Mid Week Midnight Madness "Chiffon Flower Tutorial"

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"Mid Week Midnight Madness Tutorial"

Our team is going to try and have these a couple of times a month and really hope you can take away something with you to help you with your creativity. I will be showing you how to make a “Handmade Chiffon Flower” today. Below are some pictures taken while I made up the following flower…….

I kind of just made it up and I am just winging it. This is just an example of how I do it, but please keep in mind the sky is the limit with what you can do with this technique. After making up some samples for this tutorial, my mind is reeling with all the possibilities.

Ok, so lets get started…
Supplies needed: Chiffon material (any colors you like but please note: chiffon should be polyester or nylon for best results) Scissors, Copics / Markers or Paint (optional), A lighter, A brad. Small prima flower (optional) glitter (optional)

Cut out a few circles and leafs of desired size of the flower you would like. I used 6 layers. The more layers the more full your flower will be. My circles ranged from around 1 1/2 “to 3” in diameter and they do not have to be perfect circles.

Use a Copics, Airbrush Copics, Some markers or even a paint brush with paint, you name it, have fun with it. Add some shading on the Chiffon layers any way you like. There is no science to this and is mostly to show some dimension and shading

Very carefully take a lighter (I recommend the long ones you use for lighting the Barbeque, but mine ran out) and LIGHTLY heat the edges of all the cut out pieces. You can use a pair of tweezers to hold the material if you are a little nervous about the flame. You will get the hang of it and it does not have to be perfect. The more uneven the edge, the more interesting the end result will be.

Do all pieces and set aside. Just be careful not to touch the edge until it cools.

By melting the edges you will seal the edge and create the realistic look for your flower’s pedals. The chiffon will actually start to curl which adds to your flowers beauty.

Gather all your pieces and try to use a brad with long prongs.

Then start with the center elements of the flower and feed them on to the brad.
As you add each layer try to tread the brad through each layer so you get a puffy look. You can thread it in and out a couple of times with each layer. Just play with it, you will see each layer will fall into place and they do not have to be exactly on top of each other. Each layer can be slightly off to one side. Just alternate it so in the end the flower is not to lopsided.

Add your leafs


Open and fold down the prongs, add glitter or stickles to the edges as desired !!!


AND VOILÀ! , A CHIFFON FLOWER !!!! :)


Add your own touches to your creations. A butterfly, a bee, dew drops, just have fun with it. I would love to see what you come up with and if you give this a try, PLEASE come back here and post a comment with a link so we can come check out your project.




A few different styles.

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