Bugle: crafts and jewelry by your own hands (photo and video)

March 12, 2017 handmadebase

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Sphere of use of glass beads
Master-class on manufacturing curtains from glass beads
Simple crafts made of glass beads
Video: We make ornaments from a glass bead and beads

Bugle beads are long, tubular beads.Glass, plastic or metal are used as the material for production. The grains can be smooth and with straight or twisted edges, from 3 to 30 mm long. Small beads are used for weaving or weaving with a needle. Due to the fact that their edges are straight and not rounded, the woven fabric on the machine has a smooth, even surface.
In appearance, glass beads can be transparent oropaque. The color palette of beads includes more than 200 colors (the number varies among different manufacturers). In addition to color, beads are often given additional decorative effects. For example, shine can be:

Pearly;
Gasoline;
Glossy;
Metallic.

In addition to gloss, the technique of coloring the inner surface of beads in a color different from the main (golden, silver), etc. is applied.

Sphere of use of glass beads

Like regular beads, bugle beads are widely used in handicrafts:

Weaving of ornaments;
Various crafts (charms, cases for mobile phones);
Embroidery of clothes;
Making costume parts for oriental dances, etc.;
Creation of fringe on bags or belts;
Decoration of interior items;
The production of flowers.

Individual grains are obtained by cutting a solidTubes into fragments of the same length. The edges of the fragments can remain untreated, therefore, the thread, with which weaving or nesting was done, eventually wipes. Most practical, use a synthetic fishing line, reinforced or folded several times the thread.
When buying, it is better to choose a more expensive one.material - cheap Chinese glass beads contain many different-sized and damaged grains, they will have to be sorted out additionally. Also, the paint will not peel off from high-quality glass beads, and the crafts will not lose their beautiful appearance. Recognized leaders are manufacturers from the Czech Republic and Japan.
Most often, glass beads are complemented in products with regular seed beads.

Master-class on manufacturing curtains from glass beads

Decorative properties of glass beads are used forCreating quite large products - beautiful curtains and chandeliers. Light passing through the edges of beads, refracted many times, and fills the room with multicolored highlights.

Glass bead curtains look interesting and original. They are used to decorate or zone rooms.
The easiest option to make is a single-color curtain, stringing the tubes, you will not need to rely on the weaving patterns. To complete the master class, you will not need a lot of materials.
For this craft you will need:

The basis is a wooden bar, strong enough to withstand the weight of the curtain;
Paint or varnish, for painting the bar;
Drill with a thin drill;
Line or thread for cutting beads;
Bugles;
Decorative beads (optional);
A needle that fits to the holes in the glass bead.

The bar is selected by a length equal to the door orThe window opening, which will be closed with curtains. In it, at an equal distance, through holes are drilled, to fasten the lengths of the line, the thicker the holes, the denser the curtain becomes. The plank is painted in the tone of a glass beaker or contrastingly.
The fishing line is cut into pieces.The length of the segment is equal to the desired length of the curtain plus an allowance for fastening to the base. The glass beads are strung to the desired length, combining them with beads. Then the thread is firmly fixed on the bar, which is attached in the right place.

Using the described master class as a basis, you can make stylish black and white curtains simply by alternating glass beads.
The curtain weaving can be done using a counted cross stitch pattern as a basis. Floral patterns look very good. The main thing is to determine how many glass beads form one cross of the pattern.

Simple crafts made of glass beads

Christmas decorations
To make cute hedgehog balls you will need:

Polystyrene billets in the form of a ball;
Bugles;
Sequins that match the color of the glass beads;
Tailor's pins;
Loop with a fixture from an old Christmas tree toy.

You can make a loop with your own hands from wireAnd insert into the workpiece. Then the master class proceeds to very simple steps: string a glass bead on the pin, then a sequin, and stick the pin into the foam ball. Sequins should be placed tightly to each other, so as not to overlook the workpiece. That's all - elegant and original decoration is ready!

As a loop for the craft, you can use a string of beads or small glass beads.
Weaving beads from glass beads To quickly make a fashionable accessory you will need:

Line or thread for weaving;
Glass beads and beads of suitable color (to the eyes or along);
Clasp for jewelry;
Needle, for comfortable lowering;
A bit of wire for the color of the glass beads.

We start our master class. In the needle, we straighten the fishing line and begin to string the bugle, combining it with the beads (for convenience, it is also possible to fasten the fishing line with the clamps on the ring from the jewelery wire). The overall length is low depending on the number of threads in the necklace and the length of the finished product. Usually the length is 55-65 cm. When several meters of bugles are on the line, the opposite ends are fastened together. The resulting thread is added in several layers of the required length. Opposite edges of the necklace are carefully fastened with wire, we twist the beads to give a slight crimp to the product. Next, attach the fastener to the wire.

The beads are ready to go out. If you have time and desire, we weave a bracelet to our decoration so that the set is complete. Weaving is done in the same way, but with a shorter length.
Glass bead bracelet
Hand decoration can be made usingcross weaving. This is the simplest master class, it will take no more than an hour to make the craft. The materials are minimal: long bugle beads, beads, fishing line and a clasp (optional, it can be made from a bead and a seed bead). Measure out 1 meter of fishing line and string a clasp on it. It should be in the middle of the segment, pass the ends through a round bead. On each we string one tube, one bead, another tube and one bead on one side. In one bead, from different sides we pull the edges of the fishing line. We continue weaving to the desired length according to the pattern (wrist circumference + loose fit):

We finish – symmetrically to the beginning and attach the second part of the clasp.