More recently, a new material appeared on the Russian market for needlework goods, which is called foamiran or plastic suede. As a rule, they buy it for making realistic colors. Less commonly used to create dolls and toys. From this article you will learn how to learn how to create brooches from foamiran with your own hands and what is needed for this. You will need plastic suede itself, oil paints or oil pastels, scissors or a stationery knife, an iron.
What happens
If you are thinking where to buy foamiran, then pay attention first of all to highly specialized stores. This material is now available in China, South Korea, and Iran. The Iranian foamiran is considered the best. But for flowers, a cheaper South Korean will also go. For children's creativity, Chinese plastic suede will be good. It is produced in large sheets of about 60 by 70 centimeters and in sheets of 30 by 40 centimeters.
Necessary tools
To work with plastic suede and make beautiful brooches out of it, you need some tools. In order to cut foamiran, buy sharp scissors or a clerical knife. Either oil paint or pastel is suitable for coloring. Dry pastels will crumble from the products, and acrylic paint can make the petals very rough to the touch. In addition, when heated, acrylic can darken a lot. Therefore, pastels also need to choose oil.
A simple brooch made of foamiran. Master Class
First try to make a simple decoration. It will be a red flower from the aster family. First cut a long strip of red foamiran. Then, with scissors, cut one side of the strip into thin petals. If you wish, you can tint the petals with a burgundy color. To make the flower more realistic, treat the petals with hot steam from the iron.
Next, roll the strip. You got a flower. If you want to make it more fluffy, then wrap it with another strip with the same petals. Then, from green foamiran, make leaves and glue or sew to the flower. Then sew the flower itself to the base for the brooch made of metal. Now you know how to quickly make do-it-yourself brooches from foamiran with flowers.
Chamomile
The brooch with a camomile consists of three parts: white petals, a yellow core and green leaves. First draw a daisy on paper as if you were looking at a flower from above. Then attach the template to the white foamiran and cut with scissors or a clerical knife. Then twist the core from a thin strip of yellow plastic suede. And finally, cut leaves from green foamiran. The flower is almost ready! Glue all parts together with glue. Then place the daisy on the metal base for the brooch. For durability, it is better to sew the flower. Make sure that material does not crumble. Now you know how to make a simple brooch from foamiran. The master class, as you see, is quite simple.
More complex flowers
In general, making brooches from foamiran with your own hands is a very exciting activity. For example, to create a single rose you will need from ten to thirty components. So that the quality of the material does not disappoint you, first find out where to buy foamiran of Iranian or South Korean production. Before you start making a rose out of plastic suede, look at natural flowers and pay attention to the shape of the petals.
Draw on the paper rose petals of different sizes in the form of a drop and cut. Attach the template to the red sheet and cut ten to twenty petals of each size. Each petal you can tint with oil paint or oil pastel. And to make it more realistic, it is recommended to treat them with hot steam. Make sure that the temperature is not too high, otherwise you will ruin them. When heating, give the petals a suitable shape.
Then you need to make a core. To do this, make a small piece of foil, which in its shape will resemble a drop. Wrap this drop with a small piece of foamiran. Then start sticking the petals to the base in the form of a drop. It will be best if you use both glue and thread. So the flower will be stronger. Once you have collected the rose, you can cut leaves from green plastic suede. Also sew or glue them to the rose. The flower is ready. It remains to buy a base for a brooch made of metal and sew a flower to it. As you can see, making brooches from foamiran with your own hands in the form of roses is quite simple, but laborious.
Compound foamiran brooches
When you learn how to make different flowers from plastic suede, you can try to start creating more complex products. For example, you can collect a brooch from several colors. To do this, first make the required number of flowers - from three to ten pieces. Then simply connect all the flowers with glue or thread.
Flower core
It is not necessary to make foamiran brooches with realistic colors. For example, you can take a bead as the core for your flower. First, you need to tie it with yarn, and then sew on it with decor - beads, sequins or small beads. You can come up with your foamiran brooches. These may be flowers that are not found in nature. Experiment with the color, shape and size of the petals, and you will always be pleased with your own creations. And our last advice: before collecting a brooch from foamiran, create a sketch. So you can calculate the required amount of material.