Crafts from beads admire those surrounding their sophistication, simplicity and at the same time beauty. Most of the masters create their masterpieces in one breath. One of the plants that are not so often used in needlework is a heather, evergreen shrub with lilac inflorescences. The plant lives on any continent and therefore they say that the heather unites the continents and peoples. But most of all the heather is located in England, so weaving such a shrub will attract the atmosphere of old England and, of course, will decorate the interior. There are many master classes on weaving heers from beads, below you will find a couple of them.
Weaving process
The process of manufacturing such a craft can be traced on the example of the master class, the work method is suitable for newcomers.
To work, you will need: beads of lilac and green shades of about 100 g of each color; Beaded wire 1-1.5 coil; Thick wire, pot, sponge of foam rubber, plaster and transparent varnish, silk thread.
For work it is necessary to use looping technique of weaving.
On the line we put on any amount of lilac beads and form a loop.
Using the same technique, we form the rest of the loops. On one branch can be their different amounts. And at the very end we twist the fishing line in such a way to get the first twig.
There must be 70 monophonic twigs. In the same way, it is necessary to weave the leaves, but they will need about 40 pieces (20 of the light beads, 20 of the dark).
Next, when all the blanks are ready, you need to collect everything in one composition. Take a thick wire and attach 3 sprigs of lilac color in it, and then screw 3 leafs. Rewind fishing line with silk thread or floral ribbon. So do with all the workpieces.
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To prepare a form for fixing, it is necessary to cut a foam sponge of suitable size as a pot or basket in our case.
Fix bouquets in this form, in the case of a large fishing line, it is necessary to trim the extra. In order to refresh the composition, you can try to supplement a couple of single green branches.
We prepare the plaster and pour it into the basket.
Top put a sponge with blanks.
Basket heather is ready.
The technique is more comprehensive
Also in this article we suggest to consider another chart of weaving heather from beads. This technique is a bit harder, as you must not forget and not to miss the moment when you need to add a second color to weaving. Should always be attentive. This technique trains memory in adults and small motility of hands in children, for example. The result of the work is all efforts, since our shrub will look more natural, and the twigs are more lush.
You can learn this scheme, which refers to the data of the photo, or see the first video in the thematic selection.
As you can see, the weaving of the heather from beads is very exciting, do not forget about such a gentle lilac shrub.
Video on the topic
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