Embroidering is easy! Do not believe me? The article reveals the secrets of the correct choice of beads, canvas, threads, needles, the master class of embroidery with a bead of a bouquet of flowers is presented.
Contents
- How to start embroidering with beads? Advice from professionals
- First embroidery of beads with their own hands
- How to choose the canvas for embroidery with beads?
- Embroidery of a blooming blue bouquet in beads step by step
- How to embroider a picture of beads: advice and feedback
- Video: Embroidery beads for beginners
- Video: Embroidery beads for beginners - needles and threads
- Video: Embroidery beads for beginners - needles and threads
The first of the knownThe samples of beads are kept in the Cairo Museum.
In ancient Egypt, in addition to aesthetic functions, beads played the role of money equivalent and eventually conquered the southern part of Europe. Northern Europe at that time preferred embroidery with pearls and amber. Two beads flow could not but meet and in the XI-XIII centuries beads began its world tour, which continues today.
What is the secret of these little beads?
Psychologists have long ago attributed needlework to meditative studies that have a charitable impact on the general state of a person:
- weary brain cells decrease their activity
- brain cells that are responsible for creativity and are practically not involved in daily life,
- muscles are activated to reduce tone
- nervoussystem relaxes
- body decreases oxygen consumption
- normalizes pressure
- heart slows down
General physical and psycho-emtional state of a person resembles an intermediate state of the body between waking and sleeping.
And if you take into account that:
- embroidery technique beads is available even to girls of primary school age
- workplace organization does not require global changes in the interior
- materials for embroidery with beads are diverse and available
It is impossible to deny yourself the pleasure of creating a masterpiece with your own hands!
So, we start with the basics.
How to start embroidering with beads? Advice from professionals
1. Clearly determine what you want to embroider: landscape, still life with fruit or flowers, animalistic image.
Board .If this is your first job - start with a small scheme. The maximum size for the first work is 15x15 cm. The color solution of the first embroidered scheme should be the most contrast.
Important : Work on embroidery with landscapes and still life allows you to allow for some errors peculiar to beginners.
2. Decide on the fabric on which you will embroider. It should be dense enough to support the weight of the beads and, at the same time, comfortable in operation.
Tip t. Start better on canvas - this base fabric is perfect for counting embroidery techniques.
3. Special beaded needles and threads are used for embroidery with beads.
General advice of .The easiest way to start embroidering is to purchase a ready-made embroidery kit in a specialized store.
The ready-made set includes:
- scheme of the future picture and the canvas for work. Often, the outline and the canvas replace the patterned fabric for full or partial filling with beads
- beads matched exactly according to the
- scheme needle for
- operation instruction
Take into account : embroidery threads are not included in the kit! They will need to be purchased separately
The first embroidery from beads with their own hands
The quality of the finished work depends not only on the skill of the embroiderer, but also on the quality of the raw materials
. How to choose a good bead for embroidery?
The quality of the beads influences the appearance of the finished work and its durability. If you want to embroider a quality product - be attentive to the choice of beads.
Get acquainted with the manufacturers
The leading suppliers of the bead market:
- Japan is the best and most expensive material. Beads are well tolerated by temperature, chemical effects, as well as the influence of moisture and sunlight. It has a wide through hole, which makes it possible to use such material not only for embroidery, but also for beading. Often, inexperienced embroiderers sell Taiwanese beads, giving it for Japanese beads.
- The Czech Republic produces beads , which is inferior to the Japanese in quality and requires a more caring attitude. The cost of quality reduces the value of the material .
- China as manufacturer , can offer beads from extra-class material to low-quality product.
There are a lot of beads in our markets from Taiwan, India and Turkey, but there are too many claims to embroiderers.
Checking the quality
Regardless of what the seller promises and tells:
1. Be sure to feel the beads you like. Refuse to buy if there are traces of paint on your fingers.
Important : The beads made of colored material are more expensive than the colored ones.
2. Beads must be calibrated, i.e.selected by size. Pay attention to this when buying beads.
The photo below shows the difference in the calibration of Chinese beads. Embroiderers are forced to sort the beads themselves.
If you are not sure about the quality of the beads you buy, buy a small trial quantity and check the beads at home.
Method 1
- soak the beads in warm soapy water
- place the wet beads on a light cloth or paper napkins.
If the beads leaves colored spots - its quality leaves much to be desired.
Method 2
- put a part of the acquired beads under direct sunlight for 7 days, if the beads have faded - the material is of poor quality.
Method 3
- walk around the bead with a nail file.
If the paint from the bead is removed easily and effortlessly, the embroidery will lose its beauty even while working.
Method 4
- put a piece of beads in a small amount of mayonnaise and leave for a few days in a dark place.
Look at the changes that have occurred to the beads: if the paint has faded and the beads have lost their luster, do not buy them.
Determine the size
Important : the size of the beads must match the size of the canvas cell otherwise the embroidery will be deformed.
Beads from different manufacturers is different! The photo below shows the difference in the calibration between the beads of four different manufacturers. Each string has an equal number of beads - 20 pieces.
- The ratio of the number of beads and the diameter of the bead:
№21 - 0,8 mm
№20 - 0,9 mm
№19 - 1 mm
№18 - 1,1 mm
№17 - 1,2 mm
№16 -1.3 mm
No. 15 - 1.5 mm
No. 14 - 1.6 mm
No. 13 - 1.7 mm
No. 12 - 1.9 mm
No. 11 - 2.2 mm
No. 10-2,3 mm( most often used for embroidery)
№8 - 3,1 mm
№6 - 4 mm
№3 - 5,5 mm
№1 - 6,5 mm
How to choose the canvas for embroidery with beads?
Shops with goods for needlework offer a huge selection of different fabrics. A reasonable choice for the first embroidered work is Aida tissue( Aida), which refers to the block tissues. Such fabrics are an excellent basis for embroidery by the counting method.
Properties of the Aida canvas
- composition - cotton 100%
- squares of weaves visible well
- the fabric is rigid, which makes it possible to stretch the embroidery thread evenly
- does not shrink when washing
- is well suited for embroidery without hoop, with embroidery frame, on the
machine The ratio of the number of Aida cannels,1 inch( 2.5 cm), the number of cells is 10 cm.
No. 6 - 6 - 24
No. 8 - 32
No. 11 - 11 - 44
No. 14 - 14 - 56
No. 16 - 16 - 63
No. 18 - 18 - 71
No. 20 - 20 - 79
No. 22 - 22 - 87
The ratio of the number of Aida fabrics to the number of Czech beads
No. 6 - No. 4
No. 8 - No. 6
No. 11-No.8
No. 14 - No. 10
No. 16 - No. 11
No. 18 - No. 12
No. 20 - No. 13
No. 22 - No. 15
If you prefer another bead, the algorithm for selecting the canvas to the number of beads
is given below. The algorithm for selecting the canvas to the number of bead
Step 1. Measure the diameter of the selected bead. For example, the diameter of one of your beads is 2.3 mm
Step 2. Count the number of beads in 10 cm( 100 mm) of fabric
100 mm / 2,3mm = 43,46 beads or 44 whole beads
Step 3. When embroideringThe beads are located at an angle and are sewn with an "edge".To determine the number of beads taking into account the above, multiply the obtained number of beads by the factor k = 1,25:
44 beads * 1,25 = 55
beads Conclusion: for your beads you need a fabric that has 55 cells per 10 cm
Step 4. In the table of the ratios of the number of tissue and the number of cells, find the fabric you need.
Special needle for embroidery with beads: advice on choosing
Video "Embroidery with beads for beginners - needles and thread" will tell you how to make the right choice.
Embroidery of a blooming blue bouquet by beads step by step
Scheme of work:
1. Prepare the canvas. The size of the canvas is calculated by the following method
Based on the previous calculations, we have Czech beads No. 10.For embroidery, we need the canvas Aida # 14
a) our scheme for takes
- 124 cells horizontally
- 190 cells vertically
b) 1 cell = 1 bead
c) 55 beads in 10 cm canvas
Fabric size horizontally:
- 124/ 55 * 10cm = 22.5 cm
- We must take into account the allowances for 5 cm on both sides
- Total, the size of the cloth horizontally 22.5 cm + 5 cm + 5 cm = 32.5 cm
Fabric size in vertical:
- 90 /55 * 10 cm = 16.3 cm
- Side allowances of 5 cm
- Total, vertical web size 16.3 cm + 5 cm + 5 cm = 26.3 cm
2. ObligationWrap the fabric around the perimeter with a suture seam or apply a thin layer of PVA glue on the edge of the cut and allow it to dry. Such treatment will prevent the erosion of the threads of the canvas during work.
3. Many craftsmen mark the fabric with a colored pencil, a special marker for the fabric or threads. The fabric is marked on the squares of 10x10 cells, which corresponds to the layout of the circuit. This method allows you to avoid errors when embroidering.
4. Prepare the Czech beads №10 according to the color scheme presented below.
color 2 - purple with blue shade
color 3 - sea wave
color 4 - ink
color 5 - green
color 6 - light blue
color 7 - yellow
Bead shape: round
Beads frosted,not transparent.
5. Beads for work conveniently spread out in special boxes with cells. Plastic containers for freezing ice cubes are good for this purpose.
Be sure to prescribe for yourself the number or symbol of the color in the diagram.
6. Prepare the thread for embroidery, needle, scissors. Gobelin hoops are often used for embroidery with beads, fastening the canvas with pins on them.
7. Comparing the squares of the scheme and the squares on the canvas, determine the lower right corner of the work( do not forget about the allowances!).
8. Insert the thread into the needle and tie the knot. Fasten the knot from the wrong side of the work in the lower right corner. Make one stitch without beads. Then embroider in horizontal rows from right to left with a monastic suture. Seam diagram is attached.
Important : the slope of the beads should be the same! In the embroidery, small twists of the thread along the wrong side are allowed in the places where the beads pass.
Video "Errors in the technique of embroidery with beads - Golden Hands" will help to avoid common mistakes of beginners.
Video "Embroidery beads for beginners" will acquaint you with the basic techniques of embroidery according to the finished drawing.
9. Gradually move the drawing to the canvas
10. How beautiful to decorate the embroidery with beads?
Baguette and passepartout for embroidery are chosen in accordance with the color scheme of the picture. There is not one common recipe here. Sometimes, the frame emphasizes the main accents in the color of embroidery, sometimes - shades halftone. Everything depends on the general mood of the picture.
The master in a framing workshop will help you make the right choice.
How to embroider a picture of beads: advice and feedback
Some tips on selecting beads
Plants
Tree trunks made to be embroidered with matt beads without gloss Color - dense and saturated
Work on leaves and flowers allows the use of glazed beads
Buildings
It is not customary to use transparent beads. For embroidery of buildings and their elements use a bright matte beads. Church domes are embroidered with beads with metal spraying
Water
Transparent beads with a painted middle
will give the depth of water and the beauty of snow.
air Blue sky perfectly conveys translucent beads. A matte translucent beads will make the clouds in the picture extremely realistic
Heavenly luminaries
The bright matt beads