How to make a butterfly from beads (manual)

A beautiful and effective butterfly from beads can be used as an element of decor or applique. It is an excellent decoration for the packaging, casket, shade, postcard, curtains. Using in the process of work a lot of colorful beads, you can create several different butterflies. Most of them are made on a wire basis.

This craft is popular both in adults and children. An expressive butterfly can be made with the children, it will decorate any hair, handbag, hat or dress. Interested in needlework, any child will ask: " How to make a butterfly from beads?" And will be very pleased if the process of making crafts will happen to someone from adults.

In the process of creating ornaments, the methods of brick weaving or mosaic in a circle are applied. Schemes (beads) of weaving from each other differ in the arrangement of beads. In the technique of brick weaving, they are in the same line, strictly one after another. The connecting wire or monofilament passes through the hole in a loop. This technique is less elastic. But to dissolve the product after work will be difficult. In mosaic weaving, the beads are arranged in a staggered order. As a result of this work, the product is flexible.

How to make a butterfly from beads. Tips and Tricks

For a basis it is better to take a line. It is of a transparent color and much stronger than a wire or string. For greater convenience and counting the number of beads, it is better to use a thin needle. But before you start, it's best to make sure that all the beads are threaded onto it.

Before you make a butterfly from beads, you should remember a few rules. To fix the tip of the line, a bead of contrasting color is used, which before the work is fixed by several loops of the line. This method also contributes to the preservation of the craft at execution, as it will not allow the beads to shatter. If the length of the line is short during the making of the decoration, then you need to take a new piece of the necessary length and gently attach it to the remaining end. The free ends should be as small as possible.

How to make a butterfly from beads. Progress

Butterfly of small beads consists of five parts: the trunk, the two upper and two lower wings. All of them are created separately from each other by the technique of mosaic weaving, and then assembled into a single composition. For the abdomen, a 27 cm long line will be needed. Two pieces of kapron thread will be fed 45 cm on the lower wings, and 60 cm in the upper wings. These are approximate dimensions taken with a "reserve". If a small bead is used in the work, lines or wires will be needed less.

Weaving starts from the trunk. Here it is advisable to take beads with large holes, since at the stage of assembly through them it is necessary to thread two more strands of fishing line. Then the lower and upper wings are created, which are executed according to the scheme. The openwork spaces give the butterfly an airy and voluminous appearance, form a smooth bend of the parts. Then the wings are attached to the abdomen. When the work is completed, the line is cut off, the ends are gently scorched or weave into the work, and the fastener pin is attached.

If the work uses a thin wire, then to create a smooth and beautiful antennae will need a handle or a stick of circular cross-section on which the free ends are wound.

Find different patterns of weaving butterflies in the magazine "Needlework" (beads). In it, in detail, the master classes of the techniques of weaving butterfly, keychains, handbags, pupae and other items are given.