This is what I've been up to lately, making these delicate tissue flowers. The flowers will be glued onto contorted willow branches as part of a table centerpiece (providing all goes well). I'm really happy with the results, light, delicate & airy. Perfect for summer decorations. Supplies:
tissue paper
scissors
string - waxed dental floss works well
Layer four pieces of tissue paper together measuring at 2 1/4" by 3 1/2". Fold together using an accordion fold (refer to picture).
When you're finished with the accordion fold, it should look like the picture on the left. Pinch together and place on its side. It will now look like the picture on the right. Cut where yellow lines are shown, through all layers.
Pull the first layer up. Begin to peel all four layers apart (picture on right). Now peel all the layers from the other side. Done.
Your tissue flower should now look like the image on the left. With string, tie a loop around the center of the tissue where you made the slits. Now unfold tissue.
Pull the first layer up. Begin to peel all four layers apart (picture on right). Now peel all the layers from the other side. Done.
41 comments:
Hi:) How cute, thanks for the tutorial!
Happy creating,, gail
How lovely.
They are cute
Alison
CUTE...thanks for the tut!!!
I can think of a thousand fun things to do with those. Thanks for the tutorial!
these look amazing! I bet I can find somewhere to put these, and they look easy...or is that deceiving ? are they tricky at all?
What charming little flowers!
Such beautiful paper flowers! It look wonderful as a center piece.
These are so pretty! Thank you for sharing!
They are beautiful! They remind me a cherry blossoms.
Oh wow! These are so, so pretty! So many fun uses. I've gotta make a garland! Thanks so much for this, I'll be linking.
These are really pretty! I love the way you did the edges. Adorable.
These are adorable! I tried them with a cotton quilting fabric and they come out equally cute. Just make sure you iron them well when they are accordion folded.
These are so pretty! I've always wondered how they were made! Thanks for sharing!!
Very lovely colour. The flowers are very sweet and cute. Love it.
Alexander
Alex's World! - http://www.kakinan.com/alex
Thanks for the tutorial, I will have to try this they are so cute!
Cheers Linda
Very cute and so well done! Thanks for the easy-to-follow tut!
it's very delicate and pretty =)
Very cute! I will save a link back to your site, I want to keep these i mind for a b-day=) Thanks!
Thank you so much for showing us how to make these tiny beauties!!! They are precious and I can just imagine making hundreds of them!! :)
Christina :)
These are so cute and beautiful!
Oh, aren't they cute!!
Happy summer weekend to you!
So clever! Love how they turn out.
Have a wonderful 4th my friend!
Thank you for the tutorial.
I like these a lot. Thanks for posting the tutorial. lovely.
Really Pretty. Have just put one on a gift wrapped in Pale pink Tissue. I made the flower in cerise to match the cushion inside. I used Indian silk hand made paper. Thank you.
Thank you for the tutorial will definitely be trying these out.
Very neat idea. When I was young, (a million years ago) we used to make them out of Kleenex, but they weren't near as nice. I like the tissue paper idea and the slits in the middle would really help them fluff out nicely. Thanks for sharing.
Great idea! Love them!
I made these tonight, only I used two colors of tissue paper (alternating) and tied them with one long strand of green yarn, effectively creating a flower garland. My girls loved it! Maybe you'll want to create a garland to go with your centerpiece? One tip, it helps to tie them on before you flare them out.
These are so pretty... I'd love it if you would post it on my 'Friday's Nature Table' post today.
Blessings and magic.
Love the idea! Anything small is fun...I wonder how it would work if you kept the width the same, but didn't cut down the length...fold as you say, and then when you have all the accordion folds done, cut into the smaller parts, thus making folds for 2-3 (or more?)at a time. Would this work or would it be too cumbersome?
Awww, I haven't done those in a long time. Now I want to make tons of little flowers! lol
I just blogged about making up a centerpeice with these!
http://weepereas.blogspot.com/
Awsome..... i would like the same with fabric!!!!!! to put in may clothes!!!
just lovely! I love WebMommy's idea to alternate colors of tissue and to make a garland. So much easier than I ever would have thought. Darling!
Simply beautiful! I can't wait to make them. Many thanks!
Simply gorgeous! I've made some tissue flowers using die cuts, but I sure wanna try this tutorial! Thank you and your flowers are so lovely!!
Have a great day!
Karen
These were made from Kleenex in all colours for our cars in our wedding. (35+years ago) I believe I had help making 200 of these.
These are wonderful.
hello, the flowers are so so gorgeous... love the colour as well... thanks so much for sharing... have tried some myself as well... do take a look at www.craftcurry.com
Hugs
Shalini
www.craftcurry.com
Hi!
Today I posted an entry on my blog with a link to this tutorial.
I'd appreciate your letting me know if that's OK.
Thanks,
nancy Ward
http://paperfriendly.blogspot.com
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