Beaded Rose
What you need:1) Art Wire (thickness depending on your bead's size)
2) Beads (must be same size, around 600pc)
3) Floral wire (#16)
| Step 1: | Cut a 30 cm long art wire, string 3 beads and cross the wire back on the 2nd and 3rd bead and pull to tighten, make sure the 3 bead is tighten in the middle of the wire so that you have two equal length of wire on each side remaining. |
| Step 2: | Continue to add 4 beads and cross the wire through all 4 beads. |
| Step 3: | Continue adding 6, 8, 10, 12, 14 beads (ref: step 2) |
| Step 4: | String 8 to 10 beads (depending on your bead size) on each side of the remaining art wire and cross both left and right wire through the first bead |
| Make 5 petal of 14 beads and 4 larger petal of 16 beads (additional row of 16 beads) |
| Step 5: | Take two small petal and tie them onto
a floral wire as the rose bud. Then follow by wrapping and tie another 3 around the rose bud. Lastly wrap the last 4 larger petal around the rose to form the outer petal. |