If you do not want your jewelry to repeat bracelets, earrings and necklaces of your girlfriends, try making them yourself with beads, beads and ribbons. There are simple schemes that everyone can handle. Taking advantage of our advice and showing a little creativity, you can make beautiful and original jewelry, which no one else will.
To make a bracelet, you need to take:
- tape from satin (its width can be any, depending on the idea, the universal version - 3/5 cm);
- a board or glutinous fleece;
- elements of decoration (beads, colored pebbles, beads);
- beaded needle;
- a nylon thread;
- special fastener for bracelets.
A stylish bracelet made of beautiful beads, beads and ribbons can be easily made by yourself, for this you need:
- Measure your hand to find out the length of the decoration. The tape is cut in two copies so that its length is 2 cm more than you measured.
- Both parts are sealed with flizeline, which must be glued to the tape. Now one of the segments will be the underside of the bracelet, and the second - its face.
- On that part of the decoration, which will be visible to others, design a picture that can be found on the Internet or come up. If you are going to decorate the bracelet with stones, just place them on the ribbon and circle them with a handle. Do not forget about the allowances for seams: 0.5 cm above and below and 1 cm from the side.
- Then the thread must be fixed on the wrong side and pulled to the front along the boundaries of the drawn line. Coat the edges of the pebble with beads, fixing each bead with a needle.
- Then you need to make the second row, which should consist of a loop. To do this, it is necessary to form a loop of three beads and fix it by threading the needle into every third bead of the first row. If the stone is very tall, you need to increase the loop by adding beads. Next, a third row is woven, two beads per loop, each eyelet sewn to the central bead of the second row.
- When the fastener is ready, you can insert a stone and tighten the thread so that it clings tightly. To make sure of strength, once again sew the last row, and you can take the needle to the wrong side.
- Then you can embroider the remaining lines of the picture and fill in the "gaps" with large beads, and background beaded.
- The advantage of this technique of making jewelry is that you can correct the picture or change it. However, it is not recommended to break the thread too often, since the tape may lose density and become inconvenient for sewing.
- Now, with the back of the needle, we sew the back and front stripes together. The tighter the seam will be to the beads, the more beautiful the bracelet will look. Next, you need to turn the workpiece out so that the embroidery is visible, after which you can sew the second edge and the sides with an invisible seam.
- You can add decorative details, for example, pendants, and sew a lock that will hold the bracelet on your hand. You can admire the result.
There is a trendy, more youthful version of this bracelet, which you can also make by yourself. In it, instead of the base of ribbons, beads and beads, a jeans fabric is used, from which it is necessary to cut a blank of any shape. The basis needs to be strengthened with non-woven fabric, the edges - to process and make the lock on the buttons. Decorate a similar bracelet can be to your taste: embroidery, paillettes and even small coins.
In the process of working with beads, you must have encountered difficulties in stringing it. How to make beadwork simple and fast? You will be helped by a special technique of stringing: thread on the needle align and knit at the end of the nodule. Two beads do not completely string on the thread and, without lowering the structure, thread the thread into the bottom bead. Then it is necessary to stretch the thread in the loop at the knot and tighten.
What do professional seamstresses advise:
- Beads are uncomfortable stringing. Much faster will embroidery, if you pour the decorative material in a cup with wide edges and will grab the beads directly with a needle.
- Only special needles should be used. Beaded needles are characterized by a short and thin shape.
- If you often do embroidery from beads and have accumulated a lot of material of different colors and sizes, buy a special box in the hardware store with several compartments, where the beads will not mix. Because of the loose-fitting lid, such a container can not be used for storage, but it is perfectly suitable for work.
- Beads are traditionally threaded on a nylon thread, which has the property of being confused. To prevent this from happening, capron is covered with wax, removing excess with an old rag.
- Sequins can be sewn on both the holes and the thread base. In the second case, the thread is less visible, since the stitches will hide between the paillettes. An even more convenient way is to use a sewing machine.
- If you do not want your costume to look cheap, do not use metal coins in the finish. Professionals never use this decorative material.
- Very nice look at the costumes of a bead of beads. To make them, you need to lower the beads alternately in small and large beads, which coincide or contrast in color with the base.
In this way, you can make beautiful national costumes for oriental dances and create original ornaments.