How to weave wreaths of flowers

Long wreaths of flowers were woven during ritual performances, fortune-telling and wedding ceremonies. The ability to make plants beautiful crown was highly valued among the girls. Today it is a decoration rather beautiful, summer fun for girls. However, only your taste and imagination will turn it into a work of decorative art. Basic methods of weaving wreaths can then be used to work with another natural material to create unique interior things.

You will need

• - flowers with long stems;
• - herbs, leaves;
• the string or grass, bark.

Instruction

1. Collect as many flowers with long stems. Than lush and raznocvetnie you collect the bouquet, the better you get the wreath. Don't forget that color crown pretty quickly Poduyane and immediately reduced in size. So don't be afraid to overdo it.
2. Put together three flowers and begin to braid their stems like a regular braid. After the first curl put in the middle of the basket a new flower and make a second round of spit.
3. Continue to work on the model, trying to put flower to flower as tightly as possible. In a neatly woven flower braid bare stalks were visible only on the reverse side of the wreath.
4. Try to keep ugly short "tails" (not included in the pigtail) was not evident. In the process of working on a wreath this can be achieved using a very tight weave and a lush selection of flowers. In addition, you can interweave into a braid decorative leaves - for example, a large carved maple and oak.
5. Try a wreath on the head – if you are satisfied with the length of the circle, it's time to finish the job. Carefully tear off the protruding "tails" (if still visible) and connect the wreath to the ring. Secure it at the ends of stems and in addition a strong (but thin) thread, which it is desirable to select the color of the basic colors of the floral wreath.
6. Try to weave a wreath of flowers in a different way. To do this you need to choose the flowers for intonation and form one long beam. Sequentially applying to the resulting basis of subsequent flowers obviate its stems and at the same time push new buds.
7. Don't be afraid to experiment! Fortunately, at the time of summer herbs you will have no shortage of natural material. Try to attach to the stems of intonation not individual flowers, and long tufts of wildflowers and grasses.
8. Attach herb bundles wrapped around the base of the stems – but not at the receptacle, and leaving the free ends in 5-10 cm you Have a particularly lush floral decoration. Firmly fix the ends of the finished wreath.