Kanzashi in Bloom
20 Simple Fold-and-Sew Projects to Wear and Give
Nonfiction, Home & Garden, Crafts & Hobbies, Decorating, Needlecrafts & Fabric, Sewing, The Home
| Author: | Diane Gilleland | ISBN: | 9780770434274 |
| Publisher: | Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale | Publication: | June 20, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Potter Craft | Language: | English |
| Author: | Diane Gilleland |
| ISBN: | 9780770434274 |
| Publisher: | Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale |
| Publication: | June 20, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Potter Craft |
| Language: | English |
Kanzashi tsumami is the Japanese art of folding delicate squares of silk into three-dimensional flower petals. In the United States, the online craft culture has sprouted a renewed interest in making Kanzashi with American crafters devising simplified ways to create these gorgeous fabric flowers and incorporating more user-friendly materials like cotton and synthetic fabrics along with the traditional silks.
Kanzashi in Bloom takes the American interpretation of Kanzashi a step further, presenting modern, more easily executed flower designs as elements in a variety of fun, fashionable, hip craft projects. Kanzashi in Bloom offers advice on materials, three petal-folding styles, and techniques for assembling a Kanzashi flower. You’ll also find instructions for 20 projects to wear and give as gifts, including:
• Tiny blossom earrings
• Flowers-in-your-hair clips
• The happiest belt buckle ever
• Elegant floral gift topper
Kanzashi tsumami is the Japanese art of folding delicate squares of silk into three-dimensional flower petals. In the United States, the online craft culture has sprouted a renewed interest in making Kanzashi with American crafters devising simplified ways to create these gorgeous fabric flowers and incorporating more user-friendly materials like cotton and synthetic fabrics along with the traditional silks.
Kanzashi in Bloom takes the American interpretation of Kanzashi a step further, presenting modern, more easily executed flower designs as elements in a variety of fun, fashionable, hip craft projects. Kanzashi in Bloom offers advice on materials, three petal-folding styles, and techniques for assembling a Kanzashi flower. You’ll also find instructions for 20 projects to wear and give as gifts, including:
• Tiny blossom earrings
• Flowers-in-your-hair clips
• The happiest belt buckle ever
• Elegant floral gift topper
