Creating a lotus from the available material - napkins
In laying the festive table, last but not least is the design of napkins. Ordinary paper bought in the store and laid out near each plate look boring and uninteresting. Products made of fabrics are elegant and noble, but they easily get dirty and require thorough washing.
"To kill two birds with one stone": to decorate the table, giving it an original look, and not to spend a lot of money and effort, you can make a charming lotus napkin with your own hands.
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Materials and tools for decoration
To get started on making a flower, you need to prepare the necessary tools and materials.
For work you will need:
- Thick wipes, better if they are three-layer and large format;
- Office knife and scissors;
- Cute and thick needle with a large eye;
- Thick thread or floss.
Additional Information. A prerequisite for the decoration of tissue paper is the presence of a green material - for the base. The petal part can be solved in any color range - at the discretion of the skilled worker.
How to make a lotus of napkins do it yourself
A flower made of napkins and a lotus on the table is an elegant and attractive element of decoration. It is not by chance that many home craftswomen want to learn how to make a lotus of napkins.
Making a napkin holder will require patience and attention, and you will have to start by acquiring the skill of folding material for the foundation. They will need twelve elements. The base will be green.
- It is necessary to fold them diagonally very carefully. After that, by the middle, both edges are bent.
- Turn the product and the corners tuck up. Fold again to make a triangle.
- After “all the edges are hidden, turn the workpiece out. It turns out a kind of shuttle or boat. There should be twelve such details.
- The prepared elements are pulled into a flower stand. To do this, you need to pierce each element with an awl, then draw a thread with a needle.
To complete the petals will also need 12 blanks for each level. To napkin from napkins turned out lush and beautiful, you need to make at least eight rows.
The petal part is folded in the same way as the support leaves. Each element must be performed very carefully and carefully. To "fill" all corners, you can correct them with a stationery knife.
Important! At the base of the flower "boats" should be turned upside down, and the petals are directed upwards.
Without a certain skill, it will not be easy to insert the tab element in the stand. Therefore, it is better to practice before setting the decoration on the table.
To keep the design more tightly, the work must be done very carefully, correcting it with a stationery knife, fork or tweezers.
Attention! It is undesirable to correct with your fingers: you can mash the components, and the lotus from the napkins will look messy, and the connection will not be strong, and the flower may crumble.
Each petal should be fixed on the "ridges" of the stand, connecting the two elements.
After installing the first row, you can proceed to the next. And so - all eight levels, each of which, moving to the middle, more and more "closes" the flower. As a result, the flower from the lotus napkins will be a wonderful decoration of the festive table.
Creativity, an extraordinary approach to any business, makes it possible to make original pleasant things from the simplest ordinary material that attract attention. One of these original elements is a lotus of napkins, which can be made with your own hands. How to make it, you can learn by viewing workshops, posted on the Internet.
VIDEO: Lotus flower from napkins.