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Basic Method of Stiffening Fabrics for Flower Making

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This basic method of stiffening fabrics is an easy and affordable method which allows you to prepare your own fabrics for flower making. All the fabrics that are used in flower making, need be be stiffened before use. This makes fabrics more stable, gives them body and ultimately allows petals and leaves keep their 3D shape. There are different ways of stiffening fabrics and different stiffeners one can use. Below in a short video I am sharing a basic method … Read More

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How you can make your flowers quicker

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In this fast moving world, time is of the essence. We all want to achieve great results, make more beautiful pieces without wasting much time. Is that even possible? The question I get asked time and time again is about the production time of handmade flowers, or how you can make your flowers quicker. If you have ever tried to make a flower from scratch it should come as no surprise just how much time every piece takes to produce. … Read More

Wedding silk flower circlet

Silk Flower Circlets

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Silk flower circlets aka flower head wreaths / garlands are yet another way to showcase your handmade flowers. The simplest way to make a circlet / wreath is to create a closed circle using the stems of you handmade flowers (see the photos of the silk daisy circlet and the silk rosebud wreath).   For the best fit you need to know the head circumference of the wearer. These head wreaths can be made very symmetrical or asymmetrical. You can use … Read More

flower hair combs

Flower Hair Combs

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Flower hair combs for weddings and beyond. Mounting handmade flowers onto a hair comb is yet another great way of creating a wearable floral piece and showcasing the flowers you make. Unlike a headband, hair combs are more versatile, as their position in a hairdo can be easily changed depending on a hairstyle or personal preferences of the wearer. For a hair comb you can choose a selection of small flowers, silk or leather (see the photo with blue hydrangea flower hair … Read More

silk rose choker necklace

Flower chokers

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Delicate silk flowers seem to be a perfect fit for flower chokers, these romantic close-fitting necklaces that have remained popular over the years. Perfect for bridal and evening wear, especially with strapless open neckline dresses flower chokers can accentuate the slender neck of the wearer as well as add a soft floral touch to the overall look. A medium sized rose works well here. To shop flower chokers that are in stock right now click here  As we dye our … Read More

leather sunflower brooch

❀ NEW ❀ Leather Sunflower DIY kits

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New Leather Sunflower DIY kits just in time for summer. Summer is in full swing and handmade sunflowers are all the rage right now. Silk or leather, these bright summer flowers look great anywhere from a beach to a wedding reception. Talking of which, one of my latest custom orders was a collection of sunflower brooches for a wedding party in the New York area. Leather sunflower is one of my earlier tutorials. Relevant today as it has ever been … Read More

denim flowers

Denim Flowers

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NEW NEW NEW   Beginner friendly No Tool Denim ROSE BOUQUET Video Marathon this Advent! Watch new lesson every day and make your own stunning arranegement of Denim Roses this December. Join on my Youtube channel  here  and start making now!      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Denim Flowers: sustainable to make and fun to wear!  At PresentPerfect Creations studio experiments never stop. I try and test different fabrics, colours, shaping and assembly methods to create unusual yet wearable designs. One of the … Read More

fabric for flower making in black

Black fabrics for flower making

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In fabric flower making we tend to dye fabrics by hand. This technique helps us achieve a more realistic or more unique look, match the colour of the flower to that one of the outfit, do the gradation etc etc… However there is a number of colours that are tricky to dye and you are better off purchasing fabrics in those colours to work with. One of such colours is BLACK. Black dye can range from black-green-grey to black-blue-purple and … Read More

dye velvet leaves

How to dye velvet leaves

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Learn some tips and tricks on how to dye velvet leaves for your projects. I have talked so many times before about velvet and its uses in flower making, it is clear I like working with this gorgeously soft and very tactile fabric. In flower making we are only really interested in the velvets that are made using natural fibers like silk, viscose or cotton. And there’s a good reason for that. These natural dye fabrics dye well with Procion … Read More

combination flower shaping tool

Flower shaping tools, part 7: COMBINATION FLOWER SHAPING TOOL

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For 2019 I have planned a series of short videos demonstrating how to works with different types of flower tools. I believe this will help you understand your tools better and use them to their full potential achieving great shapes and lines on your petals and leaves. This is the seventh video in the series, for which I have chosen the newest addition to the flower shaping toolbox: the combination flower shaping tool. You can successfully use the combination tool … Read More

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