Heather Bead own hands for beginners (photo and video)

Heather Bead own hands for beginners (photo and video)

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We decided to dedicate today's master class tothe most beautiful evergreen shrub with delicate flowers, which gave the name to the first autumn month in Slavic languages ​​- heather. So, our lesson will help you not only to love beadwork even more, but also, having mastered new techniques, to make heather from beads with your own hands.
This plant is very hardy by nature andunpretentious, and at first glance amazes with its charm and unique aroma. And although we cannot convey the smell, we can bring to life, with the help of weaving, tenderness and beauty, getting rid of the remains of beads.
Using our master class, you will be able to create luxurious compositions from heather, and photos and videos with design ideas will become a wonderful addition and help in this process.
Heather beading is particularly simple. The only thing that can be a little tiring is the monotonous repetition of the same numerous elements.






Necessary materials

To begin, prepare all the materials that we need to work:

  • copper wire thickness of 0.3 mm -0.4 mm, preferably brown or green in color, that Bush was more natural;
  • wire cutters;
  • cotton fabric for the job, so the beads are not confused;
  • any beads, colors preferred by you, the main thing- They must be in harmony with each other, creating a natural picture. The more colors used in the work, the richer and more refined to obtain a composition;
  • line;
  • a sponge;
  • Materials for decoration composition: a basket, pot, decorative sand or pebbles;
  • plaster, stucco or plaster finish to secure the bush;
  • PVA glue.

Options weaving sprigs of heather Bead

Heather bead is unique in that its shapeleaves and flowers are absolutely identical. That is why the use of any unnecessary circuits in operation. Our entire workshop will be based on the looping technique. At the same time we would like to show a few ways possible implementation of candles, so that you can choose the more convenient. We will start our beadwork with sprigs of greenery.
Sprigs of green beads are poured out on a clothgreen, we take our wire and recruited her for a few beads. Depending on what size you some beads and twigs to form the leaves you want to get, will depend on the number dialed beads. Most often gain from 5 to 15 pieces (the smaller the number, the leaf rounder).
We will make loops of 13 beads each.We will leave a distance of about 1 cm between the loops, arranging the elements so that 5-6 loops fit on the workpiece. Having completed the last loop, we retreat 10 cm of free wire and cut the string. Schematically, it looks like this:

Next, we twist the resulting blank, starting from the loop located in the center, into a branch. To get one branch of greenery, we must make 2 more blanks.
When all the required 3 parts are ready, wewe connect them into a branch, making one central and placing two on the sides. The number of such branches may vary. For our composition, we made 8 pieces.

Candle branches They are based on the same loop technique, which allows you to vary the degree of complexity of the work and the method of weaving.
Method No. 1
This is the most primitive and easy way to quickly make a candle. For him,
a certain color, for example, pink and weavefrom it a branch, in the way already known to us, making from 19 to 13 loops with one central one, and the rest we place in pairs parallel to each other. Next, we do the same actions with white and lilac colors. Then we make 2 branches from green beads. Now we connect, twisting all the parts together so that we get a pink, lilac and white branch located between two green ones. That's it, the candle is ready.




Method No. 2
It involves the step-by-step execution of a candle consisting of a crown, middle and bottom parts. The crown consists of 7 loops of green beads twisted into a branch, the number of beads in 1 loop is 5-6 pieces.

The middle part is slightly different from the topgreater length of loops (we use 9-10 beads) and their quantity (for the middle part we make 10 loops). In addition, here you need to make 2 blanks, stringing beads by colors randomly. For example, one blank can be completely green, and the second with the addition of red or white beads.
The lower part contains only 6 loops of 10-11 beads each and consists of 2-3 blanks.

A very important point: the loops of the middle and lower parts are not twisted into a branch.
We begin the assembly of inflorescences with the fact thatthe last row of twisted loops of the crown we put on the blank of the middle part, carefully lifting the loops up, we twist the elements together. When one tier is done, we add our second blank, made in a different color and continue twisting. The elements of the lower part are added last.
By using random combinations of colors and shades in the middle part, you can achieve the most natural effect.




Method No. 3
This method is the most successful in our opinion.and allowing to convey the subtle transitions of the natural color range as accurately as possible, due to a unique technology of execution. Due to which the heather from beads turns out to be very natural, almost alive.
In essence, the technology does not change at all.As in the previous methods, the basis of everything is a loop. The difference is that in this method everything is done on one branch, by gradually adding the necessary flowers.
So, we weave traditional leaf loops,starting with green beads. Gradually, as you work, increasing the number of beads in one loop. After 7 paired green leaves have formed in our branch, we begin to introduce pink beads. Our loop will now look like this: 4 green beads, 3 pink, and 4 green again. Each subsequent row will increase by adding 1-2 pink beads, making the transition from green to pink smooth. The last few rows of loops (we have 5) are made in pink, which can be diluted with several beads of a similar shade.








When our branch is ready, we secure it withUsing pliers, we wind the place and tightly twist the free end of the copper wire of our branch with the central stem, for which a thicker wire was taken.
Now that the branch is well secured and will nottwisting and bending under the heavy inflorescence, we unfold our petals around the central stem, thereby forming the voluminous shape of the candle.
When everything is ready, we continue our weaving.
We cut off another 60 cm of thin wire,used in our work, then, having brought it behind any of the extreme lower petals, we wind one end of the wire around the stem, and on the other we make loops further. When the twisted loop is ready, we make a wrap around the stem once, for better fixation. Then, we do this until the required length. When the inflorescence reaches 7-8 cm in length, we again gradually begin to introduce green color, until the pink color is gradually completely displaced.





In terms of color ratio, we get thatgreen top with rare splashes of pink accounts for 4.5 cm. The main color is 2.5 m. the rest is the green mass of the inflorescence. The total length of our largest inflorescence was 10.5 cm.
Candles can be bigger or smaller, longer or shorter. It all depends on your individual vision and desire.

The design and decor of the composition

Our heather Bead ready and now we shouldgive him a worthy setting. For this purpose we have chosen a decorative clay pot. To consolidate the use putty because it is very convenient to use, if necessary, allows for 20-30 minutes to adjust the position of the bush, and that is very important, it does not crack in the pot.

We dilute the putty, giving it a mushy state. Now we can go 2 ways:

  • Place the sponge on the bottom of the pot, further fixing the roots of heather there;
  • Leave on the surface of the sponge giving a great natural decoration.

    • We will focus on the second option, becausethe color of our lips is very reminiscent of moss, and with the right decor will look very original. If you have a sponge bright acid-lemon color, it is better to put on the bottom.
    So, we cut our sponge to the diameter of the topparts of the pot, carefully place the stems of our heather in the sponge, at a pre-planned length, and then very smoothly and carefully immerse it all in the putty poured onto the bottom of the pot. Adjust the position of the composition to the desired one and give the solution time to harden.
    If you put the sponge on the bottom, then pour the solution from above and lower the stems directly into the solution until they stop. They will pierce the sponge anyway, unless you made them very short.
    Next, we decorate the surface of the soil with decorative sand and a few pebbles.



    As you can see for yourself, heather can be made frombeading can be done very easily and quickly, because the technique of its execution is quite primitive and does not require the use of a pattern, while the result exceeds all expectations and looks very impressive.
    Create and delight yourself and your family with beautiful products.

    Video: Lesson on beading heather

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