Beaded brooch “Dragonfly”

Beaded jewelry does not lose popularity in our time, when you can buy anything in stores. After all, a brooch made with your own hands is more pleasant to wear and is not a shame to give as a gift.
The Dragonfly brooch is very easy to make and in order to make it, you only need basic knowledge of working with beads. Even a child familiar with needlework can handle it.



To make this brooch you need 7 crystal-shaped beads with a diameter of 3 millimeters. It is better if they are white or light green. 2 more of the same beads, only dark green. This will be the dragonfly's abdomen. And also 2 large round beads for her eyes. It is better to make wings from translucent beads of golden or silver color.



You also need thin copper wire.



You need to start working from the torso. You need to string a bead onto a wire 25 centimeters long and bend the wire.



Then you need to string it on two ends at once.



Alternate light crystal beads with small beads, and finally string dark beads as well.



To make the dragonfly's eyes, string round beads onto each end of the wire.



You need to secure it with a small bead, putting it on one end of the wire, and then threading the other end into it.




The dragonfly's body is ready.



The wings are woven two at a time on one wire using the parallel weaving method, threading first one end of the wire and then the other into the same beads.







Remember to tighten the wire to keep the wing rigid.



After 14 rows the wing is finished.



Twist the ends of the wire between the body beads and begin to weave the second wing in the same way.





Don't forget to secure the wire by threading the ends through the last few beads.




The third and fourth wings are woven in the same way.




Once the dragonfly is ready, take a small pin and screw it with a thin wire to the body under the wings.




This brooch can be an excellent gift for any occasion.