Bow with stamens

Like many needlewomen, I love to create. Particularly inspiring are those masterpieces that take as much time as possible to create. As they say, work is rewarded with results. This is roughly the kind of master class I would like to show you. I decided to make something small present for my niece - an unusual bow in the shape of a flower. To make it I needed the following materials:

I needed the following materials


-satin ribbon 2.5 cm wide. By the way, I used a purple ribbon, but the flash on the camera decided that it would be better to be blue.
-pencil, ruler, scissors;
-lighter. I used it to light a candle - it turned out much more economical;
-stamens. I just collected all the leftovers that were in the suitcase.

First of all, I decided to prepare all the components of the future bow. To do this, cut the tape into 5cm pieces.

cut the ribbon


It took me about 100 petals to make the bow. The most labor-intensive and monotonous process begins - the formation of a petal. Each segment must be cut from one edge in a semicircle.

need to be cut from one edge


Now comes the most important part. The rounded edge of the petal needs to be heated a little over the fire, and carefully try to stretch it in different directions. It's better to do one side first and then the other.

make one side


Let's take care of the bottom edge.Its corners need to be overlapped with the right sides inward and the bottom edge should be soldered over fire. We get such an interesting petal.

interesting petal


In order not to interrupt work at the most crucial moment, I decided to make petals from all the segments.

crucial moment


I decided to place stamens in a couple of petals.

place the stamens


Somewhere there were a couple, somewhere more. Let's start assembling the flower itself. To do this, we use two leather circles with a diameter of 5 cm.

leather mug


We glue the first row of ordinary petals with a glue gun onto the edge from 0.5 to 1 cm.

stick it on


The second layer also consists of ordinary petals, but it needs to be glued between the petals of the first row, as if in a checkerboard pattern.

as if in a checkerboard pattern


The third and fourth rows are glued using the same method. The main rule is not to move them to the center. In other words, the diameter of the center should be the same in both the first and fourth rows. Thanks to this move, the petals in the last rows, due to their size, create additional volume, and the bow turns out lush.

the bow turns out magnificent

the bow turns out magnificent


Let's start gluing the middle. We glue the fifth row not to the top, but to the base. For better fastening, you can apply a drop of glue to the bottom of the back side of the petal and glue it to the wall resulting from the previous rows.

glue it

glue it


I fill the next row with petals with stamens.

petals with stamens


A small circle remains.

small circle


I simply filled it with glue and inserted the remaining petals with stamens into it.

petals with stamens


When the bow itself is ready, it’s worth thinking about attaching it. To do this, I decided to use a second circle of leather, a stationery knife and a base for a hairpin.

use a second leather circle


To make the hairpin look as close to the bow as possible, it is better to take it apart.

it's better to take it apart


On the back side of the base, using a pencil, make marks equal to the width of the hairpin in the right places.

make notes


We make slits along them with a stationery knife and carefully pull the edges of the hairpin into them.

drag the edges of the hairpin through


Next, glue the base with a hairpin to the base with a bow, and assemble the hairpin.

glue the base


In the end, here’s a bow.

glue the base

Bow with stamens

Bow with stamens
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