Kanzashi in Bloom: 20 Simple Fold-and-Sew Projects to Wear and Give by Diane Gilleland
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- Pub. Date: July 2009
- 144pp
- Sales Rank: 12,587
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: July 2009
- Publisher: Crown Publishing Group
- Format: Paperback, 144pp
- Sales Rank: 12,587
- ISBN-13: 9780823084814
- ISBN: 0823084817
Synopsis
Kanzashi tsumami is the Japanese art of folding delicate squares of silk into three-dimensional flower petals. In the United States, the online craft culture has sprouted a renewed interest in making Kanzashi with American crafters devising simplified ways to create these gorgeous fabric flowers and incorporating more user-friendly materials like cotton and synthetic fabrics along with the traditional silks.
Kanzashi in Bloom takes the American interpretation of Kanzashi a step further, presenting modern, more easily executed flower designs as elements in a variety of fun, fashionable, hip craft projects. Kanzashi in Bloom offers advice on materials, three petal-folding styles, and techniques for assembling a Kanzashi flower. You’ll also find instructions for 20 projects to wear and give as gifts, including:
• Tiny blossom earrings
• Flowers-in-your-hair clips
• The happiest belt buckle ever
• Elegant floral gift topper
Biography
DIANE GILLELAND produces a popular blog and podcast, craftypod.com, and diyalert.com, a calendar of craft classes and events in Portland, Oregon. For more about Diane’s work and Kanzashi, visit kanzashi-in-bloom.com.
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Japanese folding technique straghtened out.by txagchic76
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September 12, 2009: I had tried fabric folding techniques on project is magazines a couple of times, and found the instructions unclear and/or incomplete and was not pleased with the results. I have completed 2 projects based on the techniques in the book with ease and am very satisfied with the projects. It takes careful reading of the instructions, but they are very clear and easy to follow. As a bonus, the book is beautifully illustrated and just plain fun to read and browse through.
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