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HollyMay Pickell
 
How to make a Silk Flowers
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Price: £6.48 ($) (€)
Photos: 70 full colour photos plus 7 patterns
Pages: 26 double pages
Format: e-book what's this
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Brief description
Why make your own silk flowers when there are so many attractive ready made flowers available? For two very good reasons: when you make your own, you can choose the exact colour to match an outfit or hat – a huge asset – and you can use real silk, not the inferior quality fabric which most bought flowers are made of. And also, your flowers will be uniquely your own style! They can be used to create wonderful finishing touches for hats, matching corsages or even head pieces in their own right.

Every step is illustrated for you to make this enjoyable activity simple and rewarding. You may find it quite addictive and we can pretty much guarantee repeat orders if you're making them for sale.

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We tell you all about the tools and equipment you will need and where to find them, and show you how to mount your finished flower onto a headband. And you can incorporate more than one colour into your flowers, as in the delightful example above right, by Glenda Mountford, which she has added to a 50s style hat.

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You can also vary your flowers by adding to the number of petals you use, or expanding or reducing the petals in size, altering them to make different shaped flowers. Once you learn the skills taught in this easy to follow ebook, your creativity will know no bounds!

You may choose to use use patterned or embroidered silks, as in this rose by Annie Griffith (far left).  

Hat and flower by Aashild Oma Sele

   

   
     
       
         
   
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