[Nfb-krafters-korner] Paper Flowers

[Dixie]

I used to make these.

Materials needed:

Several layers of tissue paper
1 chenille wire. (Pronounced shin-neil   for screen readers)This is a
bendable wire that is covered in a fuzzy layer.

In order to make the paper flowers, Pile up several layers of tissue paper
all together.   fold them accordion style.  Fold them so there are
approximately 1/2 inch folds.  Then fold a chenille wire, or in the old days
called a pipe cleaner, in half. This will make a U shape.   Slide the folded
tissues up into the fold of the pipe cleaner, so the paper is tucked up
against the inside of the U of the folded wire, and in the middle of the
length of the tissues.  Twist the chenille ends together like you would the
twist tie on a bread wrapper, Keep twisting so the full length of the wire
is twisted against the other half of the wire. this will make the stem of
the flower. Twist it so it is snug to the bottom of the tissues, and all the
way down to the cut end of the wire.  This will make your flower stem.  Now
carefully separate the layers of paper one layer at a time.   Pull The first
layer, or top layer almost in the opposite direction of the stem end of the
flower.  This will make the center of the flower.  Then pull up the second
layer but not all the way to the middle of the flower.  Continue until you
have fluffed up each layer of tissue paper.  You can then manipulate the
paper to make the layers into a nice full flower head.





Dixie

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-----Original Message-----
From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Eleni Vamvakari
Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 12:15 AM
To: nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Paper Flowers

Hi,

  When I was a child, someone taught me how to make beautiful flowers
from tissue paper and wire.  As I remember it, you had at least six
pieces or more.  You had to fold them in a certain way and I guess
cross them.  In any case, you'd wind up with these flat papers on the
wire and you'd lift each so that it created a flower when you had
finished.  The whole process took only a few minutes.  I'm just not
sure how she got them on the wire or how many papers were needed.  I
remember that the end with the paper was twisted.  I wish I could tell
you more but I was very young and never did it entirely by myself.
I'd love to relearn it so that I could make some for my loved ones and
for the public as well.  Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Eleni

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