BEAD GERANIUM

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Beadwork as an art has a long history, and the first experiments with wire and gizmos resembling beads appeared from the time of Antiquity. Many needlewomen at the sight of beadwork look at them with admiration and at the same time with sadness, because not everyone can weave something like that - the technique of beadwork can be very complicated. A beautiful bouquet of bright red geranium is very similar to real, natural flowers that will retain a magnificent blooming pitchfork for many years.

The manufacturing technique is very simple and everyone can do it, you just need to have the following materials:
-Wicker vase;
- Small red beads;
-Thin wire;
-Thick wire;
- Mouline thread of green color;
-Glass balls.

Cut a piece of thin wire 20-30 cm long and begin to string 14 beads on it.

You got the first loop that you need to fix by twisting the ends of the wire together.

Now, from one end of the wire, begin to string a second loop, which will consist of 8 beads.

Lock the beads. The second loop was smaller than the first, so it must be placed on top of a large loop.

On this analogue, perform 3 more double loops. In total, you should get 4 large loops and 4 small ones.

One branch of geranium will consist of 14 flowers, so weave the remaining 13 copies according to the same pattern. The length of the wire may not be fundamental: some ends can be very long, while others can be very short.

Now start wrapping a green flower floss leg. So the threads disguise the copper wire and give the flowers a lively look.

Follow this procedure with the remaining flowers and collect them together. Start forming a bouquet. Attach a thick wire-leg to thin flower legs. This can be done with filaments or thin wire.

The final natural look of a sprig of geranium will be given by green threads, which must be wrapped in a dense layer around the entire leg.

Any vase will not hold the weight of a bouquet of beads without additional filling for the bottom. Place the glass balls in the vase. If you don’t have any, you can use any small heavy objects.

Make a geranium flower on a long stalk so that it completely touches the bottom of the vase.

Make four more flowers. If the vase is small, there can be only 3 branches of geranium, and if its neck is wide enough, increase their number to seven. The main thing is your desire and patience.

Set your masterpiece to a prominent place. As an addition, you can fix a beautiful butterfly made of beads or other material on one of the flowers. Care for such bouquets is necessary at least once a month so that the beads do not become a dust collector. So that the beads do not lose their original shine, try to limit the ingress of moisture. Dust can be removed using an ordinary brush for painting.