We continue to learn to master the technique of beading. This time in this article you will be shown a small master class on making a pink water lily, which in nature has an even more beautiful and perfect look. The workflow is quite simple, especially for beginners. You can decorate your hair with a ready-made flower by attaching it to a headband or hairpin, as well as complement your home interior.
The following materials will be useful to you in your work, which will be listed below:
- pink beads, as well as yellow, silver-cream and light green;
- wire matching the color of the bud itself.
A master class on making a water lily begins with a piece of wire, on which eleven beads should be strung, and then twisted into a loop. Step back a little and roll the buttonhole again. Continue such manipulations until you have twelve loops. Run another row of yellow glass, weaving for about twenty buttonholes. Silver-cream beads should be placed in the center. These buttonholes should consist of nine beads. In the inner row, it is enough to complete eight similar curls, and in the outer row about twelve.
Next, we move on to assembling the middle of the flower. Silver loops should be on the inside, and yellow on the outside. We turn to the manufacture of petals of a pink hue. This beading will be interesting, as it is a bit like French. The difference lies in the chain of single beads. String one thing on a piece of wire, and place it in the center. Then again string 1 element, and with the second tip of the wire go into the opposite hole, and tighten. Repeat exactly the same steps with two more elements to form a chain of beads. String five glass pieces at the two ends, then go through one piece with them. As a result, you will form a ring.
Again, string eight glass pieces on 1 edge and climb to the top of the ring. Pull the base material through the bead. Add eight more pieces and return to the starting position by turning around the wire. Pick up as many beads as necessary so that the bead arches are tightly attached to each other. Continue weaving the plant until you complete the chain that you made the very first one. These petals will need only six pieces. If you want to make larger petals for a water plant, then add two more elements in each row.
It remains to weave large green foliage. To do this, collect seven pieces of glass of the corresponding color and again weave the chain. After these blanks are made, you can start assembling the water lily. This must be done in stages. First, small petals need to be wound to the core, then 6 large petals and three green leaves. Now the water flower is ready. If you are interested, you can consider other options for weaving this flower according to the patterns that will be shown in this article. And in order to consolidate the material covered, we recommend that you watch training videos in which experienced craftswomen will share their secrets in beading.
Schemes for weaving water lilies from beads
Video: For beginners in beading water lilies
Beading is a fascinating activity that requires patience and attention. But the result able to surprise your family and friends. Being engaged in beadwork, you can create - a beaded bonsai - that will pleasantly update the interior, or make a panel from, or put a chic bouquet of lilies woven from beads in a vase. It is the weaving of lilies: white, tiger, unblown, water and Amazonian - our article will be devoted to.
To create a white lily you will need:
- beads: white, yellow, light green, brown and green;
- wire: 0.4mm thick and thick for stem;
- green threads, floral tape.
- Weave petals in the technique of French weaving. For one flower you need 6 pieces.
- On the main wire, which will be in the center, string: light green - 7 pcs., Yellow - 5 pcs. and white - 11 pcs.
- Dial on the side wire: light green - 6 pcs., Yellow - 7 pcs. and white - 11 pcs.
- On the working wire, string the beads in the reverse order: white - 17 pcs., yellow - 5 pcs. and light green - 5 pcs.
- On the next arcs, collect beads so that the yellow beads go in steps.
- Make 5 pairs of arcs and make sure that the tip of the petal is pointed.
- Do not fasten the sixth arc with beads to the main axis, but stepping back 10 beads from the top, twist the working thread through the previous row from the inside to the face.
- Go back.
- Do the same on the other side.
- Cut off the excess wire of the central axis at the top and tuck the remainder to the wrong side.
- In this technique, perform 6 petals.
- Move on to the creation of the pistil and stamens using the needle weaving technique.
- Wrap the stamens around the pistil with green threads.
- Now firmly attach the first row of three petals around the stamens.
- When it's ready, attach the second row of petals.
- The lily flower is ready.
For one branch you will need up to 3 pieces of flowers, you can have different sizes.
- weave 4 pairs of arcs using the French weaving technique.
The leaves should be about 5 cm long. For one branch, you need to make 6-8 leaves.
To make the branch look natural, you need to make 1-2 buds of a lily flower from beads.
To create a bud, you need to weave two petals and, putting a large bead between them, twist along the main axis, first at the top and then at the bottom.
Gather a branch: First, wind the buds on the hard wire, then the flowers and leaves. Wrap the stem wire with floral tape.
On such a bouquet can "fly" and.
How to make a beaded tiger lily for beginners
You will need:
- orange, black, brown, white, light and dark green beads;
- wire - 0.3 mm and thicker for the stem;
- green threads.
We will weave in the technique of parallel weaving. We start with the petals, you will need 6 of them for one flower:
We will weave 2 leaves. For this use green beads dark and light shades:
- Take a wire 100 cm long. In the 1st row there will be a light green bead.
- In the 2nd row - 2 of the same beads.
- In the 3rd row - 3 pcs.
- In the 4th row - 4 pcs.
- In the 5th row - 5 pcs.
- In the 6th row - 6 pcs.
- In the 7th row - 7 pcs.
- In the 8th row - 7 pcs.
- In the 9th row - 4 light, dark green, 4 light.
- In the 10th row - light, dark, 2 light, dark, 2 light, dark and light.
- In the 11th row - 2 light, dark, 2 light, 2 dark, 2 light, dark and light.
- In the 12th row - 2 light, dark, 2 light, 2 dark, 2 light, dark and light.
- In the 13th row - light, dark, light, 2 dark, light, 2 dark, light.
- In the 14th row - light, 3 dark, light, 2 dark, light.
- In the 15th row - light, dark, light, dark, light, 2 dark and light.
- In the 16th row - light, dark, light, 3 dark, light.
- In the 17th row - 5 dark and light.
- In the 18th row - similar to the 17th row.
- In the 19th row - 5 dark shades.
- In the 20th and 21st rows, 4 dark ones.
- In the 22nd row - 3 dark ones.
- At 23 - 1 dark.
To do this, take 30 cm of wire and collect 15 brown beads, placing them in the center of the wire.
Pass one end of the wire through the bead farthest from it in the opposite direction and tighten.
Align the ends of the wire and immediately string 30 pieces together on the two ends. white beads. The stamen is ready. For a flower, you need to weave 5 pcs.
- Twist the stamens together one at a time.
- Take green thread or floral tape and wrap around the stem of the flower.
- At some distance from the flower, attach the leaves with an additional wire.
In the photo, water lilies made of beads look very realistic. Such a lily can adequately decorate a corner of your home.
Let's look at the pattern of weaving a water lily from beads.
For this lily, weave 3 sets of petals using the mosaic weaving technique, each with 6 pieces: large, medium and small.
Beads choose delicate colors: white, pale pink and pale yellow.
Then gather all three levels together and sew. Make the middle of the beads strung on a fishing line.
- In part 2, a detailed description of the weaving of wide petals.
- Weave stamens and pistil.
- We make buds.
- We collect flowers.
- Leaf weaving technique.
- Collecting a branch.
We examined in detail the weaving of lilies in different techniques, you just have to try. If you are just starting out, then you can limit yourself to - a beaded keychain - in the shape of a lily or small - beaded earrings -. But if you have already mastered the weaving technique well, then on the eve of the New Year holidays, you can weave and.
Beaded lilies are one of the most beautiful flowers that can be obtained through the beading technique. With the help of French circular weaving, openwork petals of any shape are created, from which buds are then formed, as well as branches with flowers and leaves. From ready-made buds and branches, you can create flower arrangements in the form of wall panels. Homemade beaded flowers are also used in wedding floristry, including decorating the bride's bouquet.
Beaded tiger lilies
To create a tiger lily, we need beads of the following colors: dark amber, transparent amber and orange. Petals and sepals are formed from several shades of green beads. The proposed craft is made using cutting. The shape of the beads is cylindrical. In the light, the beads will shimmer with all the colors of the rainbow, and the flowers themselves will become an ideal bright interior decoration.
Algorithm for creating a lily from beads
For the main weave we use a thin wire with a diameter of 0.3. Petals and leaves are made on this wire. But to form a flower, we use a thicker wire with a diameter of 0.9. You can decorate the stem in order to hide the wire using floss threads or teip tape. Stamens and pistils are made separately. Orange beads No. 10 are suitable for stamens, large beads for pistils.
In the presented photos of beaded lilies, a manufacturing option is used, in which each branch contains two unblown buds and three large flowers. Each individual flower can be woven in different sizes, reducing or increasing the number of beads in the petals. We will place the smallest flower at the top of the branch, and the largest one at the bottom.
Making pistils and stamens
At the first stage, we make six stamens. To do this, we put 9 burgundy and 15 orange beads on a piece of wire. Then we thread the wire in the opposite direction only through the orange beads. As a result, we get a finished stamen in the form of an amber loop on an orange leg.
For the formation of pistils, we use three large amber beads from beads No. 6 or No. 8. We make these beads in a loop. For the legs we string 15 dark green beads.
leaf making
In addition to flowers, for each branch you also need to form leaves. We will make nine leaves of different sizes per branch. The smallest leaves will be located at the top, the largest - at the bottom.
For the smallest leaf, we use nine beads in the base. We will need to perform four rows of circular French weaving. We cut the wire about 40 cm long, leave the tip 5 cm and twist the loop. We string 9 green beads on the small tip, 11 on the long end. Then we make two turns around the base with a long wire. Similarly, we make an arc on the other side from the base. After each arc, we make two turns of the wire to fix it. In total, four arcs are obtained on each side.
The largest sheet will also be woven from four rows of arcs. We will use 25 beads at its base.
Making buds
For the manufacture of buds we use green and orange beads. The bud is created from three petals. Each petal is approximately half done in green and orange. For each bud, all petals should be the same size.
First, we make a loop on a piece of wire, stringing nine beads on a short edge (for example, 5 green and 4 orange). The element will consist of four arcs. In the finished petal, a beautiful color transition should be obtained, which should not be symmetrical. Therefore, in different rows we use different combinations of beads. For example, 43+50, 50+63 or 33+80.
To get a dense bud, we make a lump from the floral tape. We wind the tape in several layers on a wire 0.9. We bend three petals in the direction of the arcs so that we get a semicircle. Then we put them into each other, placing a dense lump of tape in the middle. We press all three petals to the lump with our fingers and twist the remaining ends of the wire from below. Now we wrap the leg-stalk with green floss threads.
We form the second bud half-open. We make it from three petals according to the scheme described above, but do not place a dense lump of teip tape inside. We complete the manufacture of the second bud by decorating the stem with floss threads.
Weaving lilies from beads
The most difficult stage is the weaving of lily flowers directly. Flowers will consist of bright spotted petals. We marked each shade of beads with the corresponding letter and painted the bead stringing scheme: how many elements of each color will be placed in what order.
To make one petal, we use a piece of wire 70 cm long. The lower part of the petal is made of darker amber beads, and the upper part is made of transparent light. In a number of places, dark beads will be interspersed low, due to which we will get spotted tiger petals.
Petal weaving pattern
When drawing up the scheme, we used the following designations for beads of different shades:
- a - transparent amber beads
- b - gold or orange color
- v - dark amber color
With the help of dark amber beads, we will get dark blotches. In the diagram, the number next to the designation of each color indicates how many beads of a given shade need to be strung.
We start weaving with the largest flower. At its base, we collect nine beads: 3a + 6b.
First arcs on both sides: 3a+9b. Second arcs on both sides: 3a+1v+3b+1v+3b+1v+3b. Third row of arcs: 3a+1v+2b+1v+3b+1v+2b+1v+3b+1v. Fourth row: 3a+1v+1a+1v+1b+1v+1b+1v+1b+1v+15b. Fifth row: 3a+1v+1a+1v+1b+1v+1b+1v+1b+15b. Sixth row: 2a+1v+1a+1v+1b+1v+25b.
The middle petal contains 11 beads in the base: 3a + 8b, and then the pattern increases in each row by several beads.
Formation of flowers and twigs
After making all the elements, you can first form a flower, and then a branch. Place the stamen and pistil in the center of the flower, then attach the petals. We collect a branch from three ready-made flowers. When assembling the composition, we wrap the base with green thread. We fasten the flowers on a thick wire with a distance of about 4-5 cm between them. Along the stem we fix the leaves in the same way. The finished branch comes out about 40 cm long, similar to natural.
When making plain lilies, weaving patterns are not needed. In this case, first we string a long low on the wire, then performing circular weaving. White, pale pink or purple flowers will look great.
Lilies from openwork petals
Let's show another master class using a different method. Flowers will be woven using thin wire arcs.
In order not to damage the thin weave, we first form the stem. First, we divide the floss threads into thin threads. You can also take thin silk threads. We string the thread onto a knot and twist it together with the wire. We need to twist the wire along the entire length with a golden thread. From it, then openwork arcs are formed.
We string 15 golden beads on the base. Then we form thin wire arcs layer by layer, resulting in a beautiful petal.
To create a flower, we combine 5-6 petals together, place the pistil and stamens in the center. We form the stem from a thicker aluminum wire, which we wrap with a thread.
Parallel weaving technique
Beaded lilies can be woven using the parallel technique. This is a fairly simple method, convenient for beginners. The length of each petal is 4 cm, one flower consists of five petals and a stamen.
White lilies are the most beautiful, pink and purple flowers with light edging also look very noble. By means of parallel weaving, tiger petals can also be made, and a special scheme is not needed. Beads of different colors can be strung in any order.
For leaves and petals we use the usual round beads. For stamens we take glass beads. Stringing beads of a different color in the center, we get veins on the petals, and stringing along the edges - edging.
Weave the leaves using the parallel technique in this way: we string three beads on the wire and thread its second end in the opposite direction through two beads. Then we tighten the wire so that we get both ends of the same length. The next row is made up of three beads, which are strung on one end, the second is skipped in the opposite direction.
The sheets get the following scheme: 1-2-…-7-8-8-8-7-…-2-1. We tighten the ends of the wire, but do not immediately cut it off. We will need them in the further formation of the flower.
One of the most beautiful water lilies is the Victoria species, which was named after the English Queen Victoria in 1873. A feature of the water lily of this species is the change in color: from snow-white to rich crimson.
To create a water lily from beads, you need to have:
White and pink beads for petals;
Yellow beads for stamens;
Green beads for leaves;
wire;
Glue for paper;
wire cutters;
Scissors;
Silk threads.
Usually water lily petals are woven using the technique of stringing with arcs.
The first row of the flower has three petals, which have a rigid central axis and three pairs of arcs, while the edges of the petals should be created using contrasting beads. The second row also has three petals with a centimeter central axis of four pairs of arcs, the last of which must be made from a sparkling felling.
The third row has four petals with a centimeter axis and eight pairs of arcs.
At the end, it is best to make two leaves with a centimeter axis and ten pairs of arcs, as well as two leaves with a thinner axis and the number of arcs.
Water lily leaves are woven on eight axes in an arc in the forward and reverse direction. To do this, you need to start with one bead and finish with twelve in all sectors. For the sheet, you need to create seven sectors. We carefully hide the ends of the wire in the nearest beads.
For stamens we make five centimeter loops of yellow beads. To do this, we take a wire thirty centimeters long and string beads on it, ten beads are needed for the first loop. We hold the finished loop with the left hand, and with the right we make two turns with the wire around the left side of the wire.
Collecting beads in this way and holding the loop just made in your left hand, make two complete turns with the right end of the wire around the left end of the wire.
Then we collect the beads again and make other loops until we get the required number of loops. Then we shift all the loops to the right and connect them into a circle - these will be our stamens.
Collection of water lilies
We first take the stamens, around which we add the petals corresponding to their rows. We wind the bottom of the flower with wire to secure the water lily. Cut off the excess and wrap the wire with silk thread.
We attach the leaves to achieve the completeness of the composition.
Good afternoon, dear craftswomen, I hope that your wonderful water lily petals are ready and we can start weaving the leaf. Today we will learn to weave on several axes.
We will need the following materials:
- green beads
- beaded wire -1 coil (preferably green)
- floral wire - 1 m.
you can use any copper wire with a diameter of 1-1.5 mm
Before starting weaving, we will prepare a low with green beads - quite long, about 4-5 meters. When the low is ready, let's start preparing the axles. To do this, cut 7 pieces of wire, 17-20 cm long.
Because the dimensions of the finished sheet are quite large (diameter about 10 cm) and the usual beaded wire is thin and will not retain the shape of the sheet, it is necessary to stiffen it, for this we use floral wire (diameter 1-1.5 mm). For the axes, I use 4 pieces of floral wire and 3 pieces of ordinary beaded wire.
We twist the prepared segments to about half, and spread the ends to the sides (see photos 1 and 2). At the divorced ends, we will weave the sheet, and the twisted wire will serve as the leg of the sheet. Pay attention to the location of the segments - two more rigid wires are located side by side - these will be the inner edges of the sheet (cutout).
We take the prepared low, move the beads and the free edge of the wire (about 5 cm) we wind it to the resulting leg (see photo 3). Draw low between the axes “on the front side” of the sheet and move the beads to the core.
So, we start weaving on the axes - we turn the low one on the outer edge of the sheet on the first axis (in the photo, the lower right floristic wire), press one bead and make a low turn on the next axis, and so on. If we make a sheet with a “cutout”, we don’t close the circle (see photo 2), without reaching the first bead one segment, we start weaving in a circle in the opposite direction.
In the first row between the axes we have one bead each. In the second row of the circle, you will already have 2 beads each, and so on, with each circle, the number of beads in the segment between the axes will increase.
A sheet with a diameter of 10 cm consists of approximately 20-21 rows. You weave a sheet of any size.
When all the arcs are woven, it is necessary to fill the remaining axles. Axes of beaded wire are tucked into the beads of the upper row. We cut the floral wire, stepping back about 1 cm and bend it under the sheet.
Here's what happened to me - for my composition I wove 5 sheets.
The lesson is over for today. I look forward to seeing photos of your results on Saturday. The next lesson will be devoted to the assembly of water lilies and the design of the composition.
