Organza flowers look gentle, festive and stylish. Making them yourself is very easy.
Simple organza flowers
Prepare a piece of organza, sharp scissors, a needle and thread, cardboard templates, a candle and matches or a lighter. For decorative elements you will need beads, beads or rhinestones.
Organza flowers look cute and delicate.
For a beginner, it’s better to start with the simplest.
- Draw patterns on cardboard and cut them out. Each circle should be 2-3 mm smaller than the previous one.
- Transfer the circles to the fabric and cut them out. The number of circles depends on the size of the flower.
- Carefully singe the edges of the petals over the candle. To avoid burning the fabric, the circle should be held at right angles to the flame.
- Stack the circles on top of each other, moving each petal slightly.
- Sew the petals with thread and decorate the center of the flower with beads or seed beads.
If you are using rhinestones, glue them on using a glue gun.
You can take several pieces of fabric in different shades of the same color. The lower petals are made of richly colored fabric, the middle petals are made of lighter colors, and the upper petals are made of organza in pale shades.
Organza rose
DIY organza flowers without using a candle
Sometimes when the workpieces are singed, the fabric turns black. Often the reason lies in the poor quality of the candle, so try replacing it. If you don’t like the scorching process itself, buy floral organza, it won’t fray. But beautiful flower You can also make it from regular organza.
- Cut out 5 circles of organza with a diameter of 11 and 13 cm.
- Carefully fold them into a semicircle shape and stitch along the semicircular edge. Step back 5-6 mm from the edge.
- Pull the thread tightly and secure it until the piece takes the shape of a petal.
- Gather petals of the same size into a ring. You should get two flower-shaped blanks.
- Sew the blanks with thread.
Use as a middle large bead or stone. It is convenient to attach such a blank with an elastic band.
For work you will need the following tools and materials:
- felt or felt;
- scissors;
- matches or lighter;
- safety pin;
- beads as decoration;
- needle and thread;
- a piece of thick cardboard.
The first step is to cut out cardboard templates. To do this, circles of various diameters are cut out of cardboard, for example, 7, 8 and 9 cm. Four blanks of each size are made from organza according to a template. To do this, you can fold it in four and carefully cut everything out in one go. Next, the resulting circles are folded in half twice, a cut is made along the fold line, not reaching a centimeter from the edge. Next, holding the uncut part, you need to cut the corners on the workpiece. It turns out four petals with a whole middle. The petals are scorched with a match or lighter, and the space between the petals is also singed.
Next, the assembly of the flower begins. A needle and thread are threaded through a piece of cardboard, and the petals are threaded onto it in decreasing order, while straightening them. After the process is completed, the needle is removed, the petals are stitched several times and beads are sewn into the center of the flower for beauty. To make a brooch from a flower, cut a circle out of felt fabric with a diameter slightly larger than the length of a safety pin. Holes are made in the fabric for a pin, and the pin is glued to the flower.
To make a flower neat, you need to master some flower making techniques, at least their basics:
- hand twisting, a similar technique is used to make flowers using satin ribbons;
- classical technique;
- ganutel - the use of wire, fishing line or threads to form petals of the desired design;
- a heat treatment method that also allows you to give the workpiece the required shape.
The most common are the last two techniques listed above.
When using the classical technique, the petals are first starched with a special composition. Next, using a specialized loaf, petals of the required design are made. They are made using a cardboard template.
Heat treatment began to be carried out with the advent of viscose and polyester, since synthetics melt under the influence of high temperature, changing its shape. Due to this property, the petals easily take the desired shape.
DIY chiffon and organza flowers: step-by-step master class with photos
Required tools and materials
To work you will need:
- organza or chiffon of various bright colors;
- lighter or candle;
- a piece of felt;
- accessories (beads, glass beads, rhinestones);
- scissors;
- tweezers;
- needle and thread;
- glue gun;
- clasp for a brooch, for example, a safety pin.
Stages of work
The fabric is smoothed with an iron, after which circles of various diameters are cut out of it. After this, the edges of all the circles are singed with a lighter or candle, after which the circles are folded into a flower and carefully stitched. The center of the flower is decorated with decorative fittings, for example, beads. A pin is sewn or glued on the back side to secure the brooch. The result was a luxurious, bright flower.
Secrets of harmonious color combinations
You can apply the principle of complementary combination, that is, using the Itten circle, identify two contrasting colors and use them in the composition.
Also, using the Itten circle, you can create a triad of colors by inscribing a regular equilateral triangle in the circle, the angles of which will indicate the desired colors.
Similar combination - take from two to five similar shades, located close to each other on the Itten circle, to obtain a low-contrast, calm color composition. The scheme works with both muted tones and bright shades.
You can use a separate and complementary combination of colors, in which one color will be the main color and two additional ones. The contrast of the scheme will be slightly less than with a complementary combination.
There are more complex compositions and combination schemes, but for the basic level the information provided is more than enough.
Where can you use organza flowers?
You can use the resulting artistic masterpieces as brooches, artificial bouquets, panel decorations, bracelets, decorative rings, hair clips, and even earrings. In short, the range of applications is limited only by your own imagination.
Successful additions when creating organza flowers: beads, beads and lace
Decorative accessories can greatly help in creativity - with its help you can imitate dew on the petals, pistils, stamens, decorate the center of the bud and the edges of the petals, and make a beautiful fringe of lace. There are many interesting videos and photos on the Internet of examples of successful use of decorative fittings.
DIY fabric decorations are quite multifunctional. Having made several flowers from fabric, you can use them to decorate clothes, to decorate hair, and even use them in the decor of your home.
To make such flowers you will need synthetic fabric (organza, rayon), which easily melts over a fire. This is necessary in order to burn the edges of the petals of the future flower. When fired, the edges of the fabric melt and will no longer fray, and this treatment will also give the petals the necessary shape to make the flower voluminous and beads or small beads for decoration.
Cut out several circles of different diameters from paper.
Then, using a template, cut out several circles of each diameter from the fabric.
Light a candle and melt the edges of each petal. Be very careful, before starting work, practice on unnecessary scraps and determine at what distance you need to hold the fabric so that it does not immediately shrink from the high temperature.
Starting with the bottom largest petals, form a flower. You can fasten the petals with thread, or you can use glue, if it does not leave marks on the fabric. Decorate the center of the flower with beads and it is ready.
Using ready-made fabric flowers, you can make any decorations with your own hands.
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To make a lotus from tulle, we also need a piece of felt fabric, which we use as a dense base for the petals.
Sequence of making textile lotus:
On thick cardboard we draw the dome-shaped outlines of a large and small petal - this is the blank on which we will cut out the tulle.
If you are making a flower for the first time, stick to the specified dimensions - in the future, as you gain experience, you can experiment with the dimensions of the products at your discretion.
We cut out a circle with a diameter of 5 cm from felt fabric and begin to sew lotus petals to it.
The first three layers are large petals (8 pieces on each), the last are small (6 pieces).
Place each subsequent layer on top of each other so that the petals are placed closer to the center of the lotus.
We decorate the middle of the flower with beads.
That's all - the beautiful homemade lotus is ready.
Aster
You can make an aster from old tulle with, which is used as a rigid backing for the petals, making the flower voluminous and expressive.
We will need four rectangular pieces of tulle of similar size (40*25 cm) and 2 pieces of tulle fabric.
We cut out the required pieces of fabric and lay them on top of each other: tulle on top, tulle below. Next, we assemble the textiles into an accordion with a distance between folds of 2 cm.
Having assembled the accordion, we bend it in the center and secure it with a thin rope.
All that remains is to form a full-fledged flower from the blank - we straighten the tulle around the circumference so that the aster receives round shape. At the same time, the folds will disperse and become less dense.
Tulle holds its shape well, so you shouldn’t have any problems with this. Next, lift the tulle layer up.
We form neat petals, evenly distributing the tulle around the circumference of the aster.
To make an aster from tulle with your own hands, you don’t need a lot of time and effort - it’s an easy-to-make flower, which, at the same time, looks very beautiful.
Rose
DIY organza roses are also not difficult to make. We recommend using thick organza as it holds its shape and lends itself better to drape.
First of all, you will need to cut square blanks for petals measuring 3-4 cm.
Square blanks
To make a flower we will need:
Organza
Scissors
Candle and lighter or matches
Brooch pin
Decorative beads
Needle with thread
Cardboard shoe box lid
And a great desire to create
First, we make paper templates, 3 circles of different diameters. I offer diameters of 10 cm, 9 cm and 8 cm.
We cut out 4 pieces of each diameter from organza. For convenience, fold the organza 4 times and cut out a circle.
We fold each circle twice, cutting the folds 1 cm short of the end.
Hold it by the uncut tip and round the corners. This is what should happen:
The blanks are ready for further processing. Burn the petals over a candle.
Moving the petals apart, we singe between the petals.
The singed petals are ready for assembly.
For ease of assembly, I suggest making the following device (The idea is not mine, I saw it on the Internet. Thanks to the author.) Thread the needle and insert the eye into the cardboard box.
We string the petals onto a needle, starting with the largest. In the process we straighten it, giving it a beautiful shape.
When all the petals are strung, pull out the needle, stitch it several times and secure it.
Decorate the middle with beads. The flower is ready. If you want to make a brooch, then continue!
Cut out a circle from felt, slightly larger than the size of a pin. We make small slits to insert a pin.
Glue the pin to the flower with glue. Our brooch is ready!
What your flower will be like depends only on your imagination! Good luck and creative inspiration to you!
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