Tulips are beautiful spring flowers, the most tender and the most feminine. It is with them for the majority of the beautiful half of humanity that a wonderful holiday of March 8 is associated. Tulips bloom in early spring to please all the girls. Today we will tell you how to make beautiful plants bloom in your apartment all year round. To do this, you just need to learn how to weave a tulip from beads. A bouquet of these spring flowers will be an excellent decoration for your kitchen, bathroom, as well as a wonderful holiday gift. To make such a charming craft is not at all difficult. The main thing is to be patient and learn the technique of parallel weaving.
Material for work
Beaded tulips for beginners are made from small beads. You will need green and purple beads. You can make a flower of any color. For example, pink, yellow or white. It is clear that beads of the corresponding color will also be needed. For stringing you will need a wire and a needle with a thread. Also need green thread for the stem and frame (hard wire) for the stem. To make tulips in a pot, also prepare clay, drainage, gypsum, PVA glue and green wool threads. A bouquet of tulips can be "planted" in a pot or an ordinary basket. As ornaments, you can use decorative grass and butterflies.
Appearance of the model
The tulip from beads will consist of six petals: three internal and three external. A pestle with stamens will be located inside. The stem of the flower will be decorated with two leaves. You can make one flower. Such a model will look great in a small glass vase. If you plan to make a tulip as a gift, you can "plant" it in a decorative pot. The bottom of such a pot is covered with stones with glue or sprinkled with beads. The most patient craftswomen can make an original bouquet of tulips from beads. Such a work will become a real masterpiece of design art and will fit perfectly into the interior of a bathroom or kitchen.
Making a petal
To understand how to weave tulips from beads, you do not need to have special skills. The main thing is to follow the proposed instructions and compare the result of your work with the photographs and drawings proposed in this article. Each petal consists of two halves. For the first rug, you will need a wire 40 centimeters long. First, we string two rows of purple beads, 5 pieces each. We twist the wire below, and then string on a new row of 6 beads on each side. We connect the last bead of each row with the last bead of the previous row. And then we begin to weave in the next row in the opposite direction on each side. At the same time, in the third row we get one more bead, that is, 7 pieces. Thus, we make 6 rows on the right and on the left side. The last row, consisting of 10 beads, should return to the base of the semi-petal. We continue to weave the tulip from the beads and proceed to the manufacture of its second half. We also take a wire 40 centimeters long and carry out the same weaving pattern. Only now we pass the wire through the extreme beads of the corresponding rows of the first half. At the end, we pass the end of the wire through the beads of the outer rows of the second half and gently tighten it by passing it through the last bead twice. So, we got one petal. In total, they need 6: three external and three internal.
Pestle making
We continue to make tulip from beads. Now do the pestles. To do this, we string 5 beads of white or yellow color on a wire 20 centimeters in length, put the wire through the last bead twice, and then also string two more five beads each. This will be the stigma of our pestle. We take another wire - 30 centimeters long. Parallel weaving we carry out the workpiece in three rows of 5 beads. We close the part into the tube, passing the wire from the last row to the first. Tighten the wire carefully. Now we take our stigma, stretch it inside this tube and twist all the ends of the wire together. Thus, we have got a beautiful pestle.
Stamen Making
To make a stamen, we need a wire of 20 centimeters. You can take green or black beads. For the manufacture of each stamen we string 9 beads. All you need to do 3 stamens. It remains to twist together the base of the pestle wire and stamens. The pestle is placed in the center, and the stamens are staggered in relation to the stigmas of the pestle, around it.
Flower assembly
Now we need to collect our original tulip from beads. First, carefully form a series of inner petals around the pestle and stamens, twisting the wire together. Then we attach the outer petals around, arranging them in a checkerboard pattern with respect to the first row. We continue to twist the wire, forming a dense stem. We fix it firmly at the base of our model.
Making leaflets for the stem
For a tulip, you need to make two leaves. The weaving pattern will be the same as that of the petals of the bud. Only need will be green beads. For the petal, you need to string two rows of 50 beads on the wire, bend the wire in the middle. Then, twisting the wire below, string one more bead, and then continue weaving the second row. Thus, six rows should be completed, ending at the bottom, where the wire needs to be twisted, fixing the petal.
Stalk decoration
In order for our tulip to be durable, the stem can be additionally twisted with wire frame. Next, the stem is tightly wrapped with green floss thread , starting from the base of the bud. Then we fasten the leaves to the stem. The base of the flower is fixed with wire, and then we wrap it around with floss. Carefully spread out all the leaves, giving them a natural look. So, now you know how to make a tulip from beads. It turns out to be very tender and romantic. Such a flower will be a wonderful decoration for your desktop or kitchen. If you have the patience, then make a bouquet of these charming spring flowers. From them you can make a wonderful basket as a gift for March 8 or any other holiday.
Decorate crafts
To make a gift you will need a pot or basket, plasticine, drainage, gypsum, PVA glue and green wool threads. To get started, take a little plasticine and put it on the bottom of the pot or basket. We put flowers, fixing them with plasticine. We take a drain and pour it into a pot so that the basket is not too heavy. Then fill the plaster and leave the craft for a couple of hours to allow the plaster to dry. Pour PVA glue on top and lay out woolen threads or decorative grass. Leave the craft for three hours. The composition can be decorated with an original butterfly, which is attached to a flower or to the handle of a basket. Such a gift will bring a sense of spring, warmth and create a romantic mood. The technique of making a tulip can be used to create other crafts from beads. For example, a basic bud pattern can be the basis for a beautiful brooch or hair clip. It will be nice to wear it yourself, and you can also give it to colleagues, girlfriends or relatives.