Hat Making Project
Silk Abaca Leaves
Create realistic silk abaca leaves with flower making tools.
Hat Making Project
Silk Abaca Leaves
Create realistic silk abaca leaves with flower making tools.
Projects / Silk Abaca Leaves
Project Overview
Silk abaca is produced by weaving the processed stalks of the abaca tree, a banana palm from the Philippines, through silk. It is a natural material which can be dyed, sculpted and shaped, making it ideal for flower making and other millinery applications.
In this tutorial, expert flower maker Anne Tomlin explains how to make the leaves, calyx and stem of a Silk Abaca Rose. Although originally written as a follow-up project for a rose, these silk abaca leaves, as well as the silk calyx and wire stem, could also be used to finish off other varieties of handmade flowers.
Category: Trimmings
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What You Need
- 2 flower making tools: knife or arrow shape*, 15mm ball
- Electric hot plate or hob
- Blotting paper
- Bag of rubber, sand or ground walnut shells
- Bradawl or pointed tool
- Sharp pointed scissors
- Paper scissors
- Pointed tweezers
- Pins
- Needle and threads
- Water spray
- Bondaweb
- Stiffened, undyed silk satin
- Stiffened fine green habutai silk
- Abaca silk
- 15mm paper ball
- Paper covered wire #24
- Tacky glue
- Straw stiffener
- Silk dyes
- Printable Template
Project Overview
Silk abaca is produced by weaving the processed stalks of the abaca tree, a banana palm from the Philippines, through silk. It is a natural material which can be dyed, sculpted and shaped, making it ideal for flower making and other millinery applications.
In this tutorial, expert flower maker Anne Tomlin explains how to make the leaves, calyx and stem of a Silk Abaca Rose. Although originally written as a follow-up project for a rose, these silk abaca leaves, as well as the silk calyx and wire stem, could also be used to finish off other varieties of handmade flowers.
Category: Trimmings
What You Need
- 2 flower making tools: knife or arrow shape*, 15mm ball
- Electric hot plate or hob
- Blotting paper
- Bag of rubber, sand or ground walnut shells
- Bradawl or pointed tool
- Sharp pointed scissors
- Paper scissors
- Pointed tweezers
- Pins
- Needle and threads
- Water spray
- Bondaweb
- Stiffened, undyed silk satin
- Stiffened fine green habutai silk
- Abaca silk
- 15mm paper ball
- Paper covered wire #24
- Tacky glue
- Straw stiffener
- Silk dyes
- Printable Template
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HATalk Subscribers – sign in below to view the full instructions for this project.
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