Having learned how to make a cat out of beads, you must first decide: what type of jewelry you want to create. Volumetric or volumetric? What will it be - a brooch or an embroidery? Work with this material, depending on the execution technique, has its own nuances.
Create with desire
It is impossible to give definite advice on how to make a cat out of beads. An animal can be made three-dimensional, two-dimensional, like a figurine, like a brooch, sewed onto clothes in the form of an applique, inserted as a fragment into a bracelet.
You can use the schemes, patterns, calculations. In order to work with beads, special skills are not required. The main thing is desire and accuracy.
General tips for working with beads
- Prepare the workplace. Good lighting and free space are important. All the required materials and fixtures must be laid out so that they can be taken without lifting up.
- It is advisable to have a separate container or pouch for each color. Some craftswomen fit for this a plastic tab fromcandy box. Of course, after the sweets are eaten.
- You should decide what the beads will be strung on. A wire is better for making a standing figurine or brooch, and then a needle will not be needed: the beads are strung directly on it.
How to weave a cat from beads if you decide to put on beads on threads? You can do without a needle. To do this, it is enough to cover the end of the thread with glue “Moment”. The rigid tip of the base acts as a needle.
Synthetic thread is suitable without special processing. Cotton will have to be waxed to make the beads slip more easily. If you can’t do without a needle, you need to choose the thinnest - No. 15.
The pattern or pattern that you want to focus on while working can be found in handicraft magazines or compiled on your own.
From a flat blank - volumetric figure
How to make a cat out of beads for those who have never worked with this material?
Easiest way
- Draw a diagram of the notebook cells or take it from the magazine. The easiest way is to bend the notebook sheet as a material before cutting and transfer any picture of a cat standing on its paws through carbon paper . Then expand the sheet and copy half the image to the clean side of the inflection line.
- Calculate how many bead beads are needed per row. Write near the circled contour so that you do not have to re-read each time.
You can string beads in parallel in a more complex way or in a row, interlacing rows through 5-6 beads.
How to make a cat of different colors from beads, everyone decides for himself and chooses the appropriate material. The main thing is not to forget to highlight eyes with contrasting beads when weaving a cat's head. For beginners it is better not to abuse the color, you can get confused.
After completing the work, a “cat” skin is obtained. It is enough to bend it in half - and the cat from the beads will stand on its paws.
It’s just as easy to make a sitting kitten. Beads are strung on rings of wire, each of which is slightly narrower than the previous one.
The tail and ears are made separately, the wire with beads is fixed by twisting, the ends are cut off. The nose and eyes stand out after the figure is ready.
Making brooches
How to make a cat brooch from beads? An approximate calculation is given for a small figure (about 1.5 cm).
- Prepare the beads in black and yellow.
- Cut a piece of wire (60 cm).
- 3 pcs. string black beads in the middle and by passing the wire cross the triangle crosswise.
- Add another 16 black beads and pairwise pass through the other end of the wire. The double row of closely adjacent beads is the tail.
- The transition to the hind legs 5 - 5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1 - 5. Each foot is made separately. Cut the wire, hide in beads, twist and mask. Then cut it off.
Ears pattern: 1 - 2 in 2 rows.
Part with chest and head + forelegs:
- Row: 6 black beads.
- Row: black - yellow - 2 black - 1 yellow - 1 black.
- The remaining black rows according to the scheme: 6 - 4 - 4 - 3 - 3 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 5.
Parts are folded together and secured with wire. The ends are hiding inward.
A little bit about working methods
If for a cat made of beads the wire is chosen as low, then for fastening the rows are twisted together. It is necessary to ensure that this happens at the same level, through a row, otherwise the figure will look messy.
In the case when the beads were strung on threads, the method of fastening is this: reverse needle retraction - and again a step forward.
The ends tightly close together. If the thread is synthetic, kapron, then it is better to burn it so that the beads do not fly off.
How to make a cat brooch from beads so that you can wear? Screwing directly to the product or sewing on a mount is undesirable. With this action, the entire product can be ugly pulled.
It is best to cut a piece of skin in the shape of a cat and glue along the contour with glue. This must be done very carefully to avoid leakage of the sticky substance to the front side. Clay "Moment" does not warp the product and does not spread.
The pin is attached to a leather lining.