A beaded carnation can become a real memorable gift dedicated to Victory Day. You can weave such a flower yourself using this master class, which will illustrate all the actions in photographs as the process is described.
Necessary materials:
- red beads;
- green beads;
- green threads;
- wire for beading - 0.3 millimeters in diameter;
- thick wire rod;
- glue.
Weaving petals
To create carnation petals from beads, we will use the arc beading technique.
To begin, we will prepare a piece of wire twenty-nine centimeters long, onto which we will need to string seven red beads. At a distance of five centimeters from the end of the wire we form a loop. Now on the long tip of the wire you need to string such a number of beads that will allow you to make an arc over our loop, as in the photo:
In total, we need to make three such beaded arcs in this way.
The finished petal needs to twist the top a little so that our petal takes on a twisted appearance.
We continue this weaving and create another twenty-five similar petals from red beads.
Weaving sepals
Using loop and French beading, we need to weave two types of sepals for a beaded carnation.
We string thirty-one green beads onto a sixty-centimeter piece of wire. At a distance of five centimeters from the end of the wire we form a bead loop. Next, we need to string the beads using the long tip of the wire and make another loop.
In this way we create six loops from green beads.
When all the loops are ready, they need to be pressed tightly and stitched together. Having finished stitching the loops, you need to slightly unscrew the top of the loops, creating a tube shape, as in the photo. The ends of the wire remaining after flashing must be twisted and unnecessary trimmed off.
To weave small sepals, we will use a piece of wire of twenty-seven centimeters. We form a loop at the tip of the wire. We string five green beads onto an axis four centimeters long. Next, we string green beads onto the working wire and use it to create four arcs in two turns. We make three such sepals in total.
We weave leaves
To create carnation leaves from beads on a twenty-five centimeter piece of wire, you need to string twenty-seven green beads and form a loop in the form of an arc. Now, using the long tip of the wire, we string about fifty green beads (depending on the size of the beads you use, this number can change up or down by a couple of beads) and create a second arc on top of the first loop on the first loop. Our leaf needs to be given a special shape (as in the photo), pressing the loops tightly against each other.
We weave four such leaves in total.
Collecting a flower
Our master class has reached the final stage - assembling all the details of the beaded carnation.
You need to screw the first two petals onto a thick wire rod. Then, we continue fastening and wind the next four petals around the first ones. Next come seven and thirteen petals.
Using threads and glue, you need to start winding the barrel from the base of the bud.
Now it’s the turn of the sepals. We thread the first piece in the form of a tube with bent edges onto a wire stem and squeeze it tightly at the base of the bud of our beaded carnation. Next, we use the next three blanks and attach them near the first fixed sepal.
Carnation is not only a beautiful bright flower, but also, in a way, a symbol of the celebration of the Great Victory. You can perpetuate its natural beauty using bead weaving. After all, flowers created from small beads are so similar to their living counterparts and are in no way inferior to them in beauty. The following master class with step-by-step photographs of each of the details will help you learn how to weave carnations.
A beadwork master class begins with choosing everything you need for the job. The main material in this case is, of course, beads. Here you can choose shades more characteristic of carnations - red, pink or white, or get creative and make a flower of an original color. All you need is two colors - the main one (for the petals) and green - for the foliage. The number of beads used is ten. Also prepare some wire (diameter 0.3 millimeters), green threads for winding (you can also use floral tape), and glue.
To make a beaded carnation, several basic weaving techniques will be used.
The petals of the flower will be created first; they will be made up of arcs. Prepare a piece of wire thirty centimeters long, string seven beads of the main color onto it and move it five centimeters from the end of the wire. Make an arc-shaped loop. Then put on the longer tip enough beads to make a loop over the loop.
Further weaving continues with the formation of the next two arcs.
Once you have made one petal of the carnation, take it and twist the top slightly. This will make your petal wavy.
In total, for one flower you will need to make twenty-six petals.
The next detail will be the sepals. For their weaving, two techniques are used - loop and French.
Prepare a piece of wire about sixty centimeters and string beads in the amount of thirty-one pieces. Step back five centimeters from the end and form a loop.
Now, work with the long end, string the beads and make another loop. In total you should have six similar elements. Next, take the loops you made and squeeze them tightly. Make the firmware of this element so that all the loops are firmly adjacent to one another. After flashing, you should bend their tops and form peculiar tubes with your own hands. Twist the wire ends used to make the stitching together and cut off the unnecessary part.
After large sepals, you need to weave a little smaller ones. They are made on a piece of wire thirty centimeters long. Form a small buttonhole here. The axis is four centimeters. Place five beads on it and wrap it around it with wire, forming four arcs in a couple of turns. Prepare three of these sepals.
At the next stage, the carnation foliage is woven on a twenty-five centimeter wire. Make a necklace from twenty-seven beads and form an arc-shaped buttonhole. Further. Using a long tip with fifty-three beads strung, form an arc near this buttonhole. Give the leaf the desired shape with your own hands, pressing the buttonholes tightly. Make four similar blanks in total.
Having completed the creation of all the main components, you can begin to assemble the carnation from beads. Take a thick wire rod and attach a couple of petals to it. At the bottom of the circle, wind four more. Even lower are the next seven, and after them thirteen. Wrapping threads with PVA glue will help you hide the wire stem. Wrap them around the stem of the bud.
Take the sepal, place it on the trunk and press it firmly against the flower. Three small sepals are fixed next. Fasten them in a circle near the sepal-tube. After this, continue wrapping the wire trunk with threads, sequentially fixing the foliage.
After completing the assembly of the beaded carnation, you can straighten all the bent elements. This completes the weaving of the flower. You can see what the finished color looks like in the photo provided.
By making a certain number of these flowers you can get a unique bouquet of beaded carnations.
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If you want to immortalize the bloom of your favorite flower, then beading will help you with this. Using various weaving techniques, you can recreate a copy of a real plant that will delight you forever. In this article you will learn how to weave a carnation from beads based on a detailed master class with photos.
To weave a bright carnation, you will need a certain list of materials, which are described below in the text:
- red and green beads;
- wire with a diameter of 0.3 mm;
- green thread or ribbon of the same color for floristry.
Weaving a flower begins with a bud, for which it is necessary to create 4 tiers of petals from red beads. The first tier is woven from three buttonholes, onto which five scarlet beads are strung. Place five pieces of glass on a piece of wire 65 cm long and twist the first loop. This will be the central curl. After this, make two more loops in symmetry. Twist the edges of the base material. Now you have the first tier of the flower, as shown in the photo.
The next level must be woven from 6 red curls, which each contain 2 buttonholes. Take a piece of the main material, 100 cm long, and then, stepping back 30 cm from the edge, take 5 scarlet pieces of glass and form a loop. Using a similar scheme, create five more of these things.
Next, we connect the created two levels to each other. Take the first piece and push it through the center of the second. In the presented photo you can see this process. Twist the edges of the wire together. Align the petals with your own hands in a circle so that equal spaces are formed between the petals.
A new tier is woven from 6 petals. Take a wire one meter and twenty-five centimeters long. Then simply repeat the weaving of this level as you did the previous one. Only in this case, the blanks should contain 3 buttonholes. Step back 30 cm from any edge and form the first curl. With the second tip, pick up scarlet beads twice and wrap them around the previous two loops.
Insert the blank that you created into the central part of the bud, which is currently made of two tiers. Curl the edges of the base material, and then arrange the petals in a circle so that the spaces are equal.
The last strip is woven separately on different sections. To do this, you will need skeins of wire, each 75 cm long. One petal should consist of 4 points, which are not arranged equally: they should be in the form of steps. Form the beads, retreating from the beginning, a distance of 30 cm. Only in this case, start creating loops. When you have completed this stage of work, twist the ends of the wire together near the base of the petal. To make a beautiful and lush 4th level, you need to weave 8 similar blanks, as shown in the photo.
To attach all the blanks, you will need a cut 70 cm long. With its help, each petal is attached in turn, threading the main material through the beads, which are located near the base of the product. Pull the product along the edges, then align the edges and twist them. Those ends that are located at the base of the petals remain untouched. Attach the fourth tier of beads to all the others.
Place the finished carnation bud on a flat surface, turning it face down. Alternately straighten all the petals to the sides. After this, connect the ends in pairs and place 11 green beads on them. Perform the same actions on the additional segment. You should end up with 9 paired ends on which green glass is strung. Attach the base material tightly to each other and secure it with a green pebble, which is strung close to the clove. Twist the edges as always.
Weaving the carnation flower is finished, but that's not all. Now you need to make a flower stem with petals. Clove leaves appear long and narrow. They are woven with parallel weaving. You will need 4 sheets. Two will be at the top and two at the bottom. The first two blanks are made shorter than the last ones. So, take material 60 cm long and follow this pattern: 1 p. consists of one green bead, and from the second to the tenth, string two of the same beads.
The bottom leaf is woven according to the following pattern:
- the first strip also consists of one bead;
- starting from the second row and up to the fifteenth - string 2 pieces.
Assembling a carnation from beads is quite simple. Wrap green thread around the entire stem of the product, starting from the very base of the flower. While doing this, attach the top foliage and then the bottom foliage. If you have floral tape available, wrap it around your flower. This will make the carnation look even more natural.
Video: Beading a carnation flower
The beaded florist, who knows no boundaries, thanks to the floral diversity that pleases our eyes, is called upon to perpetuate the beauty of flowers.
Carnation is a strict and graceful flower. To date, about three hundred species of this plant are known. Try with us to recreate its beauty with your own hands.
To weave carnations from beads we will need:
- red beads;
- green beads;
- beading wire with a diameter of 0.3 mm;
- green threads (can be replaced with floral ribbon).
To create a carnation bud from beads, we will need to weave four levels of petals from red beads.
To weave the initial level, we will need to make three loops, which consist of five red beads. To do this, on a piece of wire sixty-five centimeters long, you need to string five beads, twist the first loop from the bottom, which will be the central one. Next, at an equidistant distance, we make the next two symmetrical loops. Now the ends of the wire under the resulting loops must be twisted together. As a result, we get the first level of a beaded carnation bud, as in the photo:
The second level already consists of six red petals, which include two loops each. To create such petals, we take a piece of wire one hundred centimeters long. At a distance of thirty centimeters from any of its ends, we collect five red beads and form the first loop. Next, we string enough beads onto the long tip of the wire so that they can go around the first created loop and come into close contact with it. We continue weaving and create five more such double loops.
Now we need to connect the first and second levels of petals. To do this, take the workpiece of the first level and thread it into the center of the second level. The photo shows the entire process in detail. The ends of the wire from two levels need to be twisted together. Next, with your own hands, arrange the petals of the second level in a circle so that there are equal spaces among the petals that are located next door.
The third level will consist of six petals. To weave it, prepare a piece of wire 1.25 m long. Creating this level is similar to weaving the second row, except that all petals will contain three loops.
At a distance of thirty centimeters from any of the ends of the wire we form the first pellet. And then, using the long tip, we collect red beads twice and wrap the first and then the second loops with a low bead.
The prepared blank of the third level must be inserted into the center of the bud, which currently consists of two levels. Next, you need to twist the resulting ends of the wire together and arrange the petals of the third level in a circle.
We weave the fourth row of petals separately from each other on different pieces of wire. The length of each such segment is seventy-five centimeters.
One petal of the fourth level consists of four loops, located one above the other. In order for each of the ends of the wire to be the same length during the weaving process, you need to start forming the first loop at a distance of thirty centimeters from any of the ends of the wire. When finishing the weaving, the resulting free ends located at the base of the petal must be twisted together.
In total, to create a full-fledged fourth level of carnation bud from beads, we create eight similar blanks.
In order to connect eight petals to each other, you need to prepare an additional wire about seventy centimeters long and attach them one after the other, threading the wire through the bead, which is located at the base of the petals.
Next, all eight petals need to be tightly pulled together, the tips of the auxiliary wire segment should be aligned and twisted together. At the same time, we do not twist the ends of the main wire, which come directly from the petals themselves.
We attach the finished fourth level to the first three.
Now we need to place the bud on the work surface (“face down”) and straighten all the ends of the wires from each of the fourth level petals on different sides. Next, we connect these tips in pairs and string eleven green beads on them. We perform the same actions on the auxiliary piece of wire. In total, we should have nine paired ends, with eleven green beads strung on them.
We fold the ends of the wires together and move the green bead close to the base of the bud. We twist the resulting ends of the wires under the bud together.
This concludes the master class on weaving a bud from beads and we begin creating leaves.
To create the long, narrow leaves characteristic of carnations, we use the parallel weaving technique. We will make four leaves in total: two top and two bottom. The top leaves will be shorter than the bottom ones.
We weave the upper leaves on a piece of wire sixty centimeters long according to the following pattern:
- from the 2nd to the 10th rows - two green beads.
The lower leaves are created on a piece of wire fifty centimeters long according to the scheme:
- 1st row – one green bead;
- from the 2nd to the 15th rows - two green beads.
We begin to collect the details of our carnation. Using green threads, we begin to wrap the wire stem, starting from the base of the bud. As the winding progresses, we attach a couple of top leaves. Next, we resume the winding exactly until the moment when you decide to attach the next pair of lower leaves. After this, we continue to decorate the stem with green threads until the end.
Video: Carnation made of beads in loop weaving