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Handmade Velvet Roses

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Below you will find an overview of different ROSE TUTORIALS I am offering, from simple to more complex. Right now you can save 15% on all these tutorials (the discount has been applied to the price).   Β VELVET SWEET BRIAR ROSE The Velvet Sweet Briar Rose tutorial is useful for those artists who would like to learn how to... Read More

Denim Wedding Flowers

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Denim wedding flowers are growing in popularity. And no wonder as they offer variety, originality, sustainability to name just a few reasons why you should want them, too Here at PresentPerfect Creations studio I am delighted to offer you a growing collection of denim flowers and floral accessories. Over the years I have developed a number of long stemmed... Read More

Mysterious and magical flowers: from spellbooks to the workbench

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Plants and humans have always co-existed side by side. From the time immemorial we looked to the natural world around us for answers to our questions, and plants were obvious candidates for making sense of life. Wise women (aka witches) and apothecaries as early herbalists empirically tested out pants to see what they did, especially as medicines. Often, when... Read More

Advanced Techniques: how to dye fabrics to match

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❀ Advanced techniques: let’s dye fabrics to match ❀ Fabric flowers are perfect for SS special events, weddings, races, garden parties, you name it. Unless you are planning on making white flowers or working exclusively with shop bought factory dyedΒ fabrics, you will have toΒ dyeΒ your own. Why do we spend our precious timeΒ dyeing fabrics by hand? As the answers might... Read More

Replicating extinct and endangered flowers

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Handmade flowers have a multitude of applications. Some of them are more obvious, others not as such with new ones being discovered all the time. Recently I have had a very unusual request for an … extinct flower that is featured in one of the still life paintings by Jan Davidsz de Heem, a Dutch baroque artist. The flower... Read More

Let’s mix PEACH FUZZ, the colour of the year for 2024

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Other blog posts on dyeing you might find useful Colouring stamens for flowers 3 ways to dye silk petals to achieve the intensity of colour How to dye silk flowers: white flowers How to dye velvet leaves You are welcome to follow PresentPerfect Creations on Instagram and become a member of my Creative Club on Patreon here. Read More

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