Artificial Flower MakingThis book contains a comprehensive guide to making artificial flowers out of various materials. With simple diagrams and step-by-step instructions, this volume aims to teach the novice how to make a range of beautiful flowers including roses, daisies, bluebells, and more. This volume is highly recommended for those with a love of handicraft, and would make for a fantastic addition to collections of related literature. Contents include: “Sequence of Work”, “Making Crépe Paper Flowers”, “Suitability of the Material”, “Tools Required”, “Additional Materials”, “Working Methods”, “Direction of Grain”, “Crépe Paper Daisies: Several Varieties”, “Petals and Centres”, “Making the Centres”, “Petal Making”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing “Artificial Flower Making” now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on the history of textiles and weaving. |
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anemone arranged round artificial flowers attached ball beginner binding the stem blossom boiling water bound round box tops bradawl buds bunch calyx cardboard Cellulose Acetate centre piece CHAPTER circle cotton wool craft crêpe paper flowers curved cut to shape daffodil dipped dog rose felt finishing five petals flowers described fluted folded found best green crêpe paper gutta percha tape heatsealing hole illustrated in Fig inside leaf shapes leather flowers leaves length of wire lightly pasted main stem materials required method modelling paste mounting narrow strip NOSEGAY odd scraps Organdie P.V.C. ROSE pair of sharp pattern shape petal shapes piece of Crinothene pink pistils practise required—making ribbon rolled round the centre scraps of material sealing wax shape illustrated shaping the petals sharp scissors shells simple flower small flowers sprays stamens stem wire stitch strip of crêpe suitable sweet pea thickness thin soft wire tool trumpet tulip twisted types of flowers