Every girl's dream is probably a wardrobe full of a variety of dresses, in each of which she would appear only once. But buying a new expensive dress is not always possible, but you still want to look stunning.
Then ingenuity comes to the rescue. Without huge amounts of money and needlework skills, in just a couple of hours you can give new life to your old dress! The widest range of decorative elements in sewing stores and ateliers will help you create a high fashion masterpiece. We’ll find out further how to decorate a dress with your own hands.
How to decorate a dress with beads
The most elegant and feminine solution would be to decorate the dress with beads. Any item of clothing with them will look elegant and tasteful. True, the embroidery process will take a lot of time, not every fashionista completes it, but the result is worth the effort.
REFERENCE! Before you start decorating, you need to create a weaving pattern, and then gradually attach the beads to the fabric with silk thread or fishing line.
For which dresses is this decoration appropriate?
Before decorating an outfit with beads, you need to find out whether it will suit the chosen dress:
- The beads have a rich pearlescent luster. Fabric colors such as black, pink and cream will most favorably emphasize the mother-of-pearl of the decorative element.
- If the goal is to update a business suit or casual wear, it is better to choose smaller decorative elements.
- Large beads are ideal for evening wear.
- Black and any bright colors of the decorative element go well with pastel-colored dresses.
- The clothing chosen for alteration should be discreet and not overloaded with additional accessories.
IMPORTANT! It is worth considering the occasion for which the outfit is being updated; it will be used for business meetings; decorations should be minimized, and in the case where there is an evening event, you can add a large amount of beads to the dress.
What you will need
To decorate a dress with beads you must use:
- Dress as a base.
- Beads of the right size and color.
- Iron.
- Threads matching the color of the beads.
- Thin needle.
- Chalk.
Instructions
There are several options for decorating a dress with beads.
1 way:
This option will be suitable for girls who want to attach beads in a row without resorting to complex patterns and techniques.
For the first method of embroidering with beads, you need to put chalk marks on the fabric that will guide you in the process. Then sew the beads one by one with a stitch to the dress.A seam forward of the needle (stringing beads on a needle one by one, stitching the fabric), a stitch stitch (passing the needle into both holes of the bead) is the most durable option, or a stem stitch (stringing 2 beads on a needle at once, passing through the fabric from the back and bringing the needle out to front side).
To create several even rows of beads, a monastery stitch is useful, in which a sequence of diagonal stitches is made.
Method 2:
For complicated embroidery of an outfit, you must follow these steps:
- Prepare the fabric, draw the borders of the jointing on it with chalk.
- For a more durable result, glue a piece of non-woven fabric the size of the future embroidery to the wrong side of the product. Gluing can be done using a heated iron.
- Make a diagram of a bead pattern on a sheet of paper.
- Sew to the fabric using a line stitch, trying to make stitches as close to the decorative element as possible.
- Sew subsequent elements in the same way, adhering to the prepared pattern.
- At the end of the work, fasten the thread, trim off the excess protruding threads from the wrong side.
You can add newness to a dress, make it more fashionable, elegant and feminine with the help of beads. The main thing is not to overdo it with the number of elements and master the basic types of seams. Don't be afraid to experiment and you will succeed!
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