Judy Kavanagh's Moccasin and Mukluk Craft Supply Sources

The books mentioned can be found on my Book List page

Brain tan leather

Where to buy it:

Brain tanning - doing it yourself

I have found instructions in the following books:

The Complete Guide to Traditional Native American Beadwork, Joel Monture
Crafts of the North American Indians: A Craftsman's Manual, Richard C. Schneider
The Indian Crafts of William and Mary Commanda, David Gidmark
A Quillwork Companion, Jean Heinbuch

and at these web sites:

Beads

Tandy Leather - write for their catalogue or visit one of their stores. I find their beads are fairly uniform in size and quite cheap. The colours are limited though.
Copper Coyote Beads has Japanese seed beads that are very uniform in size

Duffle and stroud

MacPhee Workshop based in Edmonton, Alberta has stores across Canada and a mail order catalogue.

Fur

Leather

Tandy Leather - write for their catalogue or visit one of their stores. They have moose and deerhides, not always very good quality though.
Buckskin Fur and Leather Co. in Calgary, Alberta
The Winnipeg Fur Exchange has moose and deerhide, commercially and smoke tanned

Moccasin, mitten and mukluk patterns

Snow Walker's Companion - Winter Trail Skills from the Far North by Garrett and Alexandra Conover has patterns and instructions for mukluks and duffle socks
MacPhee Workshop based in Edmonton, Alberta has stores across Canada and a mail order catalogue. Ask for their booklets called Making Moccasins and Mukluks and Making Mittens They also have great parka patterns.
Tandy Leather in Canada and in the USA - write for their catalogue or visit one of their stores. They have quite a few patterns and books
The Wandering Bull in Massachusetts has Eagle's View patterns for Plains Indian clothing
including low and high-top moccasins for kids and adults

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