Brooches from beads, like decoration, are known not to one century, but now reached the new peak of popularity. They can be large or small, weathered in strict style or boho-chic (decorated with feathers, fur, lace). They are worn on a jacket, dress, blouse, jacket, coat ... and the form of brooches is limited only by the fantasy and the sweener of the masters.
Description of materials
Brooches give a fantasy field: can be limited to beaded, but you can add stones or rhinestones, lace, feathers, cloth or cold china. Manufacturers took care of the diversity of fittings, so the craftsmen remain only to create!Beads
Who is not the first time makes the brooch from the beads with their own hands, they do not just understand, but feel some beads to choose. To create jewelry, any, but more often used small with several large beads as the composition center.
Additional decor
To create brooches from beads with their own hands, rhinestones, sequins also apply. The decor uses fur, ribbons, grids, cyber and other materials.Rhinestones and stones
Rhinestones are artificial stones. According to the method of fastening, they are with holes, are attached to the sewn rim or with the help of special glue. Rhinestone type hotfix is also available - glue is already applied to their opposite side, which melts on heat. All is ready.
Often, very large rhinestones or stones are occupied by a central place in the composition - semi-precious or crystal. The most common forms - cabochon and rivoli.
Cabochon - Rounded or oval smooth flat stone.
Rivoli. Distinguished by the presence of faces and a conical base.
Flat Cabochon or Faceted Rivoli set the tone of the whole brooches
Accessories for beads from beads
Since the types of fittings are a great set, we will focus on those used when creating brokers.
Setting
For flat boosons for sale special frames-rims. Stones on them are glued or fixed with paws. There are a continuous basis and with a hole - it is better to install transparent stones into such better.
Sample setting: for planting cabochon on glue
and with fastening for transparent rivoli
The feature of the frame is that they are already decorated and do not need additional decorations. This is an excellent option for beginners who do not know how to tare the stones with beads.
Setting-suspension
However, when creating a brook, a special charm gives precisely braid, so it is better to learn this simple technique. Rivoli braid is slightly different from the cabochon braid.
Suspension
The suspension is a type of setting, but with a hinge for fastening. More often used as a coil, and only small suspensions are suitable for the manufacture of brooches to emphasize the composition, but not to delay attention and not shift accent.
Jewelry grid and ribbon
The grid and ribbon weave from metallized threads. The difference is that the grid is a bulk tube, and the tape is flat.
The grid is soft, but elastic, well bends on any sides and also returned to the original form. From it you can make air volumetric elements or simply fill with beads - contrasting colors or to the tone of the grid.
Tension tape takes bizarre wave-like forms that fantasically fit into the composition. If it is not stretched, but to wear beads to the edge and batch the tip of the lighter, then you will get a wonderful brooch-chrysanthemum.
Auxiliary fittings
To this type of materials belong:- Rings - There are single and double. Newbies are difficult to close the ends of the single ring so that there is no intersection or gap. Double rings are deprived of this shortage.
- Spacers - Designed to separate beads from each other. Produced in the form of tubes, rings, etc.
- Thread for bead A diameter of 0.1 mm lavsanaya or polyester.
- Basis for brooches . There are two species - an English pin or a plate, which is attached to clothes also on a pin or clothespin.
Basic types of beads
The methods of connecting beads in the product set, but for brook, mainly beading, embroidery and their combination, and the interweaving of decorative elements enhances the effect.
Embroidered brooch
Embroidery beaded is simple, and difficult. Simply, because there is a finished pattern, which you need to fill, but it is difficult because it requires skills and skills.
The beads should be calibrated, and it is necessary to put it with even rows, otherwise the work will look inaccurately, "treasure."
Felt applies more often as a basis for brooches, but any dense fabrics are suitable: wool, satin, cloth, and on the velvet beads and stones will play in a special way.
Velvet pumpkin
Velvet cat
An embroidered beaded brooch can have a wide variety of shapes: flowers, insects, animals, sweets, emblems and more. There are many templates on the network, select your favorite or draw your. Look at how nice it looks like this kitten named Gav in Bead.
Here are some stencils as an example.
Council. As a stencil for embroidery beads, you can use blanks for point painting: each point is a bead.
Here you can choose a delicate background and bright brilliant beads
In this video master class how to make a bead brooch with your own hands for beginners:
Braided brooches
Unlike flat-embroidered brooches - wicker have volume. The technique of execution is many and almost all of them are suitable for brooches. Consider the most common.
Mosaic technique - Most convenient for brooches. With it, it turns out dense, well-holding the shape of the product.
In the master class, Natalia Kuzma shows the bare brooches on a mosaic technique:
Such brooches are manufactured in three stages: the manufacture of petals, cabochon braid and assembly.
