How to make DIY satin ribbon flowers

2024 Author: Sierra Becker | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-26 03:46

There are several ways to make a flower from a satin ribbon with your own hands. Consider several techniques that are suitable for both beginners and craftswomen who are already familiar with this material. Let's try to create a beautiful interior rose, which will be difficult to distinguish from natural. How to make a flower from a satin ribbon step by step, consider in our master class.

Rose branch with three buds

On the branch we will make three variants of the flower - open, half-open and closed. All three roses are collected according to the same principle, only with a different number of petals. Before making flowers from satin ribbons, we will prepare the following tools and materials:

1. Dense high-quality satin ribbon 5 cm wide. You can choose the color of the buds yourself, and for foliage and stem it is desirable to choose a shade of green that is close to natural.
2. A candle to burn the edges of the ribbon.
3. Awl or thin needle.
4. Paper towel.
5. Toilet paper.
6. Glue gun.
7. Foil sheet.
8. Scissors.
9. Floral ribbon to match the green satin ribbon.
10. Thin and thick floristic or ordinary wire covered with floral tape.

Preparations for small rose petals

All materials are fairly affordable and most are easy to find in craft stores. Now let's start making roses. Before making flowers from satin ribbons, we will prepare blanks for the petals. We need them in three sizes: small, medium and large. We start with the smallest. To do this, cut the tape into segments 4 cm long. You will need 7 pieces for one bud. The petal itself will be 4 cm wide. The blanks need to be made square, but since the tape still has an edge, we cut off about 7 mm, leaving a small margin. Then we cut off the extra corners, forming a petal. We round the workpiece on three sides. Making satin ribbon flowers for beginners is easy this way.

Creating medium and large petals

Now start making medium sized petals. They will need 10 pieces for one flower, 3 of them - to fit the bud. Roses have shirt petals, which are in the lowest row. This is a way to make a beautiful satin ribbon flower more natural. You can cook an additional three blanks for them, this will give the rose a natural shape. We cut the tape into segments with a length and a width of 4.5see We also leave an additional 2 mm. We form a petal. Then we start creating 10 large petals. We cut the tape into segments 5 cm wide and round off at three ends. If the edge canvas comes across on the top of the petal, it must be cut off, since during heat treatment it will shrink and deform the canvas. This is optional on the bottom.

Processing the edges of workpieces

We continue to make a flower from a satin ribbon with our own hands. Now for work we need a candle or a lighter. When all the petals are cut out, their edges must be singeed, otherwise the ribbon will begin to crumble. Also, with the help of fire, you can change the shape of the petals, bending them in different directions. We put the candle on a plate to protect the work surface from wax, and light it. This is a way to make quick satin ribbon flowers. We start processing the edges with the smallest petals: we quickly draw them through the center of the flame so that soot does not form. Gently burn the edges of all the petals. There is no need to bend them. The material is quite malleable, therefore it does not require additional processing. The same processing option is used before making a kanzashi flower from a satin ribbon. If you want to give the petals a curved shape, just put them on a dish sponge and press a heated teaspoon on top.

Medium parts are processed in the same way. But three blanks for the last row will need to be bent around the edges, holding over the candle. Under the influence of temperature, the petal will begin to bend inward. It is not necessary to strongly bring it to the fire, otherwise scorch marks will appear. It is enough just to tuck the edges a little. Then we turn the workpiece over and melt the tail a little so that it bends in the other direction. Now the middle and shirt petals are ready. The largest workpieces can be slightly twisted to the edge, holding it longer over the flame. The sharp tip also needs to be bent so that the petal lies neater during assembly. After that, remove the candle.

Bud blank

Now let's move on to assembling the bud. Before you make a simple flower from a satin ribbon, you need to make a blank for its central part. At the same time, it is advisable to plug the glue gun into the outlet so that it has time to heat up. From the foil we roll a ball with a diameter of about 2.5 cm. You can change the size - it depends on what flowers can be made from a satin ribbon. For one such ball, you will need a sheet of rigid and dense foil 30 cm wide. It is advisable to purchase a floral tape for processing the stems. It is convenient to work with it because of the adhesive side. You can use corrugated paper, but you will have to apply glue to it. Floral tape is selected to match the color of the leaves. It is better not to focus on the name of the colors - they may differ from manufacturer to manufacturer.

Tightening the bud with petals

When the glue gun is hot, start assembling the flower:

1. Take a ball of foil and two medium-sized petals to fit the bud.
2. Taking a petal, coat the edgeglue and form a cone.
3. We put it on the ball and apply the right amount of glue.
4. Press the edges of the cone without touching the top so that the top of the ball closes. There is no need to feel sorry for the glue, since the tape does not adhere well to the foil.
5. Now, with the first petal, we sort of cover the middle, smear the edge with glue and press it against the workpiece.
6. Glue the remaining parts.

You should end up with a cone-shaped rosebud.

Continue to form a flower

Now we take the first 7 petals and start sticking them on the workpiece one after another. Try not to close the bud completely and fix the petals at the same level.

The process consists of the following steps:

1. Press the petal to where it should be and, holding with your fingers, fold back the top.
2. Apply glue and press again.
3. Glue it firmly to the blank, smearing the edges on all sides to get a tight bud.
4. The second petal is glued with some offset to the side. Glue is applied at the bottom and on the left side, this will facilitate further work. The top edge must remain free.
5. The next one is also overlapped, but glued at the bottom and on both sides.
6. At the sixth, we leave one edge free and one side of the seventh is brought under it and glued them overlap.
7. Try to distribute all 7 petals evenly over the bud. If desired, the edge can be taped to keep it closed, but this is not necessary.

One rose is ready - wemade a flower at the bud stage. For the other two, you will need the same blanks. Sepals will be made at the final stage.

Creating a half-opened bud

Now we will learn how to make flowers from satin ribbons half open, using the example of a rose. Take the middle petals and follow these steps:

1. Just continue the row of petals so that the next one follows the previous one. You can lift it 2mm higher than the others.
2. Apply glue on the bottom and in the middle along the right edge of the first petal, apply it so that it is bent away from the bud.
3. Leave the left part open. Apply glue from below and press the edges to the center.
4. Move the next petal a little to the side, bend it and apply glue to the center.

Thus we paste the first five petals. The distance between them should be slightly greater than in the first row. It is undesirable to make the middle completely closed - it does not look very beautiful. We fill the fifth petal under the fourth and glue it on all sides. Now you need to collect five more petals on the blank. They are attached at the same height, but glued differently: we glue the middle, the bottom and the center of one of the edges. The other end must remain open. It is important that the petal is at the same level as the others.

The larger the bud becomes, the wider the petals are. You need to try to control this process in order to get a beautiful and even rose. Glue four petalsoverlap, and the last one is filled under the previous one. Now we take five large petals with a curved edge. We glue the first one where we finished the previous row, slightly lower than the central part. We distribute all five petals so that they all fit. We attach the first four overlaps, and the last one is filled for the previous one. We got the second bud - half open.

Creating an open bud

For an open rose, you need to repeat all the steps again, and then take the remaining five large petals and start gluing them only from the bottom, moving in a spiral. If you make a flower from satin ribbons, it will look like a real one in the photo. The last three shirt petals are glued in random order. The rose will look more natural and complete. If a petal falls out of the bud, it can be glued, but the petals should deviate slightly to the side, creating a disheveled effect.

Making sepals

At the next stage, we start making sepals. Each bud has 5 of them. To do this, cut the green ribbon into squares 5 cm long. Each of them is folded 3 times - from one piece you get 3 sepals. Take scissors and round off the ends. Open the ribbon and cut it into three pieces. Now take a candle and melt the blanks a little so that they spin outward. A total of 15 pieces will be needed. We glue the sepals on the bud so that they fit it, that is, with the convex side out, and vice versa in the open bud.

Creating leaves

Now let's get busyleaflets. Each rose will have one three-leaf leaf, and on the lower part of the branch - one five-leaf. That is, we need 14 leaves. For them, we also take a square from a 5x5 cm ribbon. Rose leaves of different sizes. On a five-leaf branch there is one large leaf, two medium ones and two small ones. On three-leaf - one large and two medium. A 5x5 cm square makes 1 large leaf.

First round off the edges on both sides. The leaf has a round base, so we also cut off the lower part to bring it closer to its natural appearance. The middle ones will be the same shape, but smaller. To facilitate the work, it is advisable to make a pattern for yourself, for example, by removing it from a real rose leaf. You can make veins on the leaves with a spoon or any other object with a rounded tip. We heat it on a candle and draw streaks on a soft surface with a sharp side. Now you need to make cloves: we take scissors and apply small notches along the edge of the sheet. We take a candle and singe the edges. The sheet is ready.

Sprig assembly

To form the leaves, you will need a wire with a diameter of 0.7 mm, covered with floral tape, or ready-made stems. The wire can be any color, but the tape must be matched to the color of the foliage. For the central sheet of a five-leaf twig, you will need a wire 15 cm long, and for the extreme ones - 10 cm. For a three-leaf twig - 10 cm and 5 cm, respectively. We prepare all the leaves, glue them to the wire and begin to collect the branches. For a large sheet, take a large one, twomedium and two small leaves, cut off a piece of 17 cm from the floral tape and cut it in half. We arrange the workpieces oppositely, bend the wire and begin to collect the branch with the help of a tape, tightening it well. We give the desired shape to the branch. We collect all the branches in the same way.

Preparing to assemble the rose

Now we know how to make flowers from satin ribbons, it remains to assemble them into a single composition. Let's start creating an interior rose. For fastening, you will need the thickest floristic wire 40 cm long. For buds, we divide it in half, and for the main rose we take the entire size. We take a flower and pierce it with an awl or a knitting needle from the back, so that it is convenient to insert the wire. We begin to attach the sepals with a glue gun, evenly distributing them over the bud, without closing the hole. Pour glue inside and insert the wire.

Stem compaction

Central roses do not have a thin stem, so it needs to be compacted. You can do this with a regular kitchen towel. We cut it into 4 parts - for one stem you will need 3 strips. We fold them 2 times without gluing. Then we coat the stem with glue and begin to wind the paper, starting from the base, periodically adding glue. We fix the tip, take the next strip, apply glue to the edge, wind it up and so thicken the stem along the entire length. To thicken the buds, take a two-layer toilet paper and wind it in the same way, trying to create a smooth transition.

Collecting buds onbranch

Put the opened rose aside and start collecting buds. When they are ready, we take the floristic tape and begin to wrap the stem with it, moving down from the flower. Approximately in the center we add leaves, attach them too and continue to move down to the end. Now we collect the bush. An open rose is always slightly lower than a half-opened bud. Above all there will be a closed bud - this is the feature of roses. Therefore, we attach it first, and then a half-open flower.

The floral tape itself is translucent, so you need to wrap it tightly, in several layers, stretching a little. To attach the bud, first move down to the attachment point, and then go back and down again, then it will lie flat. We bend the wire a little to the side and wind the buds so that the leaves look out. At the level of the second bud, we wind a three-leafed branch. We wind the tape down and attach a five-leaf twig about 8 cm from the wound leaves. It should be directed in the opposite direction from the three-leaf twig.

We wind the floral tape in the same way, going down and up to get an even stem. We close the tail and rise up. Additionally, you can use a glue gun. It remains only to bend the leaves, give them a shape and slightly bend the buds from the central rose so that they do not fit too tightly. Rose is ready. You can create a bouquet by making a twig only from buds, open and half-open roses and choosing the color of the petals to your taste, make a bouquet or any otherflower arrangement.