Recently, needlework is gaining popularity among women, because you want to create something with your own hands. In particular, this refers to the embroidery: it attracts magic when a pattern appears on the fabric, which in time turns into a picture. Beading features charming properties. After all, this is a universal and bright material.
By the way, the history of this variety of beads is quite ancient. It is known that the clothes of Egyptian pharaohs and representatives of the Egyptian nobility were decorated with beads. Now embroidery with beads is used by famous fashion designers and simply skilled needlewomen. But are you worse? We suggest you to surprise others with their own creations. We will talk about embroidery beads for beginners.
Materials for embroidery with beads
To master the technique of embroidery with beads you will need the following materials:
- beads. It is better to buy Czech or Japanese beads, Chinese products are often substandard. By the way, beads are of different size and shape (round, flattened). Choose beads of the same type, so that the embroidery is flat;
- canvas. The size of the canvas should match the size of the beads;
- needle for beads;
- threads are better synthetic, they are stronger;
- scissors;
- a thimble, if necessary.
Technique of embroidery beads for beginners
It is better for a beginner to buy a canvas in a specialized store with an already printed drawing. In the pictures of embroidery beads for beginners to choose beads much easier. It often indicates the desired number or color of beads. Usually, such pictures are small in size, so they can be embroidered without a hoop. For convenience, we recommend to spread the beads in boxes or special containers.
The first step to learning how to sew with beads is made by sewing a bead to the canvas with a semicircular (monastic suture) horizontally or vertically according to the drawing. On canvas, the finished drawing is usually divided into squares. The needle and thread are inserted from the lower left corner, stretched, stringed on the needle bead. Then the needle is dragged to the wrong side of the canvas through the upper right corner of the square. As a result, the bead is sewn.
On the front side, you get a horizontal stitch, and with a purl stitch, a vertical stitch. Thus, gradually, the pattern of your embroidery will be made out.
Schematically it looks like this.
Please note that all the beads are strung in a row, of any color. At the end of the row, the thread can be fixed with a knot and continue the embroidery further.
Beginning beadwork for beginners can be done with icons. They are quite bright, effective. Embroidering them with beads is not difficult: the faces and hands of saints are not decorated with beads, but only clothes and the background.
Imagine how nice it will be for loved ones to receive for the birthday embroidery in the form of an icon with a personal angel!
Embroidery beaded clothing for beginners
When your skills in embroidering with beads are fixed, you can begin to improve your clothes. Decorating things with beads is a popular technique now. So, first, find a pattern that you will decorate your wardrobe item.
- Print out the pattern and transfer it to the tracing paper.
- Draw a chalk or soap outlines of the future pattern beads.
- Attach the tracing paper with the pattern to the fabric.
- Then gradually and gently sew the beads to the fabric, following the pattern on the tracing paper.
- In those places where the pattern is already fully executed, the tracing paper can be cut.
- If you decorate clothes from both sides with the same patterns, embroider symmetrically so that the patterns are the same.
- Do not tighten the thread tightly so that the fabric does not tighten.
- That's all! See how the thing transformed with beaded embroidery.
The only advice - things with beads are best washed by hand.