Jewelry Shop: Learn to Make Wired Flower

Post By XQDesigns

My daughter and I have been exploring making flower shaped related accessories. This is one of them - A wired flower that is attached to a leather string . It can be used as a necklace or a bracelet. We have then developed a new tutorial to share with you the process of making it.

Below is the step by step of making this wired flower. If you like or have benefited from this tutorial, you may consider to make a small donation by clicking the Buy Now button below. Any amount from USD1 would be acceptable. However, this is really totally optional.

This tutorial shows how to make a flower using wire and beads. It covers basic skills such as:
- Shaping flower frame using wire
- Wire wrapping the flower
- Attaching beads onto the flower
- Attaching the flower onto a leather string.

You can turn this creation to either a bracelet or a necklace.

Materials:

28cm 0.8mm thick wire
280cm 0.4mm thin wire
1 6mm pearl bead
1 leather cord use for necklace

Tools Needed
Wire cutter, Round nose pliers, Flat nose pliers

Step by Step
Step 1:

Draw a flower shaped pattern on a small piece of paper. The diameter of the flower is around 2.5cm.

Step 2:
Cut a 28cm long thick wire to form the flower frame. As shown in picture, make a slight twist at about 6cm of the wire using flat nose pliers. Place it on one of the petals as shown in picture.

Step 3:
You are now ready to twist the wire following the shape of the flower drawn on the paper. Use your thumb or the flat nose pliers to hold the wire onto the paper in order to fix the position, use your left hand to twist the wire following the shape of the flower.

Step 4:
Before you form another petal, you may now take out the paper and hold the wire using your left hand. Place the flat nose pliers at the edge where you would like to form the curve, use your left hand to twist the wire up.

You may use your fingers or flat nose to further shape the wire to the desired shape.

Step 5:

Now continue to shape the subsequent petal with one hand holding on the wire and paper and the other hand shaping the petals.

Step 6:

This is the complete flower shaped frame.

Step 7:

Now, tie the wires at the joint using the thin wire as shown in picture.

Step 8: Wrap the petal using the wire.

Step 9: To continue with the subsequent petal, bring the thin wire across the first petal and wrap around the second petal.

Step 10: Continue to wrap for the rest of the petals.

Step 11:
Upon completion of the wrapping, bring the thin wire to the other side of the flower (front) through the hole at the centre as shown by the red arrow.

Now turn to the other side of the flower (front).

Step 12:

Thread a white pearl through the thin wire.

Step 13: Bring the thin wire to other side of the flower (Back) thru the hole at the centre.

Step 14: Place the white pearl nicely at the centre of the flower

Step 15:
Turn to the back of the flower, tie the 2 thin wires onto the thick wire.
Then cut off excessive wires.

Step 16:
Place the flower at the centre of the leather cord. Twist the thick wires up as shown in the picture. Our aim now is to attach the flower onto to leather string.