Beadwork is one of the most famous materials that people use to create various ornaments, clothes, or decor. Known beads since the days of Ancient Egypt, but to this day, it does not lose its relevance. Experienced masters create real masterpieces from him, and today we will answer in detail the question of what can be made from beads with our own hands. So, let's start.

You can make all kinds of jewelry from beads: necklaces, necklaces, bracelets, pendants, brooches, chains, hair clips, earrings, rings.

Accessories and garments: collars, belts, handbags, clutches, openwork gloves, key rings

Decorative interior decorations: trees, flowers, pictures embroidered with beads, animal figurines, angels.

And many more and many other items. Beginners in beadwork, considering the work of experienced masters, do not cease to marvel at the freakishness of forms and fantasies, they dream of creating something extraordinary. But it is more correct to start with something simpler and to fill your hand with less complex products.

Diagrams of beadwork for beginners

What can be made from beads for beginners: the diagrams of such products will be given below.

bugle bracelet One of the lightest jewelry. It has a very simple circuit:

And for its manufacture we need only a glass bead 6-7mm and wire. As a result of simple actions you will have such a bracelet:

Asterisk

It can be used as an ornament for flowers, a keyring or, if we weave a pair of it, like earrings.

To weave such an asterisk, look at the three patterns of its weaving.

First you need to perform 5 diamonds technique in two strands, as in Fig.1. Then, you need to combine the rhombs. For this, it is necessary to pass the wire through the first rows, and insert one bead between the rhombic pieces. Take a large bead and insert it into the middle of the star( in Figure 2).Also, diamonds are joined at the level of 4 rows, and between them are inserted 3 beads, as in the 3 figure. We get a nice star.

For weaving jewelry, it is best to use a fishing line - it is stronger than many threads, and it is easier to work with it. For the weaving of decorative elements, animals, accessories, a wire is suitable, since it allows the product to keep its shape.

What can be made from beads, fishing line and wire? For example, a beautiful heart-pendant.

Heart Shape Suspension

For its creation, copper wire, about 1 mm thick, beads, beads, crystals, glass beads of different colors is used. Following a simple scheme. We can make such a heart very quickly and use it later as a key chain, pendant or decoration for the interior:

Necklaces

The lines are beautiful and stylish necklaces:

This necklace, as in the photo, is very simple. It is only necessary to thread beads of red shades into 12 pieces of fishing line, the length of which is about 70 cm. At the tips of the line you need to make a bundle, so that the beads do not crumble. Then, divide the resulting strands of beads into 4 equal parts( three strands) and weave the necklace according to the following pattern:

After the necklace is woven, special accessories are put on its ends - the locks and necklace are ready!

Superfluous beads

No masteress will ever complain about the fact that she has an extra bead. In such a case as beadwork, there is no excess material. What can be done from the remains of beads? If the remainders of the beads are not enough for something big, then the simplest version is thin and elegant beads, for example:

The main thing to remember is that if we string only beads, such beads will look extremely boring, but if we adda few beads of different sizes, in tone or in contrast, they will immediately play differently.

You can make an original bracelet from lace and beads.

For this you need to take a piece of lace:

Or:

And embroider on it( you can repeat the pattern of the lace itself), beads flowers or ornament.

You can attach a lock to the ends of such a bracelet if it is available. Or sew a thin bandage of tape or lace.

We suggest you also watch a video master class on making stylish long earrings from beads. Successful to you creativity!

Video for beginners

Here is a stylish birch:

Necklace:

Crocodiles in the form of charms:

Dolphin:

Collar:

Earrings: