Flowers are the most natural material for jewelry. People learned to make garlands and necklaces from natural flowers in ancient times. Girly wreaths for spring and summer holidays, Hawaiian-style party lights, boutonnieres on wedding suits look best when made in natural colors.
It is necessary
- - flowers:
- - long blades of grass;
- - cord;
- - threads;
- - cotton wool;
- - tape tape;
- - floristic wire.
Instructions
Step 1
For a wreath or bracelet, use long-stemmed flowers. Pick the 3 longest. Tie them together with a blade of grass. Align the ends of the blade with the two outermost stems. Start to weave a regular braid. If you've never had to do this, then place the bundle in front of you. Draw the left stem over the middle and under the right. Then, in the same way, weave the next strand, which was middle, and now has become the extreme left. Weave the next flower by placing the stem over one of the outer strands. Make the braid to the desired length.
Step 2
If you have a long enough stem at the end, you can tie the wreath with it. Just wrap this stem around the 3 flowers with which you started weaving, and hide the remaining end between the flowers. If the stalk remains short, tie the ends of the wreath with one or more blades of grass. You can also use threads.
Step 3
For the garland, you will need a cord and green threads, preferably woolen. Make a loop at the end of the cord and hook it onto something. For example, for a nail driven into the edge of the table. In the same way as for weaving a wreath, choose the 3 flowers with the longest stems. Place the middle one on the cord. Attach the other two and tie the heads together with green thread. Weave the braid by inserting new flowers, blades of grass, bunches of berries and leaves. Tie all of this with a thread at regular intervals. After making the garland the desired length, tie the ends of the cord together.
Step 4
To make a boutonniere, cut off the stem of the flower completely. Put a piece of cotton wool moistened with water on the cut. Cut a piece of floral wire approximately 10 cm long. Bend the wire in half. Pierce the flower with it where the stem was. Wrap the wire with tape from the flower to the ends of the wire. If there are several colors in the boutonniere, put them on the wire in the same way and wrap the rest with tape. Place them together and wrap again. A pin or hairpin is also attached with such a tape. It must be securely attached. Something like an oblong skein forms on the side of the pin where the head is. Try to rewind it as neatly as possible.
