How to make a kanzashi flower brooch

Kanzashi - a technique for creating jewelry from small pieces of fabric and ribbons folded in a special way. With flowers created from scraps in this way, geisha decorated their kimonos and hairstyles. Kanzashi hair accessories and brooches are often worn with national costumes, but they can add elegance to any look and transform even the most ordinary outfit.

Material for kanzashi technique

Patchwork flowers are used to create hairpins, headbands, rings, bracelets. Such accessories can be made independently using ordinary satin ribbons. Some needlewomen create products from leather and vinyl. Let's try to make an unusual brooch together. It is best to use not too dense material for work, it will be easier to fold it. Silk and starched cotton will do.

What you need to create jewelry

Preparing the necessary materials. This is:

a small piece of cloth, about 5 cm wide and 25 cm long;
thick threads;
quality sewing needles;
scissors;
beads and beads;
a small piece of felt;
glue gun;
brooch attachment;
pins.

How to make a kanzashi brooch out of fabric: master class

Cut the flap of fabric so that five squares of the same size are obtained. It will be optimal to cut shreds 5x5 cm in size.

Take one of the squares and fold it in half to make a triangle. The fold should be on the right. Lightly press the material with your finger, smoothing the line. Fold one of the halves again, creating a smaller triangle.

Fold the second corner back: there are now triangles of fabric on each side. We have the first petal. We cut off a few millimeters from the open edge and stab it with a pin. To secure the patch, you can use ste alth, patchwork clips, or sew the workpiece with a few stitches. This will make the middle of the flower neater and prevent the triangles from opening up.

Repeat all steps until we get 5 petals.

We collect the flower by sewing the leaves to each other. First we make them in one line, then we sew the extreme patches. We try to pierce the material with a needle as close as possible to the cut off corner. The process itself is a bit like stringing beads on a string.

Having finished sewing the petals, turn the workpiece over and overcast the edges of the flower so that it keeps its shape. Do not worry if the stitches are not too even, the felt blank will cover them later.

Now you need to spread the petals. To do this, we turn the fold in the middle of each leaf, pushing the fabric inward. The middle should “fail”, and the edges should remain vertical. We continue to form the petals until all 5 are straightened. We got a blank for a kanzashi brooch in the form of a plum flower. It remains to decorate it with beads and make a mount at the back.

It is not necessary to decorate the center of the flower, but the accessory will look more attractive if you highlight its details. You can sew a bead in the middle or add rhinestones by attaching them with a glue gun.

Turn the brooch over and apply glue to the corners to strengthen them. Then cut out a pentagon from felt and attach a holder to it.

Now the product is ready. You can wear the resulting kanzashi brooch with pride, as it is handmade.

Satin Ribbon Brooch: Creation Tools

Accessory doesn't have to be so simple. If you add sharp petals, make curls, combine several types of fabrics and textures, you get an interesting piece of jewelry that can be worn not only in everyday life, but also on festive occasions. Before you make a kanzashi brooch from ribbons, you need to prepare the material for work.

We will need:

4 cm wide satin ribbon;
brocade ribbon 4 cm wide;
stamens for flowers;
glue gun;
basis for brooch;
scissors;
tweezers;
lighter.

The process of making ribbon brooches

Cut the ribbon into pieces 4x4 cm. We will make the petals double. To do this, we fold one square of satin and brocade ribbon diagonally and fix the tip with a lighter. We put pieces of tape on top of each other, connect with a lighter on one side and fold in half. We bend one end, and cut the other a little with scissors. Bend the cut corner outward and collect the tips. Once again, cut off the edge and singe with a lighter so that the petal does not fall apart. Now you need to take out the tip of the tape from the center. This is easier with tweezers.

Cut off the edge, drip a little glue on the tip of the patch and bend it inside the workpiece with tweezers. You should get a petal with a curl. We press it down and cut off the back diagonally, set the edge on fire with a lighter. We make 6-7 such details. Additionally, the same number of simple triangular petals are made. Then we glue a piece of tape on the base so that the leaves hold better. Let's start assembling the kanzashi brooch. We apply glue to the base and form a flower: first we attach a layer with curled petals, add triangular leaves along the edges. We decorate the middle with stamens, collecting them in two pieces, and glue a bead in the center. A kanzashi brooch for a dress or any other costume is ready!

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