If your little fashionista loves new accessories for hairstyles or clothes, make bows for her from satin ribbons with your own hands. Kanzashi ornaments were originally used for hair, but now they decorate hairpins, and headbands, and dresses, and even souvenir caskets. Learning to make such things is easy. Learn the easiest ways! You can make original gifts or accessories for yourself.
Do it yourself bows from satin ribbons
Kanzashi is a technique for making hair ornaments. This tradition developed in Japan at a time when the country had neither trade nor cultural interactions with other countries. One of the varieties of creating such a decor is the technique of folding elements from silk squares. Now in Russia it is a new, but already very popular type of needlework. Bows, flowers and intricate spectacular compositions adorn the hairstyle, clothes and other accessories.
Necessary materials
To make bows from satin ribbons with your own hands (kanzashi), you need the following:
- satin ribbons of different colors and widths or bright patches of fabric;
- scissors;
- tweezers;
- candle or lighter for processing the edges of the workpieces;
- needle with thread;
- glue;
- bases for jewelry (hairpins, elastic bands, strips, hoops);
- additional decor (beads, beads, rhinestones, plastic floristry).
You will need all this for both simple and complex options. If you make elastic bands for hair, then it is better to cut circles from felt. They will become the basis to which the bow is glued. The entire assembled design is attached to the purchased elastic. Remember that due to the beautiful combination of ribbon colors, even the simplest bows in manufacturing technology will look very impressive and festive.
Methods of folding elements
If you have never made jewelry in this technique and do not know how to make a kanzashi bow for a hair band, carefully read all the sections and choose the simplest option for the first test. When this is mastered, move on to multi-piece things.
As a rule, the details of any products are made of satin ribbons cut into squares, but if the strip width does not exceed 5 mm, rectangular pieces of equal length are used. The easiest way to get a workpiece from a rectangle is to fold it in half in the form of a loop, the free edges of which are collected on a thread.
All complex bows are usually made of squares, which are folded in the form of petals (single or double). Tweezers are often used to facilitate the work, but you can do without a tool if you have moving and dexterous fingers.
Use thin strips
Kanzashis from narrow satin ribbons with your own hands are made very simple. You just need to be patient and have free time.
To make such bows, as in the photo above, you need to cut the ribbon into equal parts of the desired length. The free ends are processed over a candle or a lighter, and you can immediately glue them into a loop. After that, all the blanks are sewn or glued to the round blank. By changing colors, using different combinations of shades and lengths of details, you can easily create a variety of bows for decorating hairstyles.
How to make a decoration for a beginner needlewoman
It’s easy to make simple kanzashi bows with your own hands. To perform a decoration similar to the one in the photo below, take wide ribbons (one color can be), a decorative element for the middle and a hairpin.
The sequence of work will be as follows:
- Cut equal rectangular parts and fold them in the form of loops, connecting the free ends.
- Glue the four parts to the workpiece in the form of a circle.
- Make five squares from the same tape or another, fold them in any understandable way in the form of volumetric petals.
- Sew or glue in a circle the blanks obtained in the previous step, set them with the second layer on the bow already made.
- Decorate the middle with a bead or other decor.
Your hair accessory is ready. You can use it both for a hoop, and for a strip.
Workshop "Satin Ribbon Bow"
White elements look very elegant, stylish and festive. The decoration shown in the following photo is easy. To create such an element, you need ribbons of different widths. For the base (large eyelet), use the widest ribbon you can buy. This part is made of one long strip, which connects to the ring and is pulled in the middle. It can also be made from two blanks using the same method as making loops of thin ribbons (see the corresponding section).
When a large part of the bow is completed, proceed with the manufacture of the middle. You can fold the petals according to the technology, which is presented above in the form of phased photo-instructions. This is the easiest way to create such an element. By the way, if you combine two blanks of different shades into one petal, it will turn out much more spectacular. Make five loops of narrow ribbon and connect all the parts into one whole, glue the decorative element in the center. All is ready!
You saw how to make bows from satin ribbons with your own hands. Kanzashi-technique allows you to make a very spectacular and diverse jewelry that can be used for hairpins, elastic bands, dressings, and even for decorating clothes.