Tuesday, August 9, 2011

How to make chiffon arcs

 Chiffon silk knots are soft, romantic and semi-transparent. Chiffon silk is a light, semi-transparent fabric which is favoured for special events such as weddings. Silk chiffon Ribbon is sold in a variety of sizes and colors, some are banded along the edges with a more dark in the same colour, others are connected and some have floral and other prints. These tapes well manage to link the bow and these arcs are used on everything from back of seat of clothing and General decoration. Bind a chiffon bow can be learned quickly after a few simple techniques to produce bows of any size and shape. If you use the edge Ribbon wire your arcs will be even easier to shape.Difficulty: moderately EasyChiffon ribbonScissorsFloral wireWire cutters1

Cut the 36-inch 1/2 inch wide wire edged silk chiffon Ribbon. Determine the length of your tail first. The length of the tail depends on what you use tape for. If you attach the Ribbon to a package tails will be short at 2 inches to 3 inches. for a floral bouquet you a longer tail.

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Pinch the tail length tape. Form a long loop of 1 inch by 2 inch tape and pinch. Form a second loop on the opposite side and in the first loop. Make the loop of the same size as your first loop. Pinch the loops and tails. Make a second series of loops of 1/4 inch to 1/2 inch larger than the first. Pinch the tape to keep the Centre of all loops. Add loops to arrive at the length of your second tail.

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Cut 3 inches of floral wire. Wrap the wire tapes pinched Centre area and twist the wire on itself so that it is tight. Topping off the coast of the excess wire.

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Deploy loops completing the bow to the shape you like. Trim the ends of the tail in points or V-forms.


Encapsulate a tail on the twisted wire. Get the tip of the tail of the loop of the packaging. This will focus on the wire completely.

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