Delicate wedding braid

Difficulty: 2
Technique: embroidery (rocaille knot)

Textile braiding with pressed beads

Make your own delicate braid adorned with delicate flowers, for which you will be able to find many uses, including on a wedding day. Use the braid as a bracelet or earrings to adorn the bride or the bridesmaids. You are sure to appreciate the braiding with PRECIOSA Forget-me-nots even when sewing an unconventional wedding dress. The braid is suitable for decorating wedding decorations and as a ribbon on a gift, a hair decoration or a bracelet for everyday wear.
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Material and Tools

PRECIOSA Forget-me-not

111 01 362; 5 mm; 33100/14400 glossy light blue (PB)
earrings – 4x; bracelet – 10–12x (according to the length)

PRECIOSA Forget-me-not

111 01 362; 5 mm; 33100 light blue (PB)
earrings – 4x; bracelet– 10–12x (according to the length)

PRECIOSA Forget-me-not

111 01 362; 5 mm; 02010/28701 white rainbow (AB) (PB)
earrings – 4x; bracelet– 10–12x (according to the length)

PRECIOSA Rocailles

311 19 001; 12/0; 33000 light blue (R)
earrings – 4 x; bracelet – 10–12x (according to the length)

PRECIOSA Rocailles

331 19 001; 11/0; 46102 glossy white (R)
earrings – 4x; bracelet– 10–12x (according to the length)

Materials

End pieces (a cylinder with an eye at the end) with an external diameter of 3 mm (the earrings) and 2 mm (the bracelet); a simple earring hook; a small carabiner; 4 mm rings; a counter-ring

Tools

A thin needle (sewing the PB and R); a satin braid at the width of the 10 mm flower (light blue or white); a tailor's needle (sewing the braid); a thin tailor's thread (light blue or white)

scissors; a ruler; glue for absorbent x non-absorbent material; flat-nose pliers

Procedure

Step 1

The bracelet
Prepare 12–14 flowers from the braiding.
The length with the fastening is as follows: 14 flowers – 18.1 cm,
13 flowers - 16.9 cm and 12 flowers – 15.7 cm.

Cut one petal from each of the outer flowers. Sew the tailor's thread to the petal with the needle. Thread the needle through the petal and tie off the end of the thread.

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Step 2

Then twist the entire length of the thread along the petal. Tie off the ends of the thread again. Place the knots towards the cut off edge of the petal. Shorten the ends to about 2 mm.

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Step 3

Apply a little glue to an end piece using the tailor's needle. Then clean the needle. Insert the twisted petal with the aid of the tailor's needle. Correctly twist the eye on the end pieces, so that one is flat and the other is perpendicular to the base. Leave them to dry.

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Step 4

Sewing on the PB. Prepare a doubled thread. Make it as long as you wish. Thread the thread onto the thin needle and fold it in half at the needle's eye. There are grooves on the textile flowers indicating the petals and the centre. Thread the needle from the front at the intersection of the grooves between two petals and the centre. Thread the needle through the opposite intersection of the grooves from the back.

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Step 5

String 1x PB and 1x R. Thread the line through the PB again from above. Tie off the ends of the thread with three knots. Shorten the ends of the thread to about 1–2 mm. Sew on all the flowers in this way.

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Step 6

Use the eyes to connect a carabiner on one side and a counter-ring on the other.

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Step 7

The earrings
Cut off 4 flowers from the braid. Cut off one petal from each of the outer flowers. Fold it in half. Place the removed petals on one another. Use the needle to sew through them several times with the tailor's thread. Tie off the ends of the thread. Twist the thread around the petals several times. Tie off the ends of the thread. Shorten the ends of the thread. Apply glue to the cavity in the end piece. Insert the twisted part. Make sure that the eyes are twisted to lie flat. Leave the glue to dry.

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Step 8

Sewing on the PB. Use the grooves in the flower in the same way as for the bracelet. String 1x PB and 1x R at the back. Thread the needle and thread through the PB again from above. Also string 1x PB and 1x R from the front. Thread the needle and thread through the PB again from above. Tie off the thread and cut it.

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Step 9

Hang an earring hook on the eye.

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