Modern hairdressing accessories not only help to fix the hair in the right position, but also serve as an unusual decoration. A hoop or a wide hairpin helps to fix the regrown bangs. Such gizmos can be of any color and size, because they are combined with various details of the wardrobe. Kanzashi headbands and headbands are a very popular hair jewelry that you can do with your own hands.
Kanzashi materials
To create accessories you will need satin, brocade ribbons of various widths and colors or cotton fabrics, as well as blanks of the desired shape. Fabric warpbands are sold in handicraft stores, but are easy to make on your own if you can crochet. Blanks for headbands can be plastic or metal, they are usually bought with satin ribbons. Kanzashi flower petals are sharp and rounded. They are often made double by combining different materials and bent in different ways.
Inflorescences themselves can consist of several levels, but even the simplest flowers with rounded petals look unusual and attractive. In addition, they are very simple to manufacture. Additionally, to work in the kanzashi technique, you need to prepare tweezers and a lighter or a candle to singe off the edges of satin ribbons and fix the shape of the petals. Collect the buds with a glue gun.
Rim or bandage design options
Flowers will suit any size, they are often combined with each other. Large single buds collected from several levels of sharp double petals look spectacular. The buds can be supplemented with beads and rhinestones. The rims are first decorated with a ribbon or cloth, and then decorated with several types of inflorescences, collecting them in a bouquet on one side of the product. Several buds are most often fixed on a felt blank, which is threaded through a hoop. Sometimes the same small flowers are used, attaching them to the base one by one.
Kanzashi headbands for babies are especially popular right now. They are made of a fabric base 7 cm wide and one flower attached to the side or in the center. As a blank for such a bandage, you can use wide lace. The shape of the buds for the rim or bandage of kanzashi depends on the taste and skills of the needlewoman. It’s best for beginners to start with simple schemes to practice, and then learn how to assemble more complex compositions.
Kanzashi flowers on a bandage for a girl: master class
Have you decided to make such a hair jewelry yourself? Try to make a simple kanzashi dressing for a girl with three flowers that look like strawberries. Additionally, you can use artificial berries and ladybugs to decorate the finished product. To work, prepare:
- white tape 4 cm wide;
- 5 cm wide green ribbon;
- blank for dressing;
- a lighter or a candle;
- a needle;
- yellow artificial stamens;
- glue gun;
- a piece of white felt;
- butter knife;
- an unnecessary rag;
- scissors;
- tweezers;
- artificial berries or insects.
Start your work with a white satin ribbon. You need to make three strawberry flowers. To create one bud, cut 6 squares 4x4 cm in size. Singe the edges of each of them above a candle or lighter. To prevent black streaks from appearing on the petal blanks, use a low or medium flame level.
Then start forming the petals:
- Bend a piece of tape in half to make a triangle, and flip the top down.
- Then press the edges of the triangle to the top, grab them with tweezers and trim the edge.
- Scorch a slice over a candle.
- Cut off the lower part of the petal and also burn the workpiece above the flame.
- Repeat until you have 18 finished petals.
Now you need to collect the flowers using a glue gun. Glue the petals to each other sequentially, connect them into a flower. Do 2 more. Then grab the stamens and pull them through the hole in the center of each bud. Adjust their height, glue with a gun and straighten to the sides to give a natural look. Stamens can be replaced with a bead or a button in the form of a berry.
How to make strawberry leaves?
Take a green ribbon and cut it into segments of 5-6 cm. Cut a rounded sheet so that it roughly repeats strawberries. In total, 6 leaves are needed. Then start singing the edges above the candle, stretching them to make them with scars. Having finished all the workpieces, heat an oil knife above the candle and, if it is smoky, wipe it with a cloth, and then quickly and longitudinally apply longitudinal and transverse streaks to the sheet.
Product assembly
Kanzashi flowers are fastened to the bandage with an oval felt detail. Cut it so large that the whole composition fits and looks neat, but is not wider than the base. First, stick the leaves with a fan, and then three buds of strawberries. Add berries or insects to the decoration, and then apply glue to the back of the felt blank and connect to the base. Kansashi dressing for the girl is ready! Try other ways to create flowers in this technique to please yourself and loved ones with beautiful and practical hair accessories.