Beaded Deerskin Moccasins

The Beautiful Deerskin Moccasins shown in this photo have full Hand Beaded toes, are fleece lined and trimmed in thick Canadian Otter fur. Each comes with a second heavy grain leather sole for extra wear, and the toes are laced with a tough waxed sinew . The Hand Beadwork of each slipper is so unique that no two are ever the same in color or pattern, thus we are not able to provide specific patterns in every size. Sometimes we will have only the beadwork finished and would be able to e-mail you the patterns available at that time, otherwise they are randomly chosen for each Moccasin to be made up.

Hand Beaded Muklucks

These Beautiful Hand beaded Muklucks come with a Sheepskin lined foot, thick wool lining up the leg, and fluffy rabbit fur all around the outside. The Muklucks are of a soft suede leather and also come with a double leather sole for extra durability. The Rabbit fur may also be substituted for another colour, or different type of fur. The Hand Crafted Beadwork will vary in pattern design, colors, and by the availability of what we have in stock.

Slippers

These gorgeous slippers are made of our thickest and warmest 100 % Canadian Sheepskin and trimmed in a thick Rabbit fur or Sheepskin. There are two different heights also available, the standard and extra tall "Booty" height. These plush shippers all come with a double suede leather sole for extra long wear and are Hand Beaded on the toes in a variety of colors. As these are all hand made, there is no choice to the color of beadwork applied to each slipper, making each pair unique. Sheepskin is one of Mans warmest natural materials, and also the most comfortable, as the Wool naturally wicks moisture away from the foot keeping them dry and warm (great also for sweaty feet), and the light weight with the added thickness of it feels like your walking on air. These are a must for anyone suffering from perpetually cold feet.

These wonderful warm slippers come in a variety of suede leather colors, from two tone, to Moose-hide or Cowhide. They are trimmed with a fluffy Rabbit fur colored to compliment each style and are lined with a thick 100% wool or acrylic pile. The Slippers also come with an extra leather sole for longer wear and can be replaced should you need it. All of our Slippers and Moccasins come only in full sizes (e.g. 5,6,7,8,9,10 etc..) as they will shape and stretch the extra half size if needed. The sizes start at 5 through to 10 for the Ladies, and in Mens go from size 8 through to 12. Another note for interest is that we also do all of the repairs to any of the footwear, from new soles to any stitching and replacement of the fur trims.

This first deerskin jacket to the left shows a beautiful example of out fine beadwork appliqued onto a 3/4 length jacket. This jacket also doesn't have the traditional collar in order to show off the beadwork to it's full advantage. The long hand cut leather fringe follows all around to the back yolk beneath even more floral beadwork across the shoulders. The long fringe is also all along the underside of each sleeve. The inspiration for this particular jacket came from the Smithsonian Institute Museum of the USA, where the original resides today, made in the early 1800's. The original jacket had brass railroad buttons, traded for tack in the early days. Our jacket however has the traditional leather rolled buttons, so they would not detract from the lavish beadwork. Because of the extreme amount of time involved in producing an heirloom such as this, please allow a minimum of 8 months for delivery.

Left Side Picture: This brown leather jacket is made of cowhide, this being the only leather that may come in a rainbow of colours. All of the leather we use is of the upper grains, the only time you will see the suede side is when it's been turned inside out, such as this here. This model has extensive hand lacing in a chocolate brown leather above all the fringed area, on the cuffs, and up the side splits. The extra long fringe extends all around the hemline, down the sleeves, back and across the chest. The jacket was also left unlined for an authentic look. Leather buttons were also used down the front and on the cuffs.

Right Side Picture: This model is made out of cowhide, using both sides of the leather, suede and smooth for a nice contrasting effect. The main body is in the smooth grain while the fringe and chocolate lacing are in the suede leather side. The fringe, cuffs and collar on this jacket are all hand laced, using a chocolate color lacing. You may choose another shade for this purpose for a different look to the jacket. This jacket comes with the old leather rolled buttons and is unlined but may have silk lining added if needed.

This lovely Deerskin Jacket has become our most popular style, a great starting point at which you can mix and add fringes on the sleeves, pockets, beadwork etc... to create your own unique Jacket. This model has extra long fringes all around the chest, over the shoulders and across the back. The smooth upper grain leather side is faced out on the whole Jacket, including fringes, rolled leather buttons and pockets. This design also is silk lined and can have an inner pocket as well as different styles of outer pockets and buttons.

This deerskin jacket borrows it's look from an old military design. The front has black piping under the deerskin around the collar, cuffs and down the front bib section. The front and cuffs also have dome closures in antiqued color. They are also used around the outer edges of the collar, cuffs and bib. The fringe runs over the shoulders and along each of the sleeves. It also comes fully lined. This model is shorter than most we make, but not as short as a bolero would be.

The deerskin shirts shown are not the only styles available to you, they are only limited by your imagination.
The deerskin pullover on the left has the suede side facing out, with the smooth leather side used on the collar, buttons and cuffs for a nice contrast. It also comes with a wide row of beadwork across the shoulders, with fringe and glass trade beads on both ends. We have used the old style rolled leather buttons down the front and on the cuffs. For a different look using this style of shirt, you may just switch the leathers around, add more or different beadwork, long fringe across the back etc. So you now can see the endless possibilities available for just this one style alone.

The second deerskin pullover comes with laced sleeves, collar, side vents, and a smooth leather bib with fringe on the front. The deerskin has been turned around (suede side) on the shoulders and fringe for a nice subtle contrast. Doing just this, takes away the plain look without being to flashy. The fringe also extends around the shoulders, down the sleeves and around the front bib.

This wonderfully unique Deerskin Pullover has a Woodland Indian floral design painted on the front and back, using the same bright colors to match the loom beadwork running down the side of each arm. At the bottom of the beadwork on the sleeves are glass Trading Beads and tin cones strung on several leather thongs. This Pullover comes unlined and has contrasting chocolate hand lacing above all of the fringes, around the bib area, cuffs, back and hemline . Paintings can vary in your choice of color, from flowers to animals, all of which can be matched to the beadwork.

War Shirts

Practically all of the Indian tribes wore some form of shirt, this garment was usually mistaken for a War Shirt. In reality it was a ceremonial shirt usually worn by the older men or Chiefs of authority on solemn occasions. The Dakotas and Cheyenne trimmed their shirts with hanks of horsehair, sometimes even human hair was used. These shirts were called ‘Scalp Shirts' by the White man, who believed that all of the hair decorations were from scalp locks. The Blackfoot and some of the other tribes decorated their shirt with strips of white weasel skins (as shown here), or any other animal thought to pass on their spirit and power the wearer. Our  War Shirts can be as individual as you are in design, as no two are ever the same, be it with the beadwork, hand paintings and fur trims, just as the originals were! We can also start from an old photograph or a hand drawing facsimile and build your shirt from there. Also used are a variety of materials, from horse hair, human hair, tin cones, hand painted animal images, feathers, beadwork, and fur strips etc..... to make an original keepsake for years to come. This is but only one fine example of what can be created with us.