In Russia, a new synthetic material from Iran called "foamiran" is gaining popularity. This success is due to the extraordinary realism of crafts from it. You can easily be convinced of it when you look at today's flower works.
Delicate white lily - do-it-yourself flower from foamiran
This is a favorite flower of ancient poets, sung in the cultures of Egypt, India, Crete. The flower symbolizes duality in everything: life and death, man and woman, innocence and fertility. You can fall in love with this flower at first sight. Since lily blooms in Russian latitudes only in the warm season, you can make a flower with your own hands for admiring in the winter.
Working materials: foamiran of white and green colors, cotton buds for making stamens (you can buy ready-made items at the sewing accessories store), acrylic paints for fabrics, medium-density paper (you can also use cardboard) of any color, felt-tip pen or pencil in dark brown, thermal gun with glue, wire with a diameter of 0.3 mm, scissors, wire cutters, toothpicks, iron, awl.
Stage 1
The shape of a lily petal is cut out of paper or cardboard. It is long - 6 cm.
Stage 2
On this paper pattern, petals are cut out of fabric - foamiran white.
Stage 3
Each petal at its base is shaded with a dark brown pencil or felt-tip pen. Better use a pencil. If necessary, the extra touch can be removed with a rubber band.
Stage 4
Petals need to be given a natural shape and flower veins. To do this, each petal is heated in turn on the iron. A toothpick is pressed into the tissue and vertical sun-shaped strips, the so-called veins, are held. In a lily flower, these veins grow from the upper outer edge to the base of the petal.
Stage 5
If the finished stamens are not bought in the store, they are made by hand. Cotton swabs are taken. They are painted in shades of green with acrylics. You can make stamens even more elegant form, ideally close to natural. A wire is taken and pieces of plastic suede are put on it. The whole structure is painted with acrylics.
Stage 6
Do-it-yourself lily leaves are cut from the fabric.
Stage 7
By the above analogy, vertical veins are also squeezed out on leaflets.
Stage 8
Stamens gather in a bunch. Between themselves stick together or bind. Petals stick to them. The first row should consist of three pieces.
Stage 9
All subsequent petals are glued in a checkerboard pattern.
Stage 10 final
Do-it-yourself lilies are joined by petals. You can decorate your hair with such a beautiful flower if you put it on a velvet wide rim.
DIY spring camomile from foamiran
A bouquet of such modest wildflowers can decorate the bride’s wedding bouquet. These flowers are symbolized by family happiness. Because chamomile, you can safely decorate weddings, anniversaries, family celebrations.
Working materials: foamiran white or cream color, cardboard of any color, paint - oil pastels, thick wire or wire for the stem, glue, ruler, scissors, candle, matches, protractor and pencil.
Stage 1
Circles of different diameters are cut out of cardboard. The largest is 9 cm.
Stage 2
A strip is cut from the fabric. Length is 27 cm. Width - 2 cm. This will be the core of a flower made by yourself. The strip turns yellow.
Stage 3
The strip is folded in half. Undercuts are made on it, as indicated in the figure.
Stage 4
The yellow strip is neatly wrapped in a roll. At the same time, glue is added to it to fix the position of the future core of the flower.
Stage 5
With the help of a circle of the largest diameter, a circle is cut out of the fabric. Its edges are wavy cut. And petals are cut out on it, as indicated in the figure. The center of the circle within a radius of 2 mm remains untouched.
Stage 6
From the hot flame of the candle, the petals slightly curl up, bend inward.
Stage 7
A yellow stripe of fabric is stuck and glued onto a thick wire. A circle with petals is strung beneath it below. All forms of a flower made by yourself are carefully straightened out.
Stage 8
Circles of smaller diameters are made of fabric. They are also brought to resemblance to a real flower with the above manipulations.
Stage 9
At the end of the work, a green substrate is made and strung under the base of the chamomile. Everything is carefully sealed.
Do-it-yourself royal rose from foamiran
It’s easy to make a magnificent rose from foamiran. The shape of such a flower is familiar to everyone in detail, as often someone had to buy them, and someone received a gift. Rosa is a frequent guest in our homes. This flower can be made with your own hands and enjoy the unfading beauty of weeks, months.
Working materials: foamiran of green and pale pink colors, glue, cardboard pattern, any foil, iron, wire.
Stage 1
Rose petals of different sizes are cut from cardboard.
Stage 2
Petals are cut out of fabric: 5 pcs. large, 5 pcs. small ones.
Stage 3
Using a heated iron changes the shape of the edges of the petals. They need to be stretched.
Stage 4
The foil sheet is crushed into a cone. The foil will become the center of the bud and give the flower volume. The first small petals of the future rose are glued to it.
Stage 5
The wire is wrapped in a green cloth. A bud is mounted on it with glue.
Stage 6
Larger petals are made and glued to the bud.
Stage 6
A flower stalk is made from green fabric. The whole structure is fastened with glue. Petals also need to give the iron a concave shape.
Stage 7
By analogy, a small rosebud is made.
