Beaded violets - a master class on weaving beautiful flowers
Beading is a kind of arts and crafts and is a rather fascinating activity for all ages. Now on the Internet there is enough such information, you can find absolutely everything. The main thing is an informative resource. And this type of arts and crafts requires desire and patience, because it is a labor-intensive process, but very interesting and exciting.
This article is designed for a beginner, as well as for those who have already tried themselves in this technique. It offers simple options for weaving terry violets and a step-by-step demonstration of the process. Terry violets woven by this technique will never bloom and will delight in their beauty for many, many years.
Basic supplies
The work begins step by step: first, the necessary materials, tools are prepared.
Important! It is necessary to choose the basic colors of beads for the future beauty. Those who work for the first time, if possible, purchase large beads. So the work process itself will be easier to master and there will be no confusion between the loops. The size of the beads is indicated on the packing container: the smaller the number, the larger the material.
What you need to work:
- Beads of the main color and additional color;
- 50 g of green, for the leaves;
- Yellow beads (stamens);
- copper wire (0.3 mm);
- scissors;
- pliers;
- a small pot, can be replaced by a piece of Styrofoam;
- green ribbon to decorate the stem;
- PVA glue to hold it in place.
Workplace
The best option is to have a separate workspace. However, this may not be the case. The main thing is the maximum comfort in the working process. Nothing should distract you and everything should be at your fingertips.
The table and chair must be comfortable, and the room must be well lit. Maximum comfort of the workplace will create a quality and fruitful work process.
Master class
It takes quite a lot of time to make terry violets from beads, but it is worth it. Even if you are a beginner in this business, the step-by-step instructions will show that such a masterpiece is quite simple, only "patience and labor will change everything", agrees the proverb. Further attached is a more detailed scheme with a description of the violet beads.
Stamens .
On a wire of 25 cm, string four beads. You need to make a loop of them: pass the end of the wire from 1 to 4, carefully tighten. Then on the wire underneath, pass 4 beads. The longest part of the wire weave through 1, loop again, tighten. By analogy weave 3, 4 loops.
Thus, there should be 4 loops. Then they are twisted into several turns of wire. Made her bend at 90 C, string four beads. Then everything is simple: the flower is taken and a stamen is inserted.
Flowers .
First weave petals, and then assemble into a single flower. Sam petal weave an arc-shaped.
Take a wire of 45 cm, strung 7 beads, loop (1 into 7). Then on its long end strung the required number of beads and made 2, 3 loops similarly.
Then we string 4 pcs. in this scheme: 1 purple; 3 white; 1 purple;
Wire with beads passed between 2, 3 loops, carefully tightened. Again a loop, which is fastened between the other 2. Loops are braided around the circumference, and at the end you need to twist the ends of the wire with each other.
The flower will need 5 petals.
Petals are stacked on top of each other, twisting. They become like a fan. It remains to straighten them, bend them to go beautiful round flower shape.
Important! Tighten and fix you need after 2 similar terry petals.
Leaves .
Perhaps a very difficult part of the beading. Weave leaves beads in green and its shades. Leaves will be round, smaller and larger.
- The leaf is of medium size. Wire 75 cm, a loop is made, 12 beads are threaded, 5 turns are made, the leaf is ready. They should be 7 pcs.
- Large. Wire 95 cm, loop is formed, 14 beads are strung, 6 turns is done. It comes out a large, will need 4. After woven leaves, wrapped around the wire with flowers and leaves thread through PVA.
The process of assembling
There and all the parts are ready, proceed to the assembly of a complete composition. First connect the stamens with the flowers, then the leaves. You can use the green ribbon to hide the glimpses of the wire. Just take it and wrap the ribbon around it.
All that's left is to assemble everything in a bouquet, tie the ribbon around it. That's it, the flower arrangement is ready. It is beautiful and expensive to look! Then take foam plastic, make a hole in it to insert the floral arrangement.
It remains to plant the bouquet in a prepared pot. And all on this the process of violets from beads with their own hands is considered complete.
These sweetest little indoor flowers, do not have a pleasant fragrance, but their beauty is not inferior to natural flowers. So colorful and bright look that anyone who owns them will be enchanted.
As it turned out, to create something with their own hands, to decorate the room, workplace or make a gift is not difficult. All it takes is a little desire and a little free time. After such a master class, it is possible to continue mastering this technology on your own and learn new schemes for beginners. Develop creatively and make everyone happy with their masterpieces.
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