Any needlework carries away. Of course, this is a monotonous, soothing activity, the result of which will be a pleasant handmade souvenir. Beadwork is one way to take your hands and do something very interesting on your own, by including your creative imagination.
This article describes how to make a butterfly out of beads. Several schemes and methods of different difficulty levels are presented. You can weave beautiful insects from beads of different shapes and sizes, and find different uses for them: use as a brooch, complement other handmade composition with bright butterflies, decorate flower pots and so on.
Let's start with the easiest and fastest option to create a butterfly.
Beadwork Basics
It is worth noting that weaving butterflies from beads with their own hands does not require a high skill. The schemes are extremely simple, and you will definitely be able to create something interesting. Use bright beads, pleasant summer flowers, settled in flower pots, these butterflies will remind you of a bright, warm summer.
When working on a butterfly, do not forget to monitor the thread tension if you want the beads in your butterfly to lie flat and the product to not warp.
Before starting weaving, you should know that the choice of material is the key to beautiful work. Choose high-quality beads and a durable wire or fishing line. Make sure that the size of the beads is the same and does not leave paint on the hands.
The best and most durable beads are Japanese, as well as glass beads. Now you know that before making a butterfly from beads, you should carefully consider the choice of source material.
Butterfly for beginners
If you are a beginner in beadwork, then this workshop is for you. You can also suggest weaving little butterflies to children is a very simple way of weaving, which everyone can do.
So, how to make a butterfly from beads? For beginners, a detailed instruction is useful. To create you will need:
- beads of several colors;
- suitable wire;
- scissors.
Antennae
This simple butterfly looks very pretty if you use bright saturated colors. To begin, measure a piece of wire 30 cm long. The weaving of the butterfly begins with a mustache. Bend the wire in half, from the center, near the bend, retreat a centimeter on each side. Put one bead on the right end of the wire and place 1 cm from the fold. Twist the wire together until bent. In the same way you need to do with the second part. You will get small horns with beads on the ends.
Wings
Connect the two ends together and put on two more beads. This is the beginning of the torso of a small butterfly. Having put on beads, do not fasten them with folds, spread the wire to the sides. On the right wire, dial 14 beads, make a loop of them. To do this, pull the end of the wire through the first bead put on. Tightening, bring 14 beads as close as possible to the beginning of the abdomen, they should be as close as possible to each other. Do the same with the left side of the weave.
Two wings are ready, it remains to do two more below. To do this, put 9 beads on the right wire and also make a loop, stretching the end through the first and bringing the wing as close as possible to the weave. And of course, repeat this action on the left side.
Now bring the pieces of wire together and put on the two beads again. Fasten the weave by twisting the two wires together and cutting off the excess.
Now you know how to quickly and easily make a butterfly from beads. The weaving pattern described above is presented below in the article. See how to make a little beauty. Take several flowers for its weaving, and you will definitely get a bright and beautiful creation.
Wire butterfly
The following is a more complicated master class, with a description of how to make a butterfly from beads and wire. It is as simple as in the first version, however there are more details, and such a butterfly looks even more realistic.
In order to weave a butterfly you will need:
- several colors of beads;
- wire;
- scissors.
Abdomen
First we will sew the abdomen for the butterfly. To do this, measure 20 cm of wire. Pick one bead and place it in the center of the line. In order to weave the second row on one end of the wire, put on one bead, and pull the other end of the wire through this bead in the opposite direction. Tighten the row firmly, adhering to the middle of the wire.
Thus, you need to weave the entire body. To weave a 3 row, dial 2 beads and also stretch the opposite end in the opposite direction. Follow this pattern and you will get a great abdomen:
- 1-2 row - 1 bead;
- 3-4 row - 2 beads;
- 5 row - 1 bead;
- 6-7 row - 2 beads;
- 8 row - 1 bead;
- 9 row - 2 beads;
- 10 row - 1 bead.
Antennae butterflies
After completing the 10th row, weave a butterfly's antennae. Measure a few centimeters from the end of weaving, about 3-4, place 1 bead of dark color there, bend the wire on it and twist the end to the very end, to the beginning of weaving. Do the same with the second wire. Fasten the wire and cut off the excess.
Lower wings
Now weave the lower, small wings. Measure out a new piece of wire and extend it into the 4th row of the calf. Position the wire so that the ends are the same length, that is, fold in half. On one end, dial 9 beads, make a loop and fasten it with several turns 5 mm from the beginning of weaving.
For the next row, dial 16 beads, you can take a different color. Make a loop and secure with two turns.
Now dial another 30 beads, form a loop and secure with 3-4 turns of wire. Cut excess. You need to make the same wing on the other side of the butterfly.
The upper wings are braided separately, for this, take a piece of wire 60 cm long and collect 22 beads on it. Place them in the center of the wire. For the second row you will need 18 beads. Dial them on one end of the wire, and pull them in the opposite direction with the other end.
On the left piece of wire, dial 19 beads, and on the right 4. Draw the right end of the wire through 18 beads, leaving one. Tighten the weave tightly.
For the next row on the left segment, dial 18 beads, and on the right 5. Tighten the weave in the same way as the previous row, leaving one piece.
On the left segment, dial 1 bead. Take a different color of beads, which weaved the first circle of the lower wing and dial 15 beads of this color. On the right segment, type in only 3 beads of the main color. Fasten the row, leaving one pink bead.
And again, on the left segment, dial 14 blue beads and 5 blue on the right, but this time fasten the row by stretching the right piece of wire through all the beads.
On the right end, dial 15 blue beads and bend with an arc, pass a wire through them and through another bead the first of the first row. Tighten the wire.
On the upper segment, type another 5 blue beads, and to fix the row, pull the lower segment in the opposite direction through the beads.
On the lower segment, dial 3 beads, turn the wing over and attach to the body, passing the lower segment through the 6th row of the body, and the upper one through 7.
Weave a similar wing and attach them to the body.
It’s easy to make a butterfly from beads. Small, attractive, thin, using several colors of beads and a lot of wire.
Do you know how to make a butterfly brooch from beads? Using hot melt adhesive, glue a pin to your body and you will get a nice decoration for clothes. And if you stick a hairpin or invisibility, then the butterfly will look very nice on your hair.
Butterfly from beads parallel weaving
An interesting butterfly can be made from beads or beads. She's definitely alive. Please note that the product is made using the parallel weaving technique . This method is a bit like embroidery, you can even use patterns for embroidery. Each row of beads is typed separately, according to the figure, the rows are fastened by passing a thread or fishing line through the beads of the previous row. This is a fairly simple, but painstaking and monotonous technique. But you can create butterflies with any pattern on the wings. The finished butterfly will make an excellent hairpin and a nice brooch for a light blouse.
Experiment with colors, sizes, internal ornament of wings, you will get interesting crafts in the form of butterflies for decoration, they will always find application in the hands of a creative person.
Now you know how to make a butterfly from beads. These simple workshops will keep you busy for hours. Weave with pleasure, decorating yourself and the world around. As we have said, butterflies can be used as cute brooches, hairpins, in addition to bright, summer compositions, and decoration of home flowers.
Thus, you can even make a bow tie from beads. It is enough to just attach the product to the tape with a clasp, as well as use strict and restrained colors in the performance.