Beadwork is an exciting and fascinating activity that allows you to create unique products - brooches, earrings, necklaces, animal figures, trees, flowers. If you begin to comprehend the basics of making various crafts from glass beads, beads and beads, then this article is for you. In it we will tell you how to make a flower from a bead - forget-me-not.
At first glance, it might seem that the manufacture of this elegant craft requires a high level of skill, but in fact it is within the power of every needlewoman, you just need to be patient.
How to make a flower from beads: step by step instructions
To complete this beautiful craft you will need:
- beads (No. 10) of blue, green, yellow colors - for making petals and leaves of a plant;
- 0.2 mm copper wire;
- thick wire for the stem;
- strong thread for fixing structural details and green thread;
- vase or basket.
How to make a flower from beads: forget-me-not technology
The first stage of work will be the weaving of single flowers. We take a thin copper wire, about 20 cm long. We carry out a flower from beads, the scheme of work is as follows. We string blue beads on it - 6 pcs. - and place it on one end of the wire, backing at least 5 cm from the edge. Now we pass the other end in the opposite direction, through the last bead (from the other end of the wire). We get a loop of 5 beads. Next, we make another loop according to the same principle, collecting 6 beads on the long end of the wire and passing it through the first bead of six in the opposite direction. Move the second petal closer to the first and tighten. Using the same principle, we make 3 more loops and close them to each other.
Now we pass the end of the working wire towards the center, through the bead, which is located at the base of the first loop. So we will connect all the petals into a flower. Now you need to make the core of forget-me-nots: we put a yellow bead (1 pc.) On the end of the wire and pass it through the bead located at the base of loop No. 4, and we draw the wire from the center of the product. Pull the wire and twist both ends together. Everything, now you know how to make a flower from beads - a gentle forget-me-not. Using this simple technique, make a lot of such flowers to get a magnificent bouquet. For each flower, 21 fragments are required.
Beaded flowers for beginners: a bouquet of forget-me-nots
Now we need to arrange the stem of the forget-me-not. To do this, use a green thread, which wrap the wire. You need to decorate the stem to a length of about 3 cm. Now we turn to the manufacture of leaflets, using parallel weaving for this. We take the wire (45 cm long) and collect the beads according to the following scheme:
Row number | The number of beads, pcs. |
1 | 1 |
2 | 2 |
3 | 3 |
4 | 4 |
5 | 5 |
6 | 6 |
7 | 7 |
8 | 7 |
9 | 7 |
10 | 7 |
eleven | 6 |
12 | 5 |
thirteen | 4 |
14 | 3 |
fifteen | 2 |
Everything, one leaf is ready, it remains only to wrap the wire under it with green threads (about 4 cm of wire is formed). For one forget-me-not, you need 3 leaves. After the manufacture of leaflets, you can begin to assemble the product.
How to make a flower from beads: the final stage of work
In order to collect all the details, first we twist the flowers in three pieces together, leaving segments of the stem 1.5 cm long under each element. For each forget-me-not, we made 21 details, so we get 7 inflorescences. Now we draw up the stem with green threads under each of the seven inflorescences (3 cm). For the flower, we use a thick copper wire, fix one inflorescence on it and wrap the stem with green thread. Then, in turn, we attach to the main stem all the remaining 6 inflorescences, trying to arrange them in a circle, one slightly lower than the other. Do not forget to hide the wire with green threads. After attaching all the inflorescences, add leaves and complete the winding. That's all, now you know how to make a flower from beads. By the same principle, several more forget-me-nots are formed and a lush, beautiful bouquet is formed.