This is a tutorial on how to make a flower like the ones above :3
These are the beads you need; 10 of an inner flower color (i used the yellow), 50 of a petal color (im using red for this one), 27 for the stem (i used 23 green, then three lighter green and a yellow for the end), and extra beads if you want leaves (i had two leaves, 8 beads in all for them)
The first step is basically like starting a star. Put your ten of the inner flower color on the string and tie it off; make sure the resulting pentagon has two long strings coming from it. One string will complete the petals, and the other completes the stem.
String on three beads of your petal color and go through the next point, making sure it looks like the image below on the left. Repeat this process four more times until you get the image on the right, then string through the bead making the point of the star. (I traced over the string in white so it was more visible)
Now to make the full petals, string on seven beads of your petal color and go through the next point of the star to get the image below on the left. Repeat this again until you get the image on the right, and string back through to the point of the pentagon as shown.
You just need to tie off the flower, so loop through the point next to the bead as shown below on the left and make a knot; you may need to guide the knot to the space between two of the beads to avoid having the string pass over a bead. Tie it off two or three times, and cut the string to get something like the image on the right.
Flip over the flower and put the other string through the bead mext to it like below.
String on one of your stem beads and go through the neighboring bead under one of the initial points as shown on the left. Repeat all the way around until you get the right image.
String on another stem bead and go through the next previouslystrung stem bead like the left image, then repeat to get the right image
Since the beads arent close, string back through each of the highest five beads and pull tight to get something like the image below.
Now, string on another stem bead and go through a bead opposite of the bead the string is coming out of (left image), then string back through the bead in the middle to secure it (right image).
String back through that middle bead (left image), then add on your remaining stem beads as shown on the right.
String back through some of your stem, popping out where you want a leaf, stringing those beads on, then stringing back in the stem a bead above it. I prepeated this again further up to add another leaf. If you don’t want to add leaves, you can ignore those steps
Once you string back up to the top, string through the middle bead; go through the side the previous string leading to the stem does not come out of (i forgot to do that on this flower but did it correctly on the orange one)
String around until you get through another bead, and then we can tie it off
String under the strings that may be there, then make the knot. Tie it off a few times, then cut the string and your flower is done!
I hope this tutorial was understandable (i don’t make tutorials almost ever), and i hope you enjoyed!
Some ideas from my family and me that i have not tested but may work:
making the leaves seperately and tying them on after
making the stem with a pipe cleaner to be movable
making the stem seperately and tying it on the middle bead on its own (i made a jellyfish and thought of this as it should be the same technique)
And an idea i did test; you can tie it onto a hair clip and wear it! It might catch in your hair though, I tested it only for a moment and didnt go out with it on
