Kanzashi (kanzashi) are traditional Japanese hair ornaments, long hairpins, decorated with a silk flower. Nowadays, the art of kanzashi has become very popular among needlewomen, who create a wide variety of flowers that decorate hairpins, hoops and brooches.
Preparation of parts for the manufacture of lily-kanzashi
To make a lily using the kanzashi technique, you will need:
- satin ribbon 38 mm wide;
- green satin ribbon 20 mm wide;
- paints for painting on fabric;
- brush;
- lighter;
- scissors;
- fishing line;
- beads;
- glue gun;
- cardboard.
To make lily petals, use a satin ribbon in lighter shades, such as white, cream, light pink, or yellow. Cut it into pieces 60 mm long.
Make a lily-shaped pattern out of cardboard. Fold several blanks together, attach a cardboard mold to them and cut out the petals. If the edges are uneven, you don't need to trim them. When the fabric is heat treated, all defects will disappear.
Burn the edges of each petal with a lighter. While the fabric is still hot, press them down with your fingers and pull lightly to make them wavy. This technique will give the petals a more natural shape.
Fold the blanks for lily petals in half along the right side, and lightly heat the fold with a lighter. Once the fabric is warm, slide your fingers over the fold several times to create a distinct fold.
Place the petals on a flat surface, wrong side up. Draw the blunt side of the knife to the sides of the midline of the petal, 2 lines on each side. You get stripes that mimic veins.
To make the lily more expressive, color the petals. Apply some paint on the underside of the parts and on the veins. Let the petals dry.
Make leaves. Cut strips about 8-10 cm long from a green satin ribbon. Make one tip pointed and singe the edges of the leaves, as described above.
Assembling a flower
Now you can start assembling the lily. Cut a small circle out of the cardboard. Cover it with pieces of satin ribbon to match the flower. Cut the fabric neatly along the outline and singe the edges.
Arrange the first row of green leaves. Hot glue them to the mug. Then lay down the second row of their lily petals and glue them as well. Press the middle with your fingers and hold for a couple of minutes so that they attach better.
Place the next row of lily petals between the details of the first. Hot glue them to the middle and press down with your finger. The third row is the last, attach 3 petals, while trying to cover the middle of the flower.
Make lily stamens. Cut the fishing line 4-5 cm long. Apply a drop of hot glue to the tip and glue the bead. Attach the resulting stamens to the center of the lily and wait for the glue to dry. After that, decorate the middle of the kanzashi lily with smaller beads.
