How to make DIY ribbon flowers

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Thanks to this publication, readers will learn how to make a variety of ribbon flowers on their own. Photos, a step-by-step description of the process of making textile crafts using different techniques, detailed master classes in pictures and secrets from experienced needlewomen - all in this article.

Craft supplies

What needs to be prepared before starting work? The basis of most textile colors is satin ribbons of different widths. For small corollas and buds, narrow strips of 1.5-2 cm are needed. They are also useful for forming the middle of the product. But you can’t make lush flowers from ribbons of such a width, for this it is better to use a five-centimeter braid.

Most craft stores sell satin stripes in different colors. Thanks to a wide range of starting materials, craftsmen can create very lifelike ribbon flowers. But, in addition, you should pay attention to the braid of organza, velvet and rep. These types of ribbons are not as bright as satin ribbons, they have more muted, softer tones, and the products from them are special, stylized vintage.

In addition to the ribbons that serve as the basis for crafts, you need to stock up on other materials:

• threads for stitching and securing buds on the basis;
• beads, beads, rhinestones and stamens to decorate the middle of the corollas;
• floristic tape, wire for making stems.

Most of the master classes presented in our article are easy to understand, and their implementation will not be a problem even for beginners. Making flowers from ribbons with your own hands is not as difficult as it seems at first glance, especially since simple fakes do not require special tools.

Flower making tools

The minimum set required for work consists of the following items:

• scissors;
• needles;
• pins;
• lighter or candle;
• tweezers.

Besides, it's nice to have a glue gun, with it you can easily and quickly connect the parts of the craft to each other. For those who are seriously planning to make flowers from ribbons, it will not hurt to purchase a set, as in the next photo.

Standard kit includes bulbs of different diameters, cutters and a heating device. These tools create natural curves and creases in petals and leaves.

A simple flower on a star

To begin with, we propose to master the manufacture of elementary crafts for beginners. Ribbon flowers made according to these instructions are sure to turn out very cute. They areSuitable for decorating children's hair accessories, notebooks, cards, photo frames and other items.

Such flowers are made from a narrow braid (5 mm) using a paper blank (frame in the form of an asterisk). First you need to prepare blanks for five or seven beams with a hole in the middle. To form the petals of a flower, each ray of the asterisk is wrapped around the tape, then the craft is fixed through the hole in the center and removed from the base. The flower can be left single-layered or made lush by adding one or two more rows of petals to its middle. For their manufacture, an asterisk of a smaller diameter is used. The middle is decorated to your liking: beads, a button or rhinestones.

Kanzashi - Textile Modeling

How else can you make flowers from ribbons with your own hands? The master class presented below is a brief instruction on making jewelry using the kanzashi technique. This is the Far Eastern art of composition, very similar to origami, but the material for crafts is not paper, but ribbons or scraps of different fabrics. In the kanzashi technique, there are about ten ways to form modules for crafts, but the main ones are two, they are shown in the following picture.

How to make a red petal, can be seen in the same photo. To make kanzashi flowers from a ribbon, you need to stock up on satin squares with sides of 4 or 5 cm. The blank is folded in half diagonally once, then the resulting triangle needs to be bent again. From receivedthus a small triangle forms a petal. Having fixed it with your fingers or with tweezers, you need to cut off the tip of the tape protruding from below, and singe the cut with a lighter. Burnt edges must be pressed quickly so that the edges of the petal stick together securely. The number of elements in one flower can be anything - it all depends on its shape and size. Between themselves, the petals are connected with glue or sewn together with threads.

The second version of the flowers is also made from ribbons (from organza and satin), but, as you can see from the photo, the process technology is slightly different. In addition, the petals are not fastened together, but sewn onto the base - a circle of fabric.

Kanzashi flowers don't have to be plain. To diversify the craft, you need to put together two multi-colored pieces of ribbon and form a petal from this “sandwich”.

Satin Ribbon Rose

Rose is the real queen of flowers, loved by many people, you can admire this beautiful plant not only live. You can make a bud from a satin ribbon. The easiest way is pleating.

For work, you need to take a piece of narrow (2-2.5 cm) ribbon about a meter long. First, it should be folded in half and, bending obliquely in the center, form a right angle. Then the tails of the ribbon are alternately superimposed one on top of the other until about 5 cm of their entire length remains. The resulting “garland” is clamped with fingers and, pulling one “tail”, the flower is collected. So that the rose does notfell apart, it needs to be sewn with matching threads on the reverse side. Then you can cut off the extra piece of tape.

"Living" rose

Ribbon flowers are not only fantasy, but also very natural and truly beautiful. The master class presented below clearly shows how to make a hair clip or hair tie with beautiful satin roses. For a large bud, which will be identical in size to the real one, you need to take a 5 cm ribbon. For one rose, you need about 15 pieces of 7-10 cm. To prevent the fabric from crumbling, you need to burn the sections with a lighter or over a candle.

First, the core is formed. To do this, the tape is bent from one edge to the wrong side. The resulting corner must be folded again towards the center and hem the workpiece with threads. Then the middle is wrapped with the remaining free edge of the tape and the inside of the bud is finally formed.

The next stage of work is the manufacture of petals. The process technology for each of them is the same, the sequence of steps is shown in the photo. It should be borne in mind that the flower will turn out neater if shorter pieces of tape are used for the inner petals, and for the outer ones, on the contrary, those that are more authentic. Each rose petal is sewn in turn, you need to place them symmetrically to each other.

Puffy organza flower

The next whisk is not made from satin braid, but from organza. You can use ribbon or fabric from a piece of fabric. It's layeredflower, for it you need to prepare four types of petals:

• 5-6 large drops;
• 8-10 hearts;
• 8-10 small drops.

All blanks are cut from the tape, then their edges are fired over the candle. It is necessary to “warm up” not only slices, but also the middle ones, thanks to this, the petals are obtained with beautiful curves and keep their shape better. Care must be taken as organza is a flammable material.

A flower is formed from the middle, starting with small elements, then the bud gradually “opens” with the help of large petals. From below, the corolla can be supplemented with leaves and ribbons, and inside - with artificial stamens.

Make a dahlia from satin

How to make a flower from a ribbon, our mothers and grandmothers also knew. They had these illustrated instructions at their disposal:

As you can see from the picture, for the flower you need to prepare petals that are sewn onto a round base. For her, it is best to use a non-flowing fabric - felt or felt. As a result, the master will receive a beautiful lush dahlia.

Decorative poppy from a wide ribbon

To make a flower from a satin ribbon, it is not at all necessary to sew a bud from a huge number of petals. From a piece of a five-centimeter ribbon 4 meters long, you can make a simply stunning lush corolla, reminiscent of a peony or a decorative poppy.

This craft is very easy to make:

1. Draw the tape with diagonal lines, the step from one corner to the other should be 8 cm.
2. Lay along the marked line the seam "needle forward" with small stitches.
3. Tighten the thread as tightly as possible.
4. Shape a flower by spiraling the frill obtained from the ribbon.

You can also use several types of ribbons of different shades, for example, make the lower part of the corolla from a wide ribbon of a lighter color, and for the top, take a narrower ribbon and a tone or two darker. The middle of the flower is decorated with one or more beads or sewn with a scattering of beads.

Helen Gibb's Flower Kingdom

Finally, we will show our readers a collection of works by a real master of her craft - American Helen Gibb. This woman creates unique crafts from ribbons, real masterpieces. She has developed her own unique technology for making a wide variety of colors and is happy to share it with everyone.

Helen's original idea is that she uses materials of natural shades to create plant elements, and to make the corollas and leaves as natural as possible, she paints ribbons in several colors at once.