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Create 14 multicolored anthers:
- Place 2 light green, 3
aubergine, 4 ivory and 4 blue bleads on brass wire. Leave at least
65 cm between the beads and the beginning of the wire.
- Place 3 aubergine, 4 ivory and
4 blue beads and insert back through the first 3 blue, 4 ivory, 3
aubergine and 2 light green beads.
- Repeat 6 times so that a total
of 14 'sticks' will be made.
One flower contains 2 of these anthers.
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Create 35 bi-colored leaves:
- Take 60 cm of brass wire and
according to basic technique 1,
place the following amounts in the middle of the wire:
1 light green, 1 ivory.
Take both wires together and place one ivory bead.
- Place 15 ivory beads on each
one of the wires. Take both wires together and place one ivory bead.
- Take one of the wires and place
19 ivory beads. Insert the wire throught the uppper ivory bead.
- Place another 19 ivory beads on
the same wire and lead back down. Take the wires together and place
one ivory bead.
- Take the longest wire and place
22 light green beads. Insert the wire through the upper green bead.
- Place another 22 light green
beads on the same wire and lead back down. Wind the wire ends
together.
Every flower contains 5 of these leaves.
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Create another 35 leaves as described above (5 leaves per flower), but
now only use light green beads. These leaves are slightly bigger so
use the following amounts:
With step 2
use: 17
beads in stead of 15
With step 3 and 4: 21
beads in stead of 19
With step 5 and 6: 24
beads in stead of 22
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Put all parts together starting with the 1 aubergine-green anther, 1
green-yellow anther, 1 aubergine anther, 2 multi-colored anthers, 5
bi-coloured leaves and 5 green leaves.
Wrap up the wire ends with flower tape.
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Make 2 buds:
Use light green beads on brass wire.
Using basic technique 4,
create 5 loops of 11 beads and form it into a ball.
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Create 10 leaves for the
buds using light green beads:
- Take a brass wire (40 cm) and
place 1 bead in the middle of the wire. Take both wires together and
place 1 bead.
- Place 12 beads on each of the
wires. Take both wires together and place 1 bead.
- Place 16 beads on one wire and
insert through the upper bead.
- Place another 16 beads on the
same wire and lead back down. Wind the wires ends together.
Wind 5 leaves around 1 bud.
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String a large amount of green beads on green wire and create the
following amount of leaves using basic
technique 1:
18 x leaf 1:
1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-8-8-8-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
40 x leaf 2: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-7-7-7-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
11 x leaf 3: 1-2-3-4-5-6-6-6-6-6-5-4-3-2-1
42 x leaf 4: 1-2-3-4-5-5-5-5-5-4-3-2-1
8 x leaf 5: 1-2-3-4-4-4-4-4-3-2-1
6 x leaf 6: 1-2-3-3-3-3-3-2-1
Now create:
- 18 leaves (A) with 1x leaf 1, 2x
leaf 2 en 2x leaf 4
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4 leaves (B) with 1x leaf 2, 2x leaf 3 en 2x leaf 5
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3 leaves (C) with 1x leaf 3, 2x leaf 4 en 2x leaf 6
and make them as shown below.
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Use 60 cm
of green wire for the making of curls.
Fold the wire and wind it together.
- Wind the wire around a knitting
needle size 3.
- Remove the knitting needle and
leave a stem of 4 cm.
Make 18 of these curls.
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Putting the passion flower together:
- Take 1x leaf C and a curl and
wind down 2,5 cm with green wire
- Take 1x leaf C and a curl and
wind 3 cm
- Take 1x leaf C, a bud and a
curl and wind 3,5 cm
- Take 1x leaf B, a bud and a
curl and wind 4 cm
- Take 1 flower, 1x leaf B and a
curl and wind 4,5 cm
- Take 1x leaf B and a curl and
wind 5 cm
- Take 1x leaf A and a curl and
wind 5 cm
- Take 1 flower, 1x leaf A and a
curl and wind 5 cm
- Take 1x leaf A and a curl and
wind 5 cm
- Take 1 flower, 1x leaf A and a
curl and wind 5 cm
- Take 1x leaf A and a curl and
wind 5 cm
- Take 1 flower, 1x leaf A and a
curl and wind 5 cm
- Take 1x leaf A and a curl and
wind 5 cm
- Take 1 flower, 1x leaf A and a
curl and wind 5 cm
- Take 1x leaf A and a curl and
wind 5 cm
- Take 1 flower, 1x leaf A and a
curl and wind 5 cm
- Take 1x leaf A and a curl and
wind 5 cm
- Take 1 flower, 1x leaf A and a
curl and wind 5 cm
- Take 1x leaf A and wind 5 cm
- Take 1x leaf A and wind 5 cm
- Take 1x leaf A and wind 5 cm
- Take 1x leaf A and wind 5 cm
- Take 1x leaf A and wind 5 cm
- Take 1x leaf A and wind 5 cm
- Take 1x leaf B and wind 5 cm
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Bend the metal
wire into a circle and wrap the flower garland around it. It will go
around about 2-3 times. Put the wreath in a pot with a base of clay.
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