Crafts for Easter: how to braid an egg with beads

2024 Author: Sierra Becker | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-26 03:47

Colored boiled eggs are a traditional attribute of Easter. However, the preparation for the holiday was not limited to them. At all times, craftsmen designed artificial eggs, which became artistic masterpieces. The most striking example of this is the famous works of Faberge. Of course, not everyone can be a jeweler. Therefore, both before and now, eggs were decorated with painting, decoupage, and braided with beads. There are many such creative techniques. But it is beads and beadwork that make it easy to create spectacular souvenirs that can be a great gift for the Bright Resurrection of Christ.

First, painstaking work with small beads may seem difficult. But in fact, with a little experience, it turns out to be accessible even to a child. Naturally, you should not immediately aim at complex patterns. To understand how to braid an egg with beads, you should start with simple compositions. For example, it can be an elementary geometric pattern or a combination of two or three colors. Or, as in our example below, you can take advantage of the "gasoline" coloring. After all, before creating unique works, you just need to master the technique.

Choose a shape

Most often, for such crafts, special wooden forms are purchased, sometimes connected to a stand. But blanks are also made of expanded polystyrene, plastic, papier-mache, polystyrene. Some needlewomen also braid real shells, after removing the contents through small punctures. But this shape is too fragile for beginners. Therefore, we recommend that you still look for wooden blanks.

Professional appliances

Professionals begin beading eggs with the creation of a "belt". A patterned fabric is woven from the simplest chain, corresponding in size to the "equator" of the workpiece. The finished belt is fixed on the blank (the edges are connected). After that, the upper and lower parts are alternately braided. Masters create the drawing themselves or use patterns for beading or cross-stitching.

When deciding how to bead an egg, you can use this technique if you already have some experience with this kind of needlework. If you have no skills, start with simpler options.

Weaving for beginners

In the second photo you see how to braid an egg with beads using a minimum of material. They begin to do this work from below, with a chain closed in a ring. Then a simple mesh is woven. In the upper part, to complete the work, it is compacted, using a combination of shades imitating a flower. As a basis for weaving, a strong nylon thread or thinfishing line. Small beads in this case can be partially replaced by glass beads. This will greatly speed up the work.

Master class

An even simpler technique is presented by our step-by-step master class. It is ideal for beginners who want to please their loved ones with a unique souvenir.

For work, in addition to beads and shapes, you will need: thin wire for weaving, small scissors or tweezers, regular and double-sided tape, a small piece of braid or satin ribbon, if you want the finished egg to be somewhere hang up. It is most convenient to pour the beads into a small bowl, placing it on a tray. This trick will help you easily collect the "running away" beads in the process.

First of all, using ordinary adhesive tape, we fix a hanging loop on the workpiece. Then glue the upper half with small strips of double-sided adhesive tape.

From the wire we take a segment 50-60 cm long. If it is inconvenient to work with such a length or it is not enough (it depends on the size of the form), you can build up the wire by carefully twisting the ends of the segments. String one bead on the wire and twist the loop, securing the end.

Next, we string 10-12 pieces, gradually placing rings on an egg pasted with adhesive tape. It is necessary to ensure that the rows and beads lie evenly, without gaps.

According to the measureto advance the work, we glue new strips of double-sided tape to the form. Surely you have already guessed that this is necessary to securely fasten the beaded spiral.

Gradually the rows are shrinking. To fix the wire, we make a loop around the last bead, passing the tip into the previous 2-3, and then hide it by putting it under the already finished rings. Gently stroke the egg with our hands, straightening the rows and pressing the beads against the adhesive tape.

Your Easter souvenir is ready! Now you know how to braid an egg with beads. With each new work, you can complicate your task by using a different weaving technique or creating a special pattern.