Making flowers to get cup mats There are many ways of making flowers. You can fold a flower; sew a flower and many other ways. In this tutorial, the method of how to make a flower is to braid.
Through making flowers, what you really get is the cup mat. Cup mat in a flower shape is good-looking and practical. Now let go down to the business of how to make a flower.
What
are
necessary
making flowers?
Waxed cords
Super glue
Scissors
How to make a flower? Step 1: braid the cord of the top size Prepare a cord of 0.6cm wide and 80cm long. Cross the cord to make a loop at the top. Thread the right cord up through the loop over the left one. Thread the left down cord through the two loops.
Step 2: go on braiding Do the same to make two loops. Pass through a cord of 0.25cm thick and 80cm long from the outer circle; pass the other cord from the inner circle; along the edges of the shaped cords.
Step 3: the ending work Tighten
the
shape.
Go
on
braiding the cords to be a flower shape.
Note
the
four
cords
should be in the same size when you finish braiding. Cut the cords to same length. Adjust their places and stick them with super glue.
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The purple cup mat from making flowers is very simple, which will not give people a feeling of complexity. If you like it, you can make more according to how to make a flower first.
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