IAM Collective Spring Workshop Series

WRAP ROPE BEADING with Auntie Lilly Lenhart of Lilly Bear Creations.

April 21/2024

11 am to 5 pm

Location: Edmonton Native Healing Centre 11813 123 St NW #101

Participants will learn how to make a wrap rope beaded keychain, and some traditional beading knowledge/skills.

All Supplies provided

Tea/Coffee & Lunch provided

Each Participant will recieve a custom made wrap rope stand to use in the workshop and then at home. These have been all handmade by Lilly’s husband Bill.

Come learn traditional skills from living knowledge holder

Auntie Lilly Lenhart of Lilly Bear Creations.

More about the Knowledge Holder

ROOTS : Driftpile First Nation

NOW : Sherwwod Park

Tansi, my business name is Lilly bear Kreeations…I have been beading since I was 10 or 11…I learned from a elder in pg..and have picked up many skills since..I love to create new pieces of beadwork..and it warms my heart when someone loves my work and wears it with pride…I learned how to sew from my mother..and to crochet..knit..at a early age as well…my mother learned these skills in residential school..and said that was the only good thing she learned there…and wouldn’t talk aboat anything that happened to her or her siblings there…I am married to my husband bill for 25 years…I have 2 children Jolene and my son Dustin…I have 2 granddaughters and 2 great granddaughters…I have been clean and sober for 31 years…I have worked in the service industry for many years and have recently retired..I have always believed in helping people along the way in my lifetime..just like my mom always did..if you can put a smile on someone’s face with just a simple gesture…do it!!!