In the manufacture of bouquets, needlewomen often encounter many problems. From time to time on the shelves of stores it is not possible to find the necessary accessories and devices. In addition, often their prices bite strongly. The basis of the bouquet is, of course, the frame. Therefore, first of all, the craftswomen think about this element. Self-made frame for a bouquet solves this problem. Moreover, it can be made from all kinds of improvised materials. And which ones, you will learn from this article.
Making a cardboard frame
Plain cardboard will not work, it will not hold its shape well. Better to take the material thicker. For example, corrugated cardboard. We draw a compass with a circle of suitable diameter or circle something round. Inside you need to draw a smaller circle. In size, you need to focus on the future bouquet. As a template, you can use improvised materials - a large plate and a small cup. With the help of scissors or a clerical knife, we cut circles in external and internal lines. The frame blank will look like a flat bagel. By the way, such a frame for a bouquet of sweets is quite suitable . With your own hands, making it is not at all difficult.
Getting to decorating the circle. A satin ribbon or floral felt is suitable for this purpose, but it will need to be cut into strips first. The width and length should be such as to be able to overlap the “bagel" with an overlap. For reliability, as you decorate the strips, it is better to fix them with double-sided tape, a hot gun or glue (PVA, Moment or Titanium). Wrap in stripes until all cardboard is closed.
The next step is the manufacture of handles for the frame. Closer to the inner circle from opposite sides, pierce holes with an awl. It will be enough in two, you can do more, but without fanaticism. The main thing is that their number be even. Pass a fairly long wire (preferably green) into the holes, twist the ends together. A made frame for a bouquet with your own hands can be considered successful if it easily fits in your hand and holds on to weight. Mask the wire handle with corrugated paper, tie beautiful bows made of satin or floral ribbon.
We close the flaws with lace, brooches, organza and other decorations. Insert a piece of foam into the hole or leave it as is. It all depends on the type of flower arrangement. The basis for the bouquet is ready.
We make a cardboard frame with a side
We make the exact same round billet as suggested above. We do not start decorating yet. We make the frame side of the same dense cardboard. Cut a strip. It should be quite wide (10-15 centimeters) with a diameter equal to the diameter of the "donut". Glue the board to the bottom of the frame with pieces of cardboard.
We wrap the workpiece with floral felt, fix it with glue or a hot gun. The handle for the frame can be made all from the same wire. If the flowers are alive, then the holder is not needed. That's basically all you need to know about how to make a wireframe. For a bouquet decorated with your own hands, you can use organza, mesh, satin ribbons, bows, flowers and other elements as a decoration.
We make a stable, but weightless frame for a bouquet
For the manufacture of such a workpiece, you can use polystyrene foam, polystyrene or polyurethane foam. We take the selected material and cut a circle on it with a knife. The size should be such that the entire composition can be assembled on the frame. We give the bottom of the workpiece a conical shape, and make the top flat or slightly convex. Such a frame for a bouquet of toys made by yourself is very suitable. If we talk about cardboard, it will simply bend under the weight of a heavy decor.
Making a pen will be the next step. There are no boundaries for fantasy. What is suitable as a material? A piece of pipe, rolled up thick cardboard, a screwdriver, a pencil wrapped in foam.
We make a hole in the workpiece, coat it with glue and insert the makeshift handle. Now you can start drapery and decorating the frame. Again, you can use any materials at hand: fabrics, felt, tulle, lace and so on.
DIY wire frame for wire bouquet
We take the chopped wire and put it in a bundle. An even amount (from 20 to 30 pieces) will look very good. Wrap the bundle to the middle with another wire or floral tape. This will be the handle for the bouquet.
From the remaining part of the wire we form a frame. We expand the rays in pairs. The wire should be perpendicular to the handle of the bouquet. Now we will wrap the frame with wire, twine or jute. This is the most painstaking part of the craft, and here you need to be patient. If the frame is made for fresh flowers, then the weaving should not be too tight, otherwise the stems simply will not crawl.
It is not necessary to braid the wire to the end, otherwise the "spider web" will fly off. We leave small tips (a couple of centimeters). We braid them individually with the same material and hide them in weaving.
Do-it-yourself frame for the bouquet is made. Now you can proceed to the most interesting part - decoration.
Frame-bell from a plastic bottle
A bell-shaped bouquet will look very original. To make its frame, you will need a regular one and a half liter bottle. Although its volume depends on the desired size of the bouquet.
Divide the bottle into three parts. Only one is useful, from the top, the bottom is not necessary. Cut off with scissors or a clerical knife. Trim the edges.
The holder can be made in two ways. Glue a wooden stick to the neck, a piece of pipe or something else that looks like the handle of a bouquet. Or you can make a loop of wire wrapped in corrugated paper.
Now decorate the bottle with any material you like. To mask sharp edges, it is very important to leave a few centimeters of allowances. We bend them inward, fix with glue. Glue a sponge, foam or foam inside the bottle, and then decorate.
How to make a frame for a bouquet with your own hands from threads
We take iris-type threads and saturate them with PVA glue in some container (15 minutes). In the meantime, select an rounded object. It can be a balloon, a ball, a plate, a vase. Pull the plastic wrap or cellophane onto the mold. Now we lay on it in a random order the threads impregnated with glue. We do this until a hemisphere is obtained, and the frame seems complete. Leave to dry for a couple of days.
Carefully remove the dried threads from the mold. We make a pen and decorate in a known manner.
We make a frame cache-pot for a bouquet
As a basis, you can take a cache-pot, flower pot or any suitable jar. To increase weight and give stability, we fill the form with something heavy and loose: coffee beans or cereals. Or a frame for a bouquet, made with your own hands, you can fill it with gypsum. Cut out a piece of foam rubber, dense polystyrene or floral sponge , suitable in diameter to the shape. We fix with glue, let it dry. Now you can decorate to your liking. This frame is well suited for the manufacture of a bouquet of flowers, sweets or topiary.
As you can see, it is very simple to make frames for bouquets with your own hands. The photos in this article show how different the basics for floral arrangements can be.