DIY beading clothes

Some things in our wardrobe are not worn because they lack any zest. In this case, do not throw them in the farthest corner of the cabinet, but you can try to fix the situation with the help of decor. You can decorate clothes in a variety of ways, from old buttons to rhinestones or sequins. But today we will talk about decorating clothes with beads with our own hands. Beautifully embroidered with beads, rollers, jeans or dresses can become real masterpieces and the subject of envy from less skilled craftswomen and will delight you with their beauty and sophistication for a long time.

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Useful Tips

Clothing decorated with beads looks very rich, beautiful and fashionable, so many began to get involved in this kind of hand-made. If you decide to do such a thing as decorating by embroidery with beads, then we offer you some useful tips that will surely come in handy in such an initially difficult task:

• First of all, think over your drawing properly, attach beads, beads on your clothes in the right place, figure out what the final result will be.
• The thread that you will be working on should be maximally matched in color to your clothes. Then she will not be evident.
• Fasten the thread more often during operation. If the thread breaks while wearing the item or while washing, then most of the embroidery will not suffer - you will have to restore only a small part of it.
• If you knit yourself, you can not only sew the beads on the finished product, but also knit the product together with the beads, previously having strung it on a thread.
• If the embroidery is large, it is recommended to make it on a single piece of fabric, and then sew it to the clothes. During washing, it is advisable to tear off the embroidery.

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Types of seams

For beginners, first you need to master the most basic types of seams. The main thing - do not rush, and you will succeed:

• Stitch the needle forward - just string the beads on the needle one by one and stitch the fabric.
• Lower seam - go back and forth with a needle.
• Stem-seam - 2 beads on a needle, go through the fabric from the inside of the second bead. Take the needle to the front between the first and second bead, go through the second, and so on.
• Arched seam or back needle - string on the needle immediately 2-4 beads.
• Monastic seam. Each stitch is one bead. Do a diagonal stitch, the thread goes down into the fabric. From the inside, make a vertical stitch, the thread goes to the front side, another diagonal stitch along with a bead. Diagonal stitches are obtained on the front side, and vertically on the wrong side.

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How to choose a pattern for embroidery?

How to decorate clothes with beads with your own hands? If you want to make beadwork, then you need to pick up a picture or pattern from the Internet and print it. You can transfer it to the fabric in different ways:

• Copy the pattern onto the tracing paper and attach to the desired area of ​​clothing. You will have to embroider directly on the tracing paper, and then remove it.
• You can transfer the drawing using special markers, pencils, chalk.
• There are special carbon paper for textiles.
• There is also a transfer pencil on sale that transfers the pattern when exposed to a certain temperature. Have to use an iron.

Important! Using the latter method, consider the properties of the material and select the exact temperature regime.

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How to embroider on a non-woven fabric?

In addition to all of the above methods, there is another one that needs special mention. There is such a wonderful material called non-woven, which is very convenient for such experiments, since it already has a finished drawing on it, which can easily be washed off even with cold water.

How to work with him?

1. To begin, sew non-woven fabric in the right place of your clothes, where your embroidery should be shown in the future.
2. Embroider a fragment of beads.
3. Rinse the product under cold water. Non-woven fabric will dissolve, but the embroidery will remain.

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Types of patterns

Let's look at the simplest patterns of embroidery with beads on clothes with their own hands.

Shoulder Pattern

This is a simple pattern in the form of a simple flower with a stalk; it is easy to transfer to clothes and choose suitable colors for it. Contours are done using the “forward needle” seam, and the space inside the flowers and petals is filled with the “needle” seam.

Star Spiral Bead Pattern

The name speaks for itself - spirals of beads of different sizes are suitable for decorating both an elegant dress and a fluffy skirt. Large beads are located closer to the center; they can be sewn with a “needle forward” stitch.

Important! In addition to beads, it is possible to decorate such a composition with rhinestones and sparkles.

Feston with a pattern

This floral pattern is suitable for an evening dress, they can embroider a jacket for a girl or a bodice of a wedding dress:

• Curls are made using the seam “forward needle”.
• A single stalk is best embroidered with larger beads with round holes.
• With the same beads, but with the addition of glitter cups, rosettes can be embroidered.
• Small side branches are best embroidered with small pearls.

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Popular Bead Jewelry

The decor uses not only beads and beads, but also often rhinestones. What are these same rhinestones. Rhinestones are an imitation of precious stones made of glass. In addition, semi-precious stones such as quartz, obsidian, hematite can be used.

How to decorate clothes with rhinestones and beads?

• An ordinary bracelet made of beads in 2-3 rows will look beautiful, especially if you attach pendants in the form of various colors made of beads to it.
• Practically on any material, especially on silk, single beads, beads and rhinestones of different sizes look good.
• Beaded threads will look good on any clothing. String the beads on strong threads and sew them to the clothes.

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These ideas are far from all that you can come up with when thinking of decorating clothes with beads with your own hands. Experiment, taking into account the peculiarities of your clothes and the general style, and you will probably be able to create unique gizmos that you want to wear every day.