The boho style, which combines things that seem incompatible at first glance, has become unusually widespread these days. This is an amazing mixture of western, hippie and country with a bohemian style and a touch of romance. This style allows you to provide absolute freedom of imagination, conducting bold experiments on your own image. The absence of restrictions, bold combinations of various materials attracts a large number of fans of this style.
Boho style features
Boho style is a relatively young trend, which began in the early 90s. It was formed as a result of mixing several different styles.
Boho style incorporates elements of gypsy culture, grunge, country, ethnic and hippie (photo).
This style welcomes natural materials and layering. Warm natural shades are sometimes diluted with blue, blue or burgundy.
One of the most characteristic features of the boho style is abundance of decorations (knitted or sewn, connected using different techniques).
These include beads of various lengths, earrings, and all kinds of bracelets.
Required materials and tools
To create jewelry in a similar style can be useful such tools and materials:
- pieces of fabric and leather (artificial or natural) of various colors;
- beads of different colors and sizes;
- sequins;
- beads;
- lace;
- cord or braid;
- fasteners;
- ruler;
- needle and thread;
- scissors;
- tailor's chalk;
- glue "Moment";
- pliers.
Advice! To create jewelry in this style, you can use various colored scraps. Any old items that are unusable can be an excellent basis for original jewelry.
Creative DIY boho decorations
Many needlewomen prefer not to buy ready-made decorations in the boho style, but to make them themselves. This allows them to discover new horizons of creativity.
When creating such products, you can use almost any craft technique.
Beads made of colored knitwear
To make an original simple decoration in boho style you will need small pieces of knitted fabric in different colors (0.15 cm tubes of cotton without seams and small scraps of jersey for ties), ruler, scissors and tailor's chalk.
Technique:
The fabric must be placed on a hard, flat surface, straightened and marked 3 cm from the edge. Then mark a cutting line along the entire length with chalk, and then cut a piece of fabric along the mark made.
The cut tape must be stretched with your hands so that it curls into a tube and hides the resulting irregularities and small edge threads.
After the main tape is rolled into a rope, you can begin to make ties from fragments of contrasting material.
It is better not to cut off all the fragments at once.It is recommended to take a whole ribbon, tie a knot at one end, then place one of the fragments on the base, tie it, and after that make the opposite knot (after clearly aligning the ends) and cut the tip close to the knot.
All colors must be tied in the chosen order along the entire length of the closed ribbon.
Advice! Various shades of fabric are suitable for decoration. The main condition is that they must be in harmony in color with the base.
Original necklace and earrings
We suggest making a spectacular product in boho style.
It will require the following tools and materials:
- glass beads (cut round and teardrop-shaped) of different sizes and different shades of one or two colors that combine with each other;
- bicone (small glass beads);
- loop pins in two sizes;
- metal pendants (one in the shape of a crescent and several in the shape of feathers);
- oval and round metal connecting rings;
- pliers;
- round nose pliers;
- chain;
- clasp.
Advice! For greater convenience, it is recommended to arrange all drop-shaped beads by color before starting work.
Technique:
You need to insert rings into the holes on the teardrop-shaped beads. Then, using beads, pins and pliers, you need to form a hanging element, as shown in the photo.
After all the hanging elements are ready, you should attach them to the main part (to the crescent-shaped pendant).
Next, you need to take a few beads and attach them to two sides of the chain, after which you should fasten the clasp.
The elegant necklace is ready; you can additionally make earrings in the same style.
Beads made of fabric and cord
Another easy-to-make, but at the same time quite original decoration option in the boho style.
To make it you need to prepare:
- nylon cord 50 cm long;
- cotton fabric 50x6.5 cm;
- 2 limit switches;
- clasp;
- a cylinder and a small metal ring;
- scissors;
- ruler;
- glue "Moment";
- tailor's chalk;
- pliers;
- a knitting needle with a curved tip.
Technique:
You need to try on the cord to determine at what distance from the edge you need to stitch the strip. Otherwise, the fabric will not fit tightly enough to the nylon cord.
A piece of fabric should be folded in half with the right side inward and the edges stitched, forming bartacks at the ends.
If you don’t have a sewing machine, you need to draw a straight line with chalk and sew a seam along it by hand, using frequent stitches.
Then, using a knitting needle with a curved tip, the fabric must be turned from the wrong side to the right side. After this, the inverted strip should be put on the cord, and then a metal cylinder should be put on the resulting workpiece.
Now you need to process the edges of the decoration. To do this, drop a little glue into the center of one of the ends, pinch the end of the rope with pliers, and then fasten the fastening ring.
At the second end of the harness, you need to secure the end cap and fastener in the same way.
Advice! You can make several similar bundles of varying lengths. This will help create a more voluminous decoration.
Boho style does not accept regulations at all. Its main principle is the fight against any rules.
When creating an image in this style, you should not be afraid to combine things that may look incompatible in the eyes of others. Loose hair and romantic makeup will harmoniously complement the boho style look.
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