How to make beaded orchids

2024 Author: Sierra Becker | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-26 03:46

How many beautiful things craftsmen have come up with from such material as beads. Necklaces and bracelets, caskets and cases, flowers, home decorations and much, much more. It is possible that you do not even know how to properly string beads on a fishing line, but this is

no problem, because you too can become a real master in this matter through desire and regular practice. Experienced craftsmen make their work easier by buying special machines for stringing beads, but for starters, we will try to do it ourselves. After reading the article, you will learn how to make orchids from beads.

For this you will need:

• Beads in white, pink, yellow and green.
• Large pearl beads - 3 pieces.
• Thin silver wire.
• Thick wire for the stem.
• Self-adhesive green paper or floral tape.
• Ceramic pot.
• Decorative glass pebbles.
• Gypsum.
• Brown acrylic paints.

We will make orchids from beads in a pot

White beads should be

matte, while pink and yellow can shimmer. Take a wire about one meter long. Step back fromedges about thirty centimeters and bend it. One end of the wire will be longer, and the other, respectively, shorter. From the bend point, start twisting the wire to the middle. 15 white beads should be strung on the short end, and 16 white and pink beads on the long end. In this case, there will be five pink ones, and they must be alternated with white ones. Twist the two ends of the wire. On the long end, string 16 beads of white and pink again and braid around the base. Repeat the same until the fifth row, each time increasing the number of beads by three. So one large beaded orchid petal will be ready. You need to make fifteen such petals: five for each flower. When the large petals are ready, you can start making small ones. For this we need only pink beads. Weave in the same way as large petals, only initially you need to take five less beads - 10 for the short and 11 for the long end of the wire. You need to make five rows. With each row, as well as in the previous petal, increase the number of beads by three things.

You need nine pieces to make small petals. Now you need to make the center for the beaded orchid. Take the yellow beads, start weaving in the same way as the small petals, just make two rows. In the second row, string two more beads than in the previous one. The middle needs to be slightly rounded. Use a pencil or pen for this.

When all the petals are ready, you can start collecting them. ATeach flower will have five large petals, three small ones and one center. Don't forget to screw the big beads onto the flowers. Make a stem out of a thick wire, and connect all the orchids together with it. So you can create bouquets with orchids. Dilute the gypsum in a pot, place the stem there, let the gypsum harden. Next, you need to decorate it with brown acrylic paint, and put decorative pebbles on top.