Bead flowers for Weddings: How to make French Beaded flowers, wedding bouquets, corsages and arrangements
Your complete guide to French beaded flowers and how to use them to create wedding bouquets, corsages and arrangements
Just to recap what I shared in the video...
This amazing online class gives you PDF tutorials for twenty different flowers, leaves and foliage that you can use to create any bouquet, corsage or arrangement...
PLUS four complete PDF tutorials for four different styles of wedding bouquets...
PLUS four complete PDF tutorials for different styles of corsages and buttonholes that you can use for any occasion...
You get a complete masterclass in French beading techniques. You will be learning with downloadable PDF written instructions and over two hours of video demonstrations to show you the techniques. These cover just about every single French beading technique, from basic to advanced. So, even if you are not interested in making wedding accessories, this class provides your ultimate guide to French beading.
PLUS a masterclass in how to design and assemble a bouquet, so you will be able to create designs of your own if you don't wish to make mine.
You can also ask questions and receive personal help if you get stuck on anything.
You have lifetime access to the class once you are enrolled (note, lifetime is the lifetime of this beading school). And you can work through everything in your own time at your own pace.
You can also interact with others on the class and showcase your beautiful beaded flowers.
Take a look at the complete curriculum below (make sure to click on the arrow at the bottom of the list to expand it...there's an enormous amount included!)
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Class Curriculum
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StartIntroduction to this section - please read!
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StartThreading beads onto wire (3:19)
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StartSingle loop technique and techniques for flower centres (5:24)
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StartDouble loop technique (1:50)
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StartThree row crossover technique (2:03)
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StartFour row crossover technique (2:13)
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StartSingle strands technique and using single strands to make flower centres (3:52)
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StartTechnique for creating a series of single strands (6:30)
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StartThe "basic" technique (5:20)
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StartTechniques for shaping petals (3:10)
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StartDonut Basic technique (4:55)
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StartReverse wrapping technique (2:47)
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StartSplit stem basic technique (8:46)
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StartTechnique for making conical structures (8:28)
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StartLacing Technique (3:59)
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StartAssembling a flower (5:05)
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StartWrapping stems (3:48)
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StartAssembling a bouquet (3:34)
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StartAssembling a corsage (4:08)
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StartBinding flowers together to create arrangements (3:50)
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The materials in this class originally appeared in the two-volume series of ebooks published by Vivebooks, Bead Flowers and Wedding Bouquets and Beaded Wedding Flowers and Corsages. We have combined them to create one masterclass that will teach you everything you need to know about French beading, and allow you to make stunning personalised flower arrangements for your wedding day...or any other big occasion!
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Vivebooks originally published the material in this course in ebook format. The instruction layout and videos here come from the original material in the ebook.
Layout was created by Vivienne Wells. Video recording and editing carried out by Trevor Wiggins. Photo credits Jonathon Bosley and Katie Dean. Original beading patterns designed and written by Katie Dean.
Note: questions asked on this course will be answered by Katie Dean.