Sew flowers from grosgrain ribbon with your own hands: pattern, diagrams and description

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Products made from any ribbon, made by experienced craftsmen, look amazing on clothing, accessories or interior design. For centuries, needlewomen have been improving their skills, creating new techniques and methods for making jewelry. The tape has a lot of positive properties in operation. In recent years, craftswomen have become interested in quilling and kanzashi. These are relatively new techniques that allow you to create beautiful decorations for your home and clothing. On the Internet you can find many recommendations on how to make a flower with your own hands. The art uses nylon, satin and other ribbons, braid and lace. You can make hairpins, brooches, jewelry with your own hands, decorate your workplace, and make children's jewelry.

Rep material for ribbons has a number of advantages. It holds its shape perfectly, is easy to work with, does not wrinkle and has good rigidity. This makes it popular among seamstresses, clothing and jewelry designers.An interesting texture allows you to get a dense product. Another plus is that a flower from grosgrain ribbon can be made in almost any shade. There are materials with drawings, ornaments, patterns, plain versions in a huge assortment. They can be combined to create a unique piece.

Rep ribbon flower - master class

Even a child can make flowers from grosgrain ribbon thanks to the special properties of the material. You can get creative with your baby, make an original hoop or hair tie with your own hands. The child will probably be interested in the process. To get started you need to take:

1. Rep tape.
2. A candle.
3. Glue gun.
4. Thread.
5. Pencils.
6. Scissors.

The width of the tape is selected individually. Many craftswomen prefer to make flowers from 4 cm grosgrain ribbon, but you can choose a larger or smaller size. Progress:

• Cut out five strips six centimeters long. We process the edge above the candle, fold all the strips into a bow. Glue the opposite edges in the center.
• We fold each bow in half and stitch it with thread along the even edge.
• A circle with petals is formed. There are five petals in total. They create the appearance of a beautiful bud. Each petal must be carefully secured. We make the middle of the flower from a button. It is advisable to make the petals as voluminous as possible.

There are a number of other, easier techniques. For example, the tape is applied in layers in a circle, with a thickened area formed in the middle. Everything is secured with threads and decorated with a beautiful button. Petals can also be created by making various turns.

DIY flowers made from grosgrain ribbon

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To make such a flower, you will need to stock up on:

1. 1.5 meter rep ribbon. Width – 2.5 centimeters.
2. Felt base.
3. With a ruler.
4. Small beads.
5. Glue gun.
6. Scissors.
7. A candle.
8. With tongs.

For one petal you will need ten centimeters of tape. You need to fold the petals using a ruler. We apply rep to it, bend the strip at 3.5 centimeters. We singe the long ends over the candle, wrap them towards us and lift them up. Further:

• We collect the edges of the petals into an accordion, one by one. We process it with fire using tweezers. The bud consists of sixteen elements. Nine of them are glued to the felt. The wide side is at the bottom.
• On the second piece of felt, which is smaller in size, we attach the remaining seven elements.
• Glue the two bases together to make a flower.
• Pour glue into the middle and cover it with beads. We remove the remaining beads from the product. Level the middle with tweezers.
• Let the glue dry and the decoration is ready.

Additionally, you can decorate the petals with rhinestones or beads.