Joey Vigil — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:03:31 +0000

My Auntie made mine, you can see them on my myspace under TOZA my native name.

By: Tarik

Tarik — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:30:16 +0000

Very good pattern and when done right very nice-looking mocs.
I made these moccasins myself a while ago from the very known booklet by George M. White “Craft Manual of North-American Footwear” which is a beautiful guide “how to..” make all types of mocccasins.
Anyway thanks for reminding me how nice it is to make ur own pair of mocs.
I’m gonna get started as soon as possible.

Bye!

Tarik,
from Eindhoven, Holland

By: Tarik

Tarik — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:20:01 +0000

very good pattern and very nice-looking mocs if done right !
I made them once ( quite a while ago now ) from the booklet by George M. White “Craft Manual of North-American Footwear”, great book by the way !

Anyway thanks for reminding me how nice it is to make your own moccasins, i’m gonna get started again

So long, man

Tarik, from Eindhoven, Holland

By: annette

annette — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:10:38 +0000

I believe origonally bones were used for needles.

By: Mic

Mic — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 06:46:15 +0000

In the southwest, it was common to use agave thorns with the plant fiber still attached as a nature made needle, and thread. Also, when soaked soft, raw hide is much easier to sew. For a good pattern for apache moccasins, I recomend checking out the “Craft Manual of North American Indian Footwear”. It has some very good patterns.

By: sky3feathers

sky3feathers — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:10:48 +0000

porcupine quills were used by the ancestors for sewing; awls made of flint were used for making the holes. I can personally attest to how LONG this process would take; it takes a long time even now with conventional steel awls and glover’s needles!

By: chiricahua apache

chiricahua apache — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 09:55:11 +0000

hello John . . . how are you ? . . . i wouldnt really know what they used for needles . . i presume you mean in the old days . it must have been tricky ‘
as they used thick rawhide for the soles of their moccasins . today they probly use the glovers needles . Im not an expert John , I cant find anyone who is willing to show me how to make them. the apaches seem to be keeping it a closely guarded secret . i contacted one of the apache cultural centers . . he said he was very sorry ‘ but couldnt teach NON TRIBAL ‘ as it might end up on a website . . or someone might make a pattern from it. I was going to go to the moccasin classes . . . so no luck there then . Do you know how to draw out the pattern on the hide . the tricky part is across the arch of the foot ‘ to go around and meet at the back of the heel . I was thinking maybe like wings ‘ ‘ ‘ in a t cut ‘ ‘ across the middle top of the foot in front of the arch where your leg meet the top of the foot . . and then having the extended wings left and right from there . . measured to meet at the back of the heel . . .

By: john

john — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:27:10 +0000

what did they use for needles?

By: chiricahua apache

chiricahua apache — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:09:38 +0000

Hello Kandi . i had a look on the Native Tech Website but couldnt find any pattern for the apache turned up toe moccasins. but thank you very much for contacting me and for trying to help. i was also trying to find an email address on that website where i could get in touch with them to see if they would know where i could get a pattern , or where i might find someone to give me directions on making them. thanks a million again Kandi ‘ and have a great day and a lovely weekend.

By: kandi

kandi — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:55:33 +0000

this is for Chiricahua apache
try nativetech.org for pattern

By: chiricahua apache

chiricahua apache — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:18:52 +0000

can anyone tell me please ‘ . . how to draw out the pattern for the chiricahua apache toe guard moccasins , they have the upturned guard at the top of the toes. or maybe someone can give me some help on making them . . . as they are a ‘ one piece upper ‘ boot style moccasin.
PLEASE REPLY ‘ ‘ ‘ THANKYOU ‘

By: randy

randy — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:25:40 +0000

Enter Your CommentI was looking for a pattern for hightop moccasins with fringes and beads can anyone help me? You can email me at randyemond@yahoo.com