Flowers for curtains - master class

To be engaged in interior design of your own house is a very fascinating and useful thing, especially if some decor elements are made by themselves. For example, to give the decoration of windows refinement and elegance, you can make flowers for the curtains yourself, the master class for tailoring which we suggest in this article. Flowers from the fabric are appropriate to look at any curtains - from light tulle to thick draped curtains.

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Decorative flowers for curtains by your own hands

Every hostess wants to hang on the windows not ordinary curtains, but curtains with some unusual accessories that attract the eye. Of course, you can immediately sew the curtains, decorated with a variety of ryushechki and flowers, but created from organza, veil or chiffon flowers, different from the material curtains, give the interior a special charm.

Important! Decorative flowers for curtains with their own hands - an ideal decoration for monophonic canvases. Against the background of such a curtain, the flowers will expressively stand out and contrast with the color of the curtain. But the patterned curtains should be decorated with colors so as not to overload the saturated composition.

There are several options for the location of colors on the curtains.

Decorating pick-ups

By placing a hand-made flower on the pick-up, you get an elegant, but not too flashy design. Use for this purpose can be both textile pick-ups, and thin chains and laces that merge with the curtain and create the impression of a floating flower in the air.

Decor Lambrequin

Fabric flowers for curtains with their own hands will expressively look at lambrequin if you use a large number of them. You can arrange hand-woven flora with a straight line, using single flowers at the top. Or collect in a voluminous bouquet in the center and sides of a lambrequin.

Important! Very advantageous bouquets look at the junction of the waves of lambrequin.

Design of panels

For draped curtains, the design of the panels with flowers in places of sagging and kinks approaches. If the curtains are straight, then the decor must be fastened with a straight line along the cornice or in the eyelets.

Cloth is completely covered with needlework flora

Radical solution - curtains of fabric colors are suitable only for classical interior.

Important! To attach the decor to the curtains, flowers must either be stitched or placed on a magnetic base. The decorative element is fixed on the different sides of the curtain.

To decorate the decorative flowers for curtains, decorate them with beads or glass beads.

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How to make a flower for curtains?

Fabric flowers for curtains are made in stages:

1. Fabric choice.
2. Manufacture of paper pattern.

Important! The number of patterns depends on the selected flower. The daisy has all the petals the same, and in the orchid - each petal requires its pattern.

1. Preparing the fabric for a pattern. The fabric will not hold the shape unless it is processed with gelatin.

Important! If necessary, the fabric must first be dyed in the desired shade, and already dried with gelatin, dried and corrugated.

1. Create a flower blank.
2. Sheathing of petals.
3. Collecting a flower from the elements.
4. Addition of decorative flowers with leaves from textile or bow.
5. Fastening the flower on the curtain.

Let us dwell at each stage in more detail.

Patterns

Prepared templates can always be found on the Internet. By patterns, usually cut out the petals of the corolla, leaves, calyx. It is best to make a pattern on a thick cardboard, since under the paper a light fabric will be wrinkled. The contours of the elements on the fabric can be applied with a lint or pencil.

Important! Lay out a pattern from the fabric only on the oblique.

Tips:

1. If you are going to pause in the work of making decor, then put all the cut out details in a separate envelope so that there are no creases on the fabric, otherwise - to fix the situation will be problematic.
2. Leaflets and petals on the pattern can first be made from a gasket, and then glued to a fabric and cut. In this case, the details of the flower will be more voluminous.

Important! If the fabric is well waxed, then you can do without gluing with non-woven fabrics.

Gelatin

To make flowers for curtains, ordinary gelatin is used. The fabric can be soaked in gelatin, diluted in accordance with the instructions. However, experts recommend this recipe:

1. Dilute gelatin according to the instructions.
2. Freeze it.
3. After melting, melt.
4. Use a medium-hard brush or toothbrush to apply gelatin to the fabric on one side.
5. Allow material to dry well.

Creating a flower bloom:

1. After the gelatin is dried on the prepared fabric, it is necessary to draw petals by patterns. When using scissors and patterns, be extremely careful and careful.

Important! In no case can not crumple the fabric, otherwise - flowers for curtains do not turn out to be quite magnificent.

1. Cut each petal in two copies.
2. Fasten the workpieces in pairs with ordinary pins with a gelatin layer inside( non-woven inside).
3. If desired, you can glue the petals with each other. You can do this by simply gluing a pencil or a web for application. Press the two parts with your hands and fix it with an iron. In this case, the petals will be securely fastened and not subsequently fall apart.

Binding of the petals

All the petals must be treated with a bake. It is advisable to process the petal on two lines. After you crush the petals, remove the tailor's pins.

Important! It is already possible to form a flower or a garland of leaves from the sheathed petal petals, which can be hung on a lambrequin or curtain.

For a bud:

• It is necessary to take two glued petals and treat them by folding them in reverse to each other.
• For convenience, you can glue them with a cobweb so that they do not move in the process.
• From the double-sided petal form the bud, wrapping the edges inward and gently sewing them together.

Important! From ready-made buds, you can create "double", inserting small buds into a large( for example, another color).From these buds you can collect whole bouquets.

Pistils and stamens

Decorative flowers for curtains with their own hands will not look natural without stamens and pistil. Choose the material for these details carefully and precisely place them in the flower. The stamen can be made from sewn in advance by beikki or made from wire and beads.

Instructions for the manufacture of stamens for flowers:

1. Prepare a wire( 0.5 mm) and beads.

Important! The length of the wire per stamen should be 17-20 cm. The beads should be of the same size, however, at least one of them must be larger than the others in order to make it the apex of the stamen.

1. The length of the stamen can be 8-10 cm, but you can make your own length.
2. On the wire string first the largest bead, and then all the others smaller.
3. Secure the wire around the first bead so that the beads do not fall off the wire.
4. Similarly create several stamens for a flower. You can collect 3 stamens for each product.
5. Twist the ends of the wire of the three stamens.

Assembling a flower from the elements

To assemble the product, arrange all the elements on the table. Proceed as follows:

1. Apply adhesive to the base of each petal.
2. Take the stamens, twisted by wire.
3. Glue the petal behind the petal to the base of the stamens. The first row should be of three smaller petals.
4. Each row is fixed at the base with several turns of wire.
5. In staggered order, glue the petals of a larger size.
6. Fasten the next row with a wire.
7. After the flower has got its shape, cut the remains of the wire.
8. The substrate should be glued with corrugated paper.

Fastening the flower on the curtain

To fasten the decorative flower from the wrong side, make a special fastener. With the help of such a device, the flower can be easily fastened to the curtain. You can buy the fastener in the tissue store.

For the work to be done qualitatively and flowers for curtains with their own hands have become a real unique decoration, use these tips:

1. Sew the fastener very carefully, so as not to damage the base of the flower from corrugated paper.
2. A composition of fabric colors can be decorated with several coils of satin ribbon. The edges of the tape should be treated with a lighter so that they are not disheveled.

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Flowers from the veil with your own hands for curtains

For the production of a delicate flower, for example a rose, a lightweight fabric, such as a veil or organza, is perfect.

How to make a flower from a veil?

For one flower of a rose you will need square workpieces:

• 1 with sides 7 cm.
• 1 with sides 9 cm.
• 1 with sides 11 cm.
• 1 with sides 13 cm.
• 2 squares with sides: 8 cm, 10 cm, 12 cm.

Important! If, in your opinion, the rose turns out to be "lean", then increase the number of petals at your discretion.

Use the blanks as follows:

1. Fold the squares diagonally.
2. Cut off the corners.
3. Cut out the petals.
4. Add the smallest petals diagonally, sew them to the middle, some distance from the edge. Slightly remove the petals.
5. Take the following petals in size: fold, sew and pull.
6. Connect all the petals.
7. The thread connecting all the petals, tighten more tightly. At the same time twist the petals in the form of a spiral. In the center should be the smallest petals, and on the edges - the largest.
8. The degree of contraction of the flower itself.
9. After the final stage of the tightening, gently untwist the flower.
10. Gradually twist the product by gluing it with an adhesive gun.

Important! Decorate the rose with leaves. To produce them you need squares with a side of 13 cm. Fold the workpieces two times diagonally and draw with a thread.

Flower-ball made of fabric

If you want to make a ball-shaped composition, then make decorative flowers for curtains with your hands in the amount of 20-25 pieces. You can apply the technology of making roses, which we discussed above.

Use a foam ball as a base, which can be purchased from the needlework store. The number of elements depends on the size of the ball. For example, a ball with a diameter of 10 cm is enough for 25 roses.

Important! For a spherical decor, you can use roses that differ in the shade of the material. Thanks to the contrast variety, the product will be stylish and very beautiful.

Master-class for manufacturing:

1. In the foam piece, fix the bracket to suspend the ball.
2. Fasten the bracket with silicone adhesive.
3. Thread the satin ribbon( conventional thread) into the bracket.
4. Bind the ends of the tape together.
5. Textile roses glue to the ball.
6. Elegant accessory will be the decoration of any interior.

Bouquet of decorative flowers

To create a bouquet for curtains:

1. Prepare the base of foam rubber.
2. Stapler, nail the corresponding length of the plastic to the base. You can use the front of the folder for papers.
3. Cover the workpiece with a cloth. The plastic should be at the rear.
4. To the workpiece, nail the two satin ribbons perpendicular to each other with a stapler.
5. Sew to the base of the textile leaves. Make them a future bouquet.
6. Glue or sew to the workpiece the flowers produced.
7. Attach the finished bouquet to the curtain.

Be creative, experiment, and the result will not take long to wait.

Having gained experience, you will not only decorate the curtains with flowers, but you will be able to design a full-fledged design composition. Creative success!