HAPPY RAKHSHABANDHAN !!!

RAKHIS

These are Rakshabandhan Greetings that I made using colorful stones. I have arranged these stones to form the shape of a flower. Simple and easy to make yet sweet and full of love.

Flowers

When I was in my 3rd standard, we girls were asked to choose one hobby each for the weekly hobby-classes. Since I never liked embroidery, I didn't choose that.Singing was ( and is still) not my cup of tea,so I ignored that.Games and sports were a part of the curriculum so they were not in the option.I had already joined dance classes elsewhere, so the only option I was left with was FLOWER- MAKING.In school , my teachers taught me to make different kinds of beautiful flowers with paper.I remember ,I had made big sunflowers ,roses, lilies, ferns, etc using kite paper and crape paper.

Recently,I thought of making flowers with fabric instead of paper.Here ,I share with you all the method of making little flowers that will add elegance to your room.

REQUIREMENTS :

1). Fabric pieces of your choice, plain or printed.

2). Wire for making the stem

3). A pair of scissors.

4). Needle and thread

5). Pearls

6). Glue

PROCEDURE :

STEP 1 :

Cut a rectangular piece from your chosen fabric. For small flowers I have kept the length as 5 inches and breadth as 1 inch.

STEP 2 :

Fold the rectangle piece into half length wise. Now with a needle and thread make running stitch along the side that is open, to close it.

STEP 3 :

Continue it for some distance and then pull the thread to make a frill.

Again do the running stitch till the end and pull the thread to complete the frill.

STEP 4 :

Now, stitch both the endings together neatly as shown in the picture below.

This will give you the shape of a flower.

STEP 5 :

Take a wire for the stem and attach it at the back of the flower.This is slightly typical.

Pass it through one of the thread loop of the running stitch.Then take the wire further to pass it through the second loop that should be opposite to the first loop.Now,twist the wire to lock the flower firmly.

I have chosen silver wire to match with the pink flower.

STEP 6 :

Turn the flower to the front.It will look like the one in the picture below.

To complete it, stick a pearl with the help of glue in the center.

I have stuck white pearl to go with the silver -theme.

Make similar flowers of various colors and bunch them together. I have arranged the flowers in a glass pot filled with colorful stones.

VARIATION :

Use golden color wire for the stem and off-white colored pearls on brown and green flowers to give a classy look that goes with Golden -theme.