Butterfly of beads: fluttering beauty with their own hands (photo)

March 31, 2017 handmadebase

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Plait butterfly from beads according to scheme
Learning how to weave a butterfly step by step
Video: Lessons and ideas for weaving butterflies from beads

Beaded butterflies come in different shapes and sizes.The variety of their colors and shades amazes the imagination and makes them look like incredible fairy-tale characters. Such wonderful bright beauties can become a wonderful decoration for your room, flower arrangement or clothes. We have prepared for you a selection of photos and videos of master classes with diagrams that will help you create fluttering beauties yourself.

Plait butterfly from beads according to scheme

Before starting a master class, we must prepare all the necessary materials for the work:

wire;
Beads at number 11 (the choice of colors depends on your personal preferences).

Let's start working with weaving the wings forour summer beauty butterfly using the parallel weaving technique. Here is what the pattern looks like, according to which we will have to weave first one lower three-color wing, and then the other:

Weaving pattern for the lower wing of a butterfly. Let's get to work:
Take a piece of wire and string 1 bead on it. Then put 2 more beads on one end of the working "thread" and pass the other end through them.

After you carefully tighten the loop, you will have 2 rows of beads.
Using this weaving technique, you will need to weave the first wing to the end and then start making the second.

You should select the number of beads and their color in accordance with the diagram.
We will also make the upper wings of our butterfly from beads, as shown in the diagram:

Weaving pattern for the upper wing of a butterflyAt first glance, this weaving may seem complicated to beginners. But it is not. Making wings is actually not difficult at all, and you will see for yourself as soon as you start working.

Now you will have to weave the body. It has a simple weaving pattern, so it will not cause any questions even for beginner craftswomen:

Butterfly Body Weaving PatternAfter youweave the body you will need to make antennae. First you will need to string 2 beads on each end of the wire at a distance of about 3 cm from the head. Then you will need to pass each end of the wire through the first strung bead and, having secured it on the head, twist the tourniquet, which will then turn into a antennae:

Pay attention to what the body does forButterflies are best made from beads with large holes, since you will have to pass the working “thread” through some of them several times during the assembly of all the parts.
Now let's put all the disparate parts together. For this, we'll need this diagram:

Butterfly Assembly SchemeIt will be more convenient if you first attach the upper wings, and then the lower ones. But do not rush to cut the wire, as we will need it later.

With the remaining free ends of the wire you can make an additional "fastening". To do this, you need to weave together 3 rows of the upper and lower wings.

As a result, we got a delightful andincredibly bright beaded butterfly, which will become a magnificent decoration for your interior. In addition, it can be turned into a wonderful brooch or diversified with its help a flower arrangement.
You can slightly change the weaving technique, andalso choose another color scheme and make several of these beauties. As an example, we will provide you with a weaving pattern for the upper and lower wings of a blue butterfly:

Learning how to weave a butterfly step by step

Any master class, in the first place, is calculatedOn how to teach beginners and help them learn how to weave different figures from beads. So now we will have a short lesson, during which you will learn how to weave a blue butterfly.
Before we begin the lesson, let's prepare everything we might need for work:

wire;
Pink transparent beads;
Beads of yellow (golden), pink and blue.

Let's begin to weave our exotic beauty from the torso:
To begin, you will need to string 2 beads onto the middle of a small piece of wire (about 60 cm).
Then you need to thread one end of the working “thread” into the second bead so that a loop is formed.
After this, you will need to tighten it (this must be done carefully) and you will see the first 2 rows of the body:

Now you need to string 2 more beads on one end of the wire, and pull the other one through them. After tightening the loop, you will get 3 rows:

Next, you will need to collect beads for weaving in the following sequence:

Now that the body is ready, you can start making the antennae:

Dial on the wire 25 golden beads;

Having missed one, draw the wire through the rest;

Then push the tip of the working "thread" through the last bead on the body;

Tighten the wire;

We will follow the same pattern as the first;

Then we will have to pass the ends of the wire several times through the rows of beads on the trunk;

After that, we will need to twist the wire;

Cut off excess length and gently fold.

Now we will make big wings.
First, you need to string 40 blue beads onto a piece of wire about 50 cm long, placing them so that they are right in the center.
Then you need to count 18 beads and pass the second end of the wire through them. After that, you will need to carefully tighten them so that the ends of the wire are almost the same.
Then you put it on the right end of the working “thread”you will have to collect 4 beads, and on the left - 19. Having done this, you will need to pass the working "thread" with a smaller number of beads through the beads located at its other end.

This is what you will get after you tighten the loop:

Then you string 18 beads on one end of the working “thread” and 6 on the other.
After this, you will need to pass the working “thread” with 6 beads through the 17 beads located at its other end.

Then your weaving pattern will change a little, and you will add pink beads to the blue ones:

We continue working:

Please note that you need to pass the end of the working "thread" not through 13 beads, but through 12.
Next we will need to string 14 pink beads onto the right end of the wire and then pass it through 5 blue beads at the base of the wing:

Then we put 5 more pink beads on the same wire and pass the second end of the working “thread” through them.
Once we have done this, we will need to pass the wire through the adjacent pink bead.
After this, we string 3 more beads onto the same working “thread”. And then we pass the wire through the 6th and 7th rows on the butterfly’s body.
We secure the working “thread” and cut off the excess ends.

We weave the second wing using the same pattern and attach it to the body.
Now we begin to weave the two lower wings:

We dial on the wire (30cm) 9 pink beads;

Having retreated from the edge of the working "thread" about 9 cm, we form a loop of them;

On the longer tip of the wire string 20 beads of blue color and screw them on top of the first eyelet;

Also make another loop of 31 pink beads;

Push the tips of the wire through the 4 rows on the butterfly's body and attach the wing to it.

After you attach the second lower wing, you will get this wonderful beaded butterfly:

Each beaded butterfly is undoubtedlyunique and inimitable. These summer beauties, made with your own hands, will help you decorate your apartment, turn an ordinary hairpin into a real work of art and, of course, make your life brighter and lighter.
There are many different ways to weave butterflies from beads. In order to see them, you can watch short video tutorials.
The first video will tell you how to make a beautiful and very bright butterfly. The next master class will help you create an unusual golden butterfly with your own hands.
And in conclusion, I would like to advise you to watch a short video in which you will see many ready-made butterflies woven from beads.