Craft Works : Bouquet Making Instructions

ashukrishna · Apr 4, 2008

hello friends...
i like to share some of my collections... that is the base from which i learnt my craft works... i do this just to gift others... so sorry for not posting my works.. but sure will try to do...
many people will be knowing all these stuff but there might be beginners … hope this will help to make some initiatives for their creations…
let me start with beads....
Materials Required

Beads - Various Colors

Silver Wire or gold wire (feed wire)

Stem Wire

Green or Brown Tape

Wire Cutter

Pliers (Long nosed)

Binding wire

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RoundGlass Beads are usually used for Flower making. Glass Beads are available in a variety of colors and different textures. Clear crystal beads lined with dye, transparent beads with the light shining through giving a jewel like appearance and Chalk or solid beads which are not at all transparent. Large beads are used on stem wires for finishing the stem of a flower or the centre veins of leaves.
Basics of Petals
Petals can be of different shapes like round, pointed, loop, wrap shape etc. Some designs have the petal pointed at one end and some at both end.. You can make all the petals of the flower continuously with one wire or make each petal with different wires and join them to make a flower.
Basic count
A basic wire to string the basic count of beads, around which the design is formed, is needed for both round and pointed petal.
Take a silver or gold wire cut out a piece of wire to string the basic number of beads needed for the particular design. The lower end of the basic wire is the 'bottom' of the petal and upper part is the 'top' of the petal. The shape of the top and bottom of the petal depends upon the design
Stem
After making the flowers. Make a loop with the feed wire left.
Decide the length of the stem. Say if it’s about 12", cut a 24" length piece from the wire and fold it in exactly half. So that the stem will look thick or use a thicker wire for the stem. At the end of the stalk make a small bend and hook it on the loop below the flower. Then wind the green tape around the stem completely.
Binding Flowers or leaves to the stem

Hold a binding wire very securely against the stem.

Bring the bottom of the petal or leaf close to the stem wire with its hanging stems downward.

Wind the wire tightly around the stem.

Each leaf or petal is attached one at a time with the same piece of winding wire.

When all petals have been joined to the stem go around the stem with the binding wire another two turns and cut away.

Hope this will enhance your enjoyment, creativity....
So keep going friends...
Cheers...!!
ashu