Beads are one of the most ancient materials for needlework. Beads can be used to weave a piece of jewelry or a small souvenir figurine, it depends on the desire and imagination of the author. In addition, almost all peoples use beads in embroidery to decorate clothes and household items.
Beads have been known to mankind since the days of Ancient Egypt. Metal, porcelain, glass beads were used to decorate clothes, all kinds of accessories were made from them.
Nowadays, along with glass, cheaper plastic beads have appeared.
This material captivates with a variety of colors, endless possibilities of use options, and most importantly, a winning texture and the fact that the color does not fade over time.
Types of beaded needlework
The simplest thing that can be made from beads is beads. It is enough to string a lot of beads on a strong thread or on a fishing line - and the beads are ready. It is better if you make several threads and intertwine them with each other. This will make it more effective. You can use beads of the same color, or you can use multi-colored, as your imagination tells you.
If you master beadwork, then the opportunity to use beads will increase significantly.
Making jewelry remains in the first place among beadwork masters. These are all kinds of necklaces, bracelets, earrings. If you braid a cabochon made of stone or some other material with beads, you get a wonderful pendant.
Many people are fond of making beaded figurines. These can be animal, plant or abstract motives. To create a figurine, they usually no longer use a fishing line, but a special wire.
One of the most common beaded crafts is the angel. Such a figurine can be presented for Christmas, Easter, and birthday. There are a lot of options for making an angel figurine. It all depends on skills and capabilities.
Diagrams of beaded figurines are easy to get on the Internet.
Recently it has become fashionable to make flowers from beads. As a base, again, a wire is used, on which beads are strung. By bending and fixing the wire in a certain way, petals, leaves, buds are obtained, from which the flower is assembled.
Another common type of needlework is beadwork. Such work resembles cross stitching. But the product turns out to be brighter, more radiant. Elements of clothing are embroidered with beads. Sometimes they embroider pictures or embroider objects such as wallets, handbags, all kinds of cases, etc.
Exotic uses
In fact, there are many ways to embroider with beads. The peoples of the North, for example, still use beads for embroidery of folk costumes, embroider outerwear with beads, create very beautiful and unusual accessories and souvenirs. Beads are in perfect harmony with leather and fur.
And in Latin America, along with embroidery, beads are used as a material for mosaics. For this, the beads are laid out on a prepared base in a certain order, as required by the drawing. All kinds of figurines are covered with multi-colored ornaments. It turns out very bright and original.
There are a lot of possibilities to use beads. The main thing is to have a great desire to create, connect imagination - and everything will work out.
