Kanzashi, rubber bands for hair: a master class

A beautiful summer addition to the image can be kanzashi (rubber bands). Let your imagination run wild and create unique hair ornaments. It will also be a great gift for a young lady. Each woman will be pleased to wear such an original accessory.

What materials are needed to make kanzashi

Erasers are made from a basic set of materials:

• Matching tapes.
• Lighter or candle. They are necessary to create a special effect for the flower and to melt the shaggy edges of the ribbon.
• Threads matching the color of the ribbons.
• Needle.
• Scissors.
• Adhesive for assembling parts, but in most cases you can just stitch it together.

For additional flower decoration, beads, beads, sparkles, sequins, stones can be added.

rose flower

The favorite flower of most girls and women is the rose. It will help to create an unusual accessory kanzashi technique . DIY rubber bands for hair from satin ribbons with a rose are made as follows:

1. Take a tape 2.5 cm wide.
2. Cut 20 strips 5 centimeters long.
3. Singe edges to prevent shedding.
4. Take the first strip and lay it so that you can see the wrong side.
5. Bend the strip in the center obliquely, a right angle should form between the protruding edges.
6. The edge that we see on the front side, bend again in the center.
7. Now we lower the folded segment down, laying on the bottom strip.
8. If you turn it over, the blank will resemble a house in shape.
9. Leave the blank on the front side of the tape and go downstairs with simple stitches to the middle of the petal.
10. Make the next petal.
11. Put it on the first and connect them with small stitches, reaching only the middle of the second petal.
12. Do the same with the third petal, but sew to the end.
13. Pull the thread so that the petals form a circle and lock.
14. Make five petals and sew them in a similar manner together, finally pulling into a circle. But the second circle should be freer, not so tightened.
15. Now do the same with the seven petals. When tightening, leave a small hole in the middle.
16. To core, start folding the ribbon like a petal. But at the stage when you need to lower the side part down, do it at an acute angle and twist several times.
17. Sew the core to secure it in this position.
18. Sew three petals to the core, as you did before.
19. Connect everything in a circle.
20. Now we collect the details. You can use glue or thread. Connect so that the bottom is a circle with seven petals, and at the top - with three.

Kansashi technique is very interesting. Elastic bands for hair with roses are ready. You can add green leaves or leave as is.

Simple flower

Kanzashi technique is gaining popularity among needlewomen. Elastic bands for hair (for beginners this option will probably be one of the easiest) can be made of satin fabric or a wide ribbon.

1. Cut a few circles of different diameters. Each should differ from the previous one by half a centimeter.
2. Singe the edges so that they become slightly wavy and bent.
3. Lay circles on top of each other from larger to smaller.
4. Sew in the center.
5. Close the middle with a bead.

Such a flower is made very quickly and easily.

Clove

Everyone will like the decoration made using the kanzashi technique. Erasers with cloves are made in much the same way as the simple flower described above. But this work is a little more complicated, and the result is worth it. In addition to the basic set, you will need a well-meltable fabric and cardboard.

Working process:

1. Make a circle template with a diameter of 7 centimeters from cardboard.
2. Cut out 12 circles from the fabric.
3. Fuse the edges over the fire. To make them wavy, bend them in different directions until cool.
4. Take one circle and fold it in half twice.
5. Fix the obtained form with a thread.
6. Do the same with the remaining petals.
7. Cut out a circle from a dense fabric (for example, you can use felt).
8. To it begin to stick or sew on the petals.
9. The first layer consists of four petals, the rest are glued in a checkerboard pattern.

Carnation is ready!

Narcissus

Each item is unique if it is made using the kanzashi technique. Gum with a daffodil for you to make is not difficult. You will need a white tape five centimeters wide, a yellow tape four centimeters wide.

Working process:

1. Cut equal squares: six from a white ribbon, and seven from a yellow ribbon.
2. Fold the white square so that you get a triangle. Fold again.
3. Fold in half to see the center line.
4. Begin to bend the workpiece with an accordion in the base to the center from each edge.
5. Sew together, fixing the form, and melt.
6. Now take the yellow square, fold it into a triangle.
7. Bend the side corners down through the center.
8. Fold in half.
9. Flush the edge.
10. Cut the bottom half, do not forget to melt.
11. Glue the blanks obtained from the yellow tape in a circle so that a bell is obtained.
12. Connect the petals in a circle.
13. Sew the core with the petals to create a flower.

Dahlia

You will need a tape width of 2.5 and 5 centimeters.

Working process:

1. Take a tape 2.5 centimeters wide and cut 30 strips 5 centimeters long.
2. Fold one strip in half face up. Cut an angle of 45 degrees. Reflow.
3. Fill the bottom edges or glue to the center.
4. Make 29 petals.
5. Make a circle with a diameter of 5 centimeters from a dense fabric.
6. Start attaching the petals to the base. The first row should fit 12 petals, in the second - 8, in the third - 6, in the fourth - 4.
7. To close the center and give the flower elegance, glue the bead.

Little roses

You can make a whole bunch of elastic from small roses. To do this, you need any satin ribbon. What to do:

• Cut ten strips seven centimeters long.
• Bend the edges of the rectangle at an angle of 45 degrees. It should turn out so that in the center a rectangle is visible from the wrong side, and two triangles from the front are visible at the edges.
• Sew on the bottom, slightly collect and fasten the thread. The result was a squeezed petal.

• Do the same with the rest.
• Take the tape and begin to fold it tight, make the last turn weak.
• Fasten. The core has turned out.
• Sew the petals around her.

You can adjust the size and splendor of the flower yourself, increasing or decreasing the width of the ribbon and the number of petals.

You can do rubber bands for hair using the kanzashi technique . The master classes discussed in the article detail how to create different flowers. Get a simple elastic band without unnecessary details, glue or sew your craft to it. That's all! Fashion accessory is ready.