Kanzashi is a master class. Flowers from satin ribbons with their own hands.
If you are into kanzashi, you may have seen italready some photo master classes, how to make flowers from satin or silk ribbons with your own hands. This is my first article on this topic, so I will start with lessons for beginners in making crafts - flowers in the kanzashi technique.In general, it is correct to say "kanzasi",簪 is a Japanese word meaning "hair ornament". Japanese women wear this traditional accessory together with kimono. In Japan, kanzashi are made of wood, gold and silver, but also of silk ribbons. But since satin ribbons are more popular here, this instruction will tell about flowers made of them. We start making the first petal from a ribbon 8 centimeters long.Fold the piece into a crescent shape.Sew the long side.Now you need to give the segment the shape of a petal as follows: Burn the edges of the petal with a lighter to make them curly.Then we need to add pistils to make the flower look like a real one. We will need thick fishing line, cut it into small pieces.We will also burn the ends with a lighter.We glue the resulting pistils to the middle of the petal.We continue making petals - a lot, so that the flower turns out lush.Around the first petal with a pestle we will glue three new ones.Each new layer should contain more and more petals:Here is such a beautiful kanzashi flower we will make with our own hands.I hope you will find our master class useful. Ideas for inspiration: Look, ribbon embroidery.