How to make bows of satin ribbons with your own hands: Kanzashi

If your little fashionista adores new accessories for hairstyles or clothes, make for her bows of satin ribbons with her own hands. Kanzashi jewelry was originally used for hair, but now they also decorate hair clips and bandages, and dresses, and even souvenir boxes. It is not difficult to learn how to make such things. Learn the simplest ways! You can independently carry out original gifts or accessories for yourself.

We make bows of satin ribbons with our own hands

Kanzashi - the technique of making jewelry for the hair. This tradition took shape in Japan at a time when the country had neither trade nor cultural interactions with other countries. One of the varieties of creating such a decor is the method of folding elements from silk squares. Now in Russia it is a new, but very popular kind of needlework. Bows, flowers and complex spectacular compositions adorn the hair, clothes and other accessories.

Necessary materials

To make bows of satin ribbons with your own hands (kanzash), you need the following:

• Satin ribbons of different colors and widths or bright patches of fabric;
• scissors;
• tweezers;
• Candle or lighter for processing the edges of blanks;
• Needle and thread;
• glue;
• Bases for jewelry (hair clips, elastic bands, strips, hoops);
• Additional decor (beads, beads, rhinestones, plastic floristics).

All this will be required for you both for simple and difficult options. If you do erasers for the hair, then it's better to cut the circles out of the felt. They will become the basis to which the bow is adhered. The entire assembly is attached to the purchased rubber band. Remember that thanks to the beautiful combination of ribbon colors, even the most simple in the technology of making bows will look very impressive and festive.

Ways of folding elements

If you have never made jewelry in this technique and do not know how to make a bowl of Kanzash for a bandage on your hair, carefully read all sections and choose the simplest option for the first sample. When it is mastered, go to multi-part things.

As a rule, details of any products are made from sliced satin ribbons, but if the width of the strip does not exceed 5 mm, rectangular pieces of equal length are used. The simplest way to get a workpiece from a rectangle is to fold it twice as a loop, the free edges of which are assembled onto the thread.

All complex bows are usually made of squares that are folded in the form of petals (single or double). Tweezers are often used to facilitate work, but you can do without a tool if you have moving and dexterous fingers.

Use thin strips

Kanzashi from narrow satin ribbons with their own hands are made very simply. You just have to be patient and free.

To perform such bows, as in the photo above, you need to cut the ribbon into equal parts of the desired length. Free ends are processed over a candle or a lighter, and you can immediately glue them in a loop. After that, all workpieces are sewn or glued to the round workpiece. By changing colors, using different combinations of shades and lengths of details, you can easily create a variety of bows for decorating your hair.

How to make a decoration for a beginner needlewoman

Simple Kanzashi bows with their own hands are easy to make. To perform the same as in the photo below, decoration, take wide ribbons (you can have the same color), a decorative element for the middle and a base-hairpin.

The sequence of work will be as follows:

1. Cut off equal rectangular pieces and fold them in the form of a loop, connecting the loose ends.
2. The resulting four parts are glued to the workpiece in the form of a circle.
3. Make five squares from the same ribbon or another, fold them in any comprehensible way in the form of volumetric petals.
4. Sew or glue the workpieces received in the previous step, set them in a second layer on the already made bow.
5. Decorate the middle with a bead or other decor.

Your decoration for the barrette is ready. You can use it for both the hoop and the strip.

Master-class "Satin ribbon bow"

White elements look very elegant, stylish and festive. The decoration presented in the next photo is easy to make. To create such an element, you will need ribbons of different widths. For the base (big loop), use the widest ribbon that you can buy. This part is made of one long strip, which is connected to the ring and pulled in the middle. You can also make two blanks using the same method as making loops from thin ribbons (see the corresponding section).

When a large detail of the bow is executed, proceed to making the middle. You can fold the petals according to the technology, which is presented above in the form of step-by-step photoinstruction. This is the easiest way to create such an item. By the way, if you combine two blanks of different shades into one petal, it will be much more effective. Make five loops from a narrow ribbon and connect all the parts in one piece, glue a decorative element to the center. All is ready!

You saw how the bows made of satin ribbons with their own hands. Kanzash technique allows you to perform very effective and various decorations, which can be used for pins, elastic bands, bandages, and even for dressing clothes.