Cornflower beads - master class on weaving

Using beads, you can do it yourselfany decoration for your home. Many needlewomen love to weave flowers out of it. They are very similar to living ones, especially beaded cornflowers. They can be made in different colors: from pale blue to dark blue, creating a whole bunch. True, it may take a lot of time and knowledge of the basics of bead weaving to create it. For the rest, even a beginning needlewoman can cope with the work.

What will it take to work?

To make cornflowers from beads with your own hands, you need to prepare all the necessary materials and tools:

- 10-15 grams of blue beads;

- 5-10 grams of blue beads;

- 5 grams of green beads;

- wire 0.2 mm thick (5 m for each flower);

- green floss threads or floral ribbon;

- wire cutters for working with wire;

- organizer or palette for beads.

Only then can we start to weave cornflowersfrom beads. A master class for making them assumes that each part of the flower will be created separately, and only then will they be merged into a single composition.

Outer petals weave

1.For one petal, you need to take a wire 50 cm long and strung on it 3 blue beads. Then, using the technique of parallel weaving, skip the wire through the 2 extreme beads in the opposite direction. Tighten the wire tightly so that a “needle” is formed in its middle.

2Next, at one of the ends, dial another 4 beads and thread the wire in the opposite direction through 2 middle beads. Again, tightly pull the wire, get another "needle". On the same side, weave another similar needle out of beads, and on the other, two. There should be a total of 5. On this, the first row of the petal is finished.

3For the second row, dial 7 blue beads at one end of the wire. And the other end to pass through it in the opposite direction. Tighten the wire more tightly so that the row of beads is exactly under the "needles".

4.All the other 6 rows are woven also in the technique of parallel weaving, only in each row the number of pieces is reduced by one. Thus, in the 8th row there will be only one bead. But this does not stop creating cornflowers from beads. The weaving scheme continues with the manufacture of the sepals.

6At one end of the wire, dial 7 green beads, and at the other - 8. Then thread the end of the wire through the 8th bead and tighten the wire pieces as close as possible to each other. At the end, make several revolutions around the axis to secure the first outer petal for the cornflower. In total for each flower they will need 7 pieces.

Internal petals weave

1.The heart of the flower can be woven from darker beads, for example, blue. For her, take a piece of wire 40 cm long and put on 3 beads. Then, just as for the outer petals, drag one of the ends of the wire in the opposite direction. The result should be a small "needle".

2. Make a total of 11 needles in exactly the same way. It is most convenient to place the first one in the middle of the wire, and then weave 5 on one side and 5 on the other.

3Then collect them all in such a way that they stand upright, but at the same time have a semblance of a ball. Visually, it will resemble the inside of a flower. Obviously, beaded cornflowers will each have one such center. So, their number will be the same.

Leaf making

Of course, to complete the weaving of the cornflowersneed to make more leaves. In these colors, they are thin strips, and make them will not be difficult. To do this, it is enough to dial 25 beads of green color onto a length of wire 20 cm long and then thread one of the ends in the opposite direction through 24 beads, holding the first one. Tighten the wire and secure, twisting 3-4 times the ends between themselves.

Cornflower made of beads allowsuse any number of leaves. Usually produced at least 3-4 pieces for each flower. Sometimes these leaves are created by parallel weaving, starting and ending with a row of 1 bead, and the middle consists of rows of 2-3 beads.

Flower Assembling

After all the blanks are done, you canproceed to the final stage - to collect in a single unit cornflowers of beads. The master class in this part will require the needlewoman to be extremely attentive. From the sequence of work will depend on the beauty of the finished bouquet.

1. The process begins with the assembly of external petals. Put all 7 pieces in a line, thread a 30 cm length of wire through the bottom blue bead. Petals are strung on it.

2Then pull the wire in such a way that all the petals are pressed against each other closely. They must form a bud. Now align the ends of the horizontal wire and twist it together. The remaining segment to mask inside.

3If you slightly straighten the outer petals, in the middle you will be able to place pre-cooked inner petals. To do this, it is enough to pass them through the center of the cornflower. Now you can connect all the pieces of wire from the bottom to each other.

4.Using green threads or floral ribbon, we mask the wire under the cornflower stalk. At a distance of 3 cm from the flower is placed the first leaf, and then another 3 - the next, and so on, until the stem ends.

5. Fasten the threads at the end of the stem with the help of knots, and the tape with ordinary glue. Excess wire is simply cut with wire cutters. Straighten the outer petals and needles on them, and this work is completed.

In the same way other cornflowers are made of beads. Their number in the bouquet can be any, but not less than 3. They can also be supplemented with other flowers from beads.

What else do you need to know?

Taking this master class as a basis, you can doa bouquet of cornflowers made of beads, which will consist not only of blossoming flowers, but also of buds and half-revealed flowers. One from the other will differ only in the number of petals. For a fully closed bud, only 3 outer petals without a middle will be needed, and for a half-open one, the middle is already needed, but it will consist of only 2 stamens. And if you need a half-opened flower, you should make the middle of 5 "needles".

It is worth noting that you can collect allharvested flowers not only in one bouquet, but also in one flower. For example, you can combine the bud and a fully opened cornflower. Also, the middle is made not only from beads, but also from glass beads, replacing the last 2 beads in each "needle" on it.

Conclusion

Bead weaving attracts more people, butNot all work is done by inexperienced needlewomen. Another thing is weaving flowers; it is especially easy to make beads of cornflowers with your own hands. For beginners and making the first steps in beadwork, their execution is perfect. Such work will be easy to boast, decorating a desk at work or at home with a bouquet.