Cabochon braiding with beads - master class for beginners

To create spectacular female adornments, cabochon braids are used with beads. A master class will help master this art. Cabochon - a large and beautiful stone in itself, and its braiding with beads creates a decent cut. Beads in this case serves as a rim. Cabochons for braiding can be natural or artificial.

Natural stones are more noble and have a natural intricate pattern or just a uniform color. Artificial stones are visually rather close to natural, besides they are often lighter. Also, artificial cabochons assume the use of a large number of color solutions. They can be made of artificial stone, glass, even plastic.

The finished decoration structurally looks like this: the middle of the composition is a large stone, braided with beads. On the edges can be laid out an additional ornament using beads, crystals, wire and other materials. The decoration is strengthened on a leather cord or on a strap made from the same bead that was used for braiding.

Preparation for work

The braiding of a cabochon with beads is a simple procedure that will require patience, perseverance and some knowledge. There are so many different lessons, from the simplest to the most complex, that require a certain skill. Cabochons can be purchased in hardware stores or in jewelry shops. After the materials are purchased and selected by their combinations according to the color scheme, you can begin braiding the cabochon with beads.

With what to wear

In the end, a unique piece of jewelry will be produced that will be the only one in the world and will emphasize the individuality of its owner. Master class for the beginning is to choose the simplest, with a simple braided pattern. You can engage in braiding at leisure on cold winter evenings and by spring you will receive an original elegant decoration. They wear such ornaments with dresses, because this is an elegant product. It is quite possible to wear it with an evening gown for a visit or for a solemn event. A set of necklaces, earrings and a bracelet will give the owner a special charm and attract the attention of others. Recently, a fashion trend has emerged to use bright and large jewelry in everyday life complete with blouses and shirts.

The braided cabochon can be used in necklaces, bracelets, rings, earrings and even diadems. The braid keeps the stone well and prevents it from falling out of the ornaments.

Tools and accessories

Before you roll a cabochon with beads, you will need to prepare the necessary materials for the job:

• The cabochon itself. For beginners, the best stone is a round or oval shape with a thickness of about 4 mm at its highest point.
• Beads. It will take a bead of suitable shade of two sizes: slightly larger and smaller. The package uses a marking on which you can determine the size of the beads. Sold in stores for needlework.
• Special strong nylon thread. Nylon thread is used to perform the necessary tension so that the cabochon is securely fixed in the future frame.
• Thin needles for beads. These needles are different from the usual small diameter, as well as a narrow eyelet. Such needles are specially designed for work with beads and are sold in shops for needlework.
• Wax. It is necessary for the processing of the thread, so that it slides better, does not tear, and is ultimately securely fixed in the braid.
• Felt. Before you start, many masters recommend attaching the stone to a piece of felt. From the very beginning a piece is cut off more than the size of the stone, and after gluing the excess is cut.

We select colors of materials

All materials can be bought in one shop. It is very important to choose the necessary color combination of stone and beads. Very often used beads, exactly matching in color with the stone. Very impressive are the contrast combinations. For example, a red or yellow cabochon can be braided with black beads, white - gray, black - gold. Very many needlewomen use beads of gold or silver shades to give the future decoration a resemblance to a jewelry.

Quality

You should pay attention to the quality of the beads. If in a bag of beads of different sizes, the braid will look messy. It is better to choose beads with exact matching of size and diameter, "bead to bead". Experts recommend products of Chinese and Polish manufacturers.

The braiding of a cabochon with beads can distract from everyday worries, help to relax, and at the same time to buy a real designer product.

Master class №1

After all the materials are prepared, you can start braiding the cabochon with beads. It's very simple! A master class for beginners is designed so that the person who never did this understands the principle of decorating and could repeat for the author.

Cabochon braiding with beads (a master class for beginners, therefore simple) begins with the manufacture of a simple chain with a cross-weave. For this purpose, the thread is taken, folded in half, from each end is threaded into the eye of the needle. A line of thread was obtained with two needles. Now a bead is taken, and two needles are introduced into it towards each other. After that they are stretched, and the bead is installed in the middle of the thread segment. After that, one bead is strung on each needle. The fourth bead is strung similarly to the first by introducing needles towards each other. So the chain is intertwined, which along the length is equal to the circumference of the cabochon. So you started braiding the cabochon with beads. There is nothing complicated in this!

Next, we continue to string the second row of beads onto the woven chain. Then, similar actions are performed, but one of the needles captures the bead of the previous row. When 3 rows are executed, the chain must be joined into a ring, grabbing the neighboring beads.

Then you put the rim on the stone. In order to bend the ends of the chain, fix the stone in the frame and continue braiding the cabochon with beads, the master class recommends walking along the edges of the chain from the front and the underside and threading on it a smaller beads. The edges are tightened, and the rim securely fixes the stone. This is the simplest braiding cabochon beads. Further, too, nothing complicated.

This is exactly how the cabochon braids are made with beads. The master class is a simple explanation created by professionals precisely for the novice master to understand the principle of fixing the stone. Sometimes a more convex stone is used. In order to produce high-quality braiding cabochon beads, the master class should choose a little different. You need to learn how to use additional rows of beads so that the stone does not fall out.

Master class number 2. Mosaic Technology

There are a lot of techniques of braiding. One of the spectacular and better fixing stones is mosaic. This technique for some is simpler.

So, too, you can make braid cabochon beads. The master class (mosaic) is shown below.

• The required number of beads, corresponding to the length of the circumference of the cabochon, is gathered onto the thread.
• Then one bead is threaded onto the thread. The needle is then pierced through every fifth bead of the first row. The first bead is threaded onto the thread, and the needle passes through the third bead from the end of the row. It should be taken into account that the final size of the chain will decrease slightly, so the calculation of length is done experimentally.
• The thread is tightened, the bead is installed in the resulting bend of the previous row.

You can slightly simplify the braiding cabochon beads. MK with a simpler method is based on sewing beads on felt, which was previously glued to the wrong side of the stone. That is, the first row of the chain of beads will be located on the substrate of felt, and the remaining beads are woven into the sewn chain. Usually 4-5 rows of beads are enough to get a frame of the required height. To pull and fix the stone, the last row of the mosaic braid is made with a smaller bead that pulls the previous row.

Back side processing

In order for the product to look aesthetic and neat, the wrong side should also be beautiful. After the end of braiding, the felt base is cut along the contour of the lower row of beads. That it was not visible, it is possible to lay one more series of beads. On the wrong side, you can glue a piece of leather or felt of the same color as the cabochon.

Braiding of double-sided cabochons

Cabochons are convex on both sides and transparent, so it is important that the braid looked equally beautiful on both sides. In this situation, the mosaic braiding is performed, which continues in the same form on each side. If in the previous master class, the pulling occurred on the front side, and the felt was pasted on the back, then the beads are pulled from both sides.

Patterned stringing of beads

When braiding cabochons, you can use various additional elements that will make the decoration even more spectacular.

In case you want to make the braid more expressive, you can use a combination of several shades of beads, placing them according to the pattern. You can also make denticles: this is a kind of mosaic weaving, but several beads can be strung on the needle at once.

Thus, a denticle is obtained. The more beads are used, the higher it will be. You can also use small beads, which are slightly larger in diameter than the main material. Usually they are used in the forefront of the braid, continuing the subsequent rows of beads.