Wednesday 9 March 2011

Stocking flower making


Stocking flower making is beautiful flower making technique. It involves your imagination and creativity. Once you get the hang of it, you can try innovatively to make different types of flowers. Previous blog, I gave you few tips on paper flowers and how to make it. Similarly, this is unique flower making technique is easy. So give your home a warm welcome with these flowers.

Needed stuff:
Stockings (vibrant colours)
Green floral tape
Thread
Pollens
Wire size12 (for stem),
Golden colour /silver colour wires (for petals)
Wire cutter

Technique:
Step 1:
Cut six pieces of golden wire 8cm length and fold one of the 8 cm wire to form an oval shape. To get a heart shaped petal, press the centre of the oval a bit and drag either sides of the petal with hands.
Step 2:
Repeat the same to make other petals.
Step 3:
Take the stockings and pull it over the petal tightly. Then tie at the end using thread and slash off the excess stocking.
Step 4:
Repeat the same steps for all other petals.
Step 5:
Take the wire for stem and slightly bend it at one end. So this slightly bend one will enable us to fix the pollens.
Step 6:
Now, take 4-5 pollens and fasten this pollens to the bend stem. Tie this with the thread.
Step 7:
Arrange each petals accordingly and tie each petals with thread.
Step 8:
Cover the tied part with the floral green tape and completely over the stem wire.
Step 9:
If necessary, attach artificial leaves.

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