Embroidery with beads masterclass icons with photo and video examples
Content
- Tips on beaded embroidery
- Tools and materials for embroidery with beads
- Bead embroidery techniques
- Video: master class on embroidery of a beaded icon
- Embroidery icons with beads and stones without kit
- Video: embroidery of icons without a set of beads and stones
- Bulk embroidery with beads and floss
- Video: Framing an embroidered beaded icon
Our master class will be useful for those who decide to take up handicrafts, namely
. Today it is especially popular
, rhinestones and pearls.Let's take a closer look at how this is done and learn a few techniques for doing the job. Our master class will teach you basic techniques and tell you the secrets that will make your embroidery successful.
Tips on beaded embroidery
Half-cross stitch with beads If you are just starting to work with beads and want to learn how to embroider correctly and beautifully, then follow the recommendations from professionals:
Tools and materials for embroidery with beads
Usually those who want
, purchase ready-made sets, of which there are a great many on sale now. Our master class will tell you how to embroider an icon with and without a set.
The set includes everything you need:
- A canvas with a scheme on it and the face of a saint;
- Beads in the right amount and the right shades;
- Special needles for embroidery with beads;
- Image of the finished work;
- The instruction with the detailed description.
Some kits may contain not only beads,But also, for example, stones that are sewn in certain places. Paintings embroidered with stones and beads look even better, but it is worth more.
Bead embroidery techniques
Keep in mind that you have a lot of work ahead of you for more than one day, so you should prepare yourself for this.
Classical Let's start a master class with a descriptionClassical technique. Before the beginning of the canvas is best to iron, then the beads will lie evenly. Then it is recommended to stretch the fabric on a frame made of wood and fasten it with buttons, or on hoops of rectangular shape. So your embroidery does not bend. If the hoop is large, then you can build up the fabric around the edges. For convenience, you can also arrange beads by color in individual boxes.
The first stitch should secure the thread to the fabric.To do this, thread the two ends of one thread into a needle and make a loop stitch. You also attach the first bead to the fabric with it. You should start embroidering from the top left corner, and then you work diagonally. Pull the needle out to the front side of the picture.
The stitch is done this way - you put ona bead of a certain color and stick a needle into the opposite corner. That is, if you started from the lower left corner, then stick the needle into the upper right corner.
At the end of the row you also secure the bead with a doublestitch. Then pass the needle to the second row in the upper right corner. Also prick the bead and insert the needle into the lower left corner. This way you can embroider the entire picture forwards or backwards.
Attached
Beaded stitch “attached” There is also a techniqueembroidery attached It allows you to achieve results in a shorter period of time and with less effort. In order to make a fastened seam, the beads must first be strung on a thread. This thread is then sewn to the fabric using short stitches. In this case, the stitches are obtained as if between the beads. The stitching technique allows you to finish the job much faster, which is very beneficial if the product is very large and the work ahead is extensive. You simply lay a thread with beads strung on it on the fabric, and use another thread to sew it through each bead. It is possible not through each, but through 2-3 beads.
Embroidering icons presupposes the presence of a facea saint who does not need to be sewn up with beads. When you reach the place where a face or hands are depicted on the fabric, the thread must be cut off. That is, you must act in the same way as if your row had ended. This is necessary for two reasons. Firstly, this way you will prevent constrictions from occurring. Secondly, you will process the face of the saint, and it will look neater. When finished, remove the fabric from the hoop or frame and iron it from the wrong side. Frame the picture in a baguette.
Video: master class on embroidery of a beaded icon
Embroidery icons with beads and stones without kit
It will be difficult for novice craftsmen to performEmbroidery with stones, but eventually it will become possible. In addition, this master class will consider the option of embroidery without using a set. We will have only an image of a saint, for example on a calendar.
When you select beads, pay attention tothat Chinese beads are not used in embroidery, which most often have beads of different sizes. Beautiful and neat embroidery will only be possible if all the beads are identical. Therefore, it is best to purchase Czech or Japanese beads.
To work we need a calendar, from which weLet’s take the face of the saint and use it to select the colors of the beads and stones. Next, we cut out the image and transfer it to the fabric. We mark the main lines. We cut out separately parts of the saint’s body and his face. All this needs to be outlined on the fabric.
All elements should be embroidered in a chaotic mannerok. But you need to start by attaching large stones. They are then sheathed in a circle. When you almost reach the parts of the saint’s body, that is, the face and hands, a couple of rows before, glue the previously cut blanks onto the fabric. All this is closely trimmed with beads.
After the last row is completely finished, it is opened with varnish and the embroidery is enclosed in a baguette.
Embroidery deserves special mentionmosaic or as it is also called diamond embroidery. It looks really impressive, due to the fact that all the elements there are trimmed with rhinestones. Therefore, the work will also overflow.
Video: embroidery of icons without a set of beads and stones
Bulk embroidery with beads and floss
It's hard to consider all the techniques that exist only through one master class, but still you can not fail to mention that there is an embroidery using
. This is a more voluminous work than the previous one due to the fact that you need to embroider not only with beads, but also with threads.
You need to take a ready-made cross stitch pattern.Next, select beads of the desired colors. With it you will embroider the clothes of a saint. You need to choose floss threads in shades that are suitable for processing the face and hands.
You should start embroidering icons by sewingthreads and only then can you move on to beads. It should be remembered that if the embroidery canvas has a cell smaller than the size of the beads, then the picture may turn out wavy. A way out of this situation may be to preliminary outline all the contours of the pattern with beads. Then you simply fill in the space you outlined.
The undoubted advantage of technology usingbeads and floss, is that it turns out voluminous. Moreover, you can even save on such embroidery when selecting materials. After all, beads for embroidery are more expensive than threads. In addition, the finished work usually turns out to be slightly larger in size than what is offered in the kit.
Our master class examined three embroidery optionsicons using beads. If you are just starting to embroider, then it is best to use the classic version, which our master class described first, or the attached technique. With practice, you will be able to work with stones, not just beads, but also with large beads or rhinestones, or make three-dimensional paintings, and also learn various more complex bead embroidery techniques. By the way, using the classical embroidery technique, it is possible to create almost any painting, not just icons. These can be landscapes and portraits. In this case, the picture will be three-dimensional.
Video: Framing an embroidered beaded icon
