Orchid rightfully occupies a favorite from almost all flower water. This is not surprising: with minimal care in the form of correctly selected light and ordinary irrigation, the plant makes the most extraordinary exotic bright colors and flowering duration. Unfortunately, whatever positive characteristics possessed this representative of the flora, it is not possible to maintain its appearance during the year. And so I would like to admire them constantly! An alternative solution to this issue will be an orchid from beads.
You can buy a ready-made beauty in gifts stores, but it is much more pleasant to make it alone. There are many different ways to manufacture this flower. We offer to consider the most popular weaving schemes.
Flower weaving for dummies
For experienced beadwork masters, there will be no difficulty to implement almost any idea that fantasy will tell. It is more difficult for beginners - they still have not so much experience and practice. At the same time there is a desire to surprise with their creations around.
The master class, which is shown below, is available and simply explains the process of weaving orchids from beads. Thanks to him, even inexperienced needlewomen will be able to make a beautiful flower with their own hands without help.
For work you will need:
- Beads of pistachio, bottle, dairy and straw colors;
- Large pearl beads;
- Green yarn;
- Wire;
- Fishing line;
- Passatia;
- Gypsum;
- Salt and starch dough to strengthen the product in Kashpo;
- Wool.
The flower composition can be made up from a different number of colors and buds. It depends on individual desire and ideas.
Buds of the Outlined Orchid Flower are manufactured with the help of French beadwork techniques. For beginners, there will be no difficulty to master it so easy in its performance.
Initially, extreme pointed petals. For this, a frame is made of two pieces of wire. A short wire segment is the basis. A rows of beads will be formed around it. Beads on it are in such a manner as shown in the image.
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For one booton, three such petals need to weave.
Next are made round petals. They are made similarly to pointed petals with the only difference that beaded ranks in relation to the axis are at a more direct angle.
An alternation of bead colors observe as in the picture.
You need to weave two such leafs.
Made a figured petal for the core. Weaving begins the same way as in the two previous examples. Starting from the fifth row, form an additional arc on the sides.
All items for bud are ready. Go to the manufacture of orchid leaves. They will be two sizes - short and long.
For long on the axis, it is necessary to dial more than twice the beads than recruited for petals. Masted blanks similar to petals, which can be seen from the photo.
Finally, a uncooked orchid bud from a rounded petal is cramped. To do this, fold it in half and turn into the tube. Apply the realistic form of the bud. We make several such parts.
After all the components are ready, we start collecting the product.
At first, we make bends on all the details, giving them a similarity with a real flower.
After from two round petals, we make the basis for the exposed bud. To do this, fasten them together with threads. They are in the same way fasten the core.
To give a similarity with a natural original, out of the beads we draw up the middle of the flower.
It is better to take the matte beads of the dairy shade, which differ slightly in diameter. They will look more natural than the same pearl ornaments.
After that, pointed petals are fixed on the craft. The whole design is strengthened with threads and thin wire.
Next, the orchids are twisted on the wire-base of a larger diameter than that used when weaving. Leaves are attached.
Charming in his tenderness of orchid from beads is ready. It will only remain with the help of plaster and salt test to fix it into a beautiful porridge. Such a drawing will take a worthy place in any interior.
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For those needlewomen who have long been engaged in beadwork, will not work to make more complex variants of this beauty.
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