How do you make a rose from nylon

Creating flowers from scrap materials is becoming an increasingly popular hobby. Bouquets made of plastic for sculpting, beads and ribbons to decorate the interior, these buds are used in homemade jewelry. However, there is a material that could make very beautiful flowers and it is literally under my feet. Or rather them, because it's nylon pantyhose.

Flowers of nylon: materials needed

To create a rose from nylon, you must first select the appropriate tights. They should not be too tight, but very stretchy. In addition, the braiding yarns should not be rare, so cheap foot petal for this purpose are not suitable. Also pay attention to the Shine of the material. To the rose of nylon was the most like a real flower, it is better to give preference to slim matte tights. As for the color of the nylon, of course, DIY is better to use bright colors, and in ready, if necessary, the petals can be painted with a color spray for nubuck and suede.

In addition to the nylon stockings for the creation of artificial roses you will need wire. It will stretch the material when forming the petals. To Bud was most similar to the present, it is important that the wire was plastic, but pretty tough. If she holds her form, then over time, the Bud will "fade" and too springy metal will make all the petals the same round.

Also for DIY flowers of nylon tights you will need locksmith cutters, thread, tone on tone, needle, green felt or fleece to create sepals, glue.

Rose of nylon: petals

To make a rose from nylon was not just an abstract Bud, and looked exactly like the Queen of flowers must make a sufficient number of petals. For products of medium size 12-15 will be enough. Start by creating a blank from the wire. Form a ring of sufficient diameter, connect ends and loop them, cut the excess with wire cutters.

Place the top part of the die in the middle of a small flap of nylon, pull up the edges of the material to the connecting wire. Basting stitch, gather the fabric so that it clung closely to the frame, but not slack. Secure the thread, give the petal a natural form, if necessary, touch up the nylon. Remove excess material with scissors.

Assembling the petals from the Bud in pantyhose

When all the petals are ready, you should collect them in a beautiful Bud. To do this, start with those that are smaller, they need to twist quite tightly. One add to the design of new petals so that each successive bowed the previous one. As an example, use a real rose. Secure the petals buds thread, if necessary, use glue. To hide the seams or edges of the nylon, cut from thick green material stems and glue them to the base of the flower. Spread the petals.