Beautiful, bright and at the same time very tender bells made of beads can be a great gift for a girl on any occasion.
They will successfully replace the standard bouquet, and most importantly, they will never fade! In this article, we will share with our readers an informative master class on the production of these elegant wildflowers
. Bells made of beads are quite simple, so even a novice beadworker can create a wonderful bouquet. We hope you succeed!
Bells from beads: a master class. Cooking Supplies
Before you begin the creative process, you need to purchase everything you need. Of course we need beads. We will create our charming bells from glass beads of blue, yellow and green shades. If you wish, you can pick up beads and other colors for work. For example, bells made of lilac, white, lilac and pink beads look great. We advise you to buy not Chinese, but more expensive and high-quality Czech glass beads for making flowers. Products made from it look presentable and luxurious. To make a bouquet of five bells you will need 15 g of blue (No. 10), 3 g of yellow (No. 12) and 7 g of green (No. 10) beads. It is also necessary to prepare nippers, a thin copper wire (0.3 mm), scissors, PVA glue and green floss threads, which will be needed to decorate the stem. If desired, you can buy a small vase for a bouquet.
The first stage of work: we perform the petals
After acquiring all the necessary materials, we get to work. One flower will consist of several elements: five blue petals, which are partially connected to each other, three yellow "stamens" and five green sepals. Let's start weaving a bell from beads by making petals using the parallel weaving technique. We cut the wire about 55 cm long. We string three blue beads on it. The first end of the working wire is threaded through two beads towards the second. We pull all the beads to the stop, shifting them to the middle of the wire. The result is two rows: the first consists of one bead, and the second of two. Next, we continue knitting according to the scheme: 3-3-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-2-1 (the number indicates the number of beads in a row). Then proceed to the second petal by analogy with the first. Having completed five rows, we begin to attach the second petal using the working wire to the first. Using the same principle, create the third and fourth petals. And the fifth is attached not only to the fourth, but also to the first. The result is a delicate and beautiful bell bud.
Second stage: weaving the middle of the flower and sepals
To make the "stamens" of the bell, cut off a wire about 45 cm long. On it we string a column of yellow beads 3 cm long. Then we make a loop and twist the wire. We repeat the procedure two more times and get the middle of the bell, consisting of three "loops". Now squeeze the wire and form narrow, elongated stamens. The figure shows what the core of the flower should look like. Now we turn to the manufacture of sepals. For this we will use green beads. We cut the wire about 40 cm long. We collect eight beads on it. Then we pass one wire end through three beads in the opposite direction, excluding the very first. On the second free edge of the wire we string four more beads. Twist the ends of the wire together twice. It turns out the first "petal". Now on each end of the wire we will do two more of the same parts and twist the ends of the wire several times. You should get a neat needle sepal.
The third stage of work: the manufacture of leaflets bell
After making the bud, stamens and sepals, we proceed to the execution of the leaves. We will make them from green beads using a technique called "parallel weaving". Will have one sheet of our bells from beads. The weaving pattern is as follows: 1-2-2-3-3-4 * 10-3-2-1 (these numbers indicate the number of beads in a row). Having strung all the beads, we get a long and narrow leaf. If desired, you can modify the scheme, increasing or decreasing the number of rows. So you get longer or, conversely, shorter leaves.
The fourth stage of work: flower assembly
After all the bell details are ready, you can proceed with the assembly. Take the blue petals and insert the yellow core into them. Give the bud a beautiful shape. Place a needle sepals under the bell rim. Lock the ends of the wires. Attach a leaf to the stem. Continue twisting the wire to form a stalk. That's all - our flower is almost ready. It remains only to decorate the stem with green yarn, floss thread (they will need to be fixed with PVA glue) or
floral tape. This is necessary so that the product becomes more accurate and aesthetic. That's all - a beautiful and delicate bell is ready. Now, by analogy, we perform several more flowers. After all the bells from beads are made, you can collect them in a bouquet and put in a vase. I wish you creative success!