Tuesday, June 7

Kanzashi blooms - Getting smaller

After making a number of large flowers in satin and cotton voile, I felt I was ready to go a bit smaller. The need for precision is more evident here. No doubts I will starch the fabrics some more before cutting them next time. While the weight of the fabrics was right, it was too "springy" to maintain the folds nice and crisp so it made for irregular flowers. Still cute though. I've photographed this batch with a quarter to show the scale. 

More experimenting to come



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16 comments:

  1. Canadian AbroadJune 7, 2011 at 7:24 AM

    The green flower is my favourite. It is just so delicate looking.

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  2. DeniseJune 7, 2011 at 8:38 AM

    I think these are adorable. Looking forward to your next experiment!

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  3. KittyJune 7, 2011 at 9:30 AM

    I made some little ones with satin this weekend too.

    Here's a trick, after the flower is put together spray the entire thing with starch, saturate the material and use your fingers to pull them into form then allow to dry.

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  4. KellyJune 7, 2011 at 10:07 AM

    So pretty and delicate.

    Kelly

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  5. FarahJune 7, 2011 at 10:14 AM

    Looking very pretty ..I must try them for a napkin ring...Thanks for sharing
    Would love if you spend little time at
    http://craftaworld.blogspot.com/
    Love
    Farah

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  6. SuffiaJune 8, 2011 at 1:25 PM

    Pretty and cute. I love them all.

    Suffia

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  7. Fabric Bows and MoreJune 8, 2011 at 9:08 PM

    Cute! Come and join our link party: http://fabricbowsandmore.blogspot.com/

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  8. UnknownJune 9, 2011 at 3:55 PM

    These are cute! Maybe we could see a tutorial on them one day :]

    I am a new follower! Would love if you came and followed me back!

    A Sew Chic Boutique

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  9. Mindie HiltonJune 9, 2011 at 7:04 PM

    I would love to see these pretty flowers again at my link party that runs Friday through Sunday. I hope you will come. The button is on my blog now if you want to grab it.

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  10. Michelle L.June 10, 2011 at 1:48 AM

    Soooo pretty! Love the brown one especially!

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  11. AntonellaJune 11, 2011 at 11:26 PM

    These are so pretty! I love the brown one! So glad I followed your link from the Crafty Soiree...
    Hugs, antonella :-)

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  12. UnknownJune 11, 2011 at 11:55 PM

    Those are darling! Thank you for sharing! :)

    ~Liz

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  13. KeiJune 12, 2011 at 6:55 AM

    So cute and delicate!

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  14. Sanghamitra Bhattacherjee(Mukherjee)June 13, 2011 at 9:59 PM

    These flowers are beautiful! Great job! Thanks for sharing! Hope to see you on my blog:)

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  15. Claire CooperJune 15, 2011 at 8:42 AM

    these are lovely

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  16. UnknownJune 17, 2011 at 7:42 PM

    lovely flowers! thanks for sharing this to TSWL!

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