Hat Making Project
Silk Lotus Flower
Make a hand-painted lotus flower using lightweight silk and acid-free dye.
Hat Making Project
Silk Lotus Flower
Make a hand-painted lotus flower using lightweight silk and acid-free dye.
Projects / Silk Lotus Flower
Project Overview
This pretty silk lotus flower can be a fun addition to a fascinator or spring hat. You can use silk scraps to make the petals and hand paint it in any color that you find inspirational. It can be made with a painted edge or with a solid color, in a big or a small size.
Use 100% silk for this flower, making sure you don’t choose a fabric that is too heavy. Also, it is best to use clear, alcohol-based stiffeners and fabric paints on silk so you don’t end up with residue or spots.
Written by New York City milliner Lisa Shaub of Lisa Shaub Fine Millinery.
Category: Flower Making, Trimmings
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What You Need
- 1 yard of lightweight silk (scraps are fine)
- Paper for patterns
- Paper scissors
- Sharp fabric scissors
- Awl
- Pencil
- Alcohol
- Paintbrush
- Jacquard Piñata Dye
- ManhatCo Stiffy Felt Sizing (alcohol-based) or your favourite alcohol-based flower sizing
- Plastic containers for mixing dye
- Tissue paper to work on
- Floral tape or bias ribbon for stem
- Hot glue gun and glue
- Thin floral wire
Project Overview
This pretty silk lotus flower can be a fun addition to a fascinator or spring hat. You can use silk scraps to make the petals and hand paint it in any color that you find inspirational. It can be made with a painted edge or with a solid color, in a big or a small size.
Use 100% silk for this flower, making sure you don’t choose a fabric that is too heavy. Also, it is best to use clear, alcohol-based stiffeners and fabric paints on silk so you don’t end up with residue or spots.
Written by New York City milliner Lisa Shaub of Lisa Shaub Fine Millinery.
Category: Flower Making, Trimmings
What You Need
- 1 yard of lightweight silk (scraps are fine)
- Paper for patterns
- Paper scissors
- Sharp fabric scissors
- Awl
- Pencil
- Alcohol
- Paintbrush
- Jacquard Piñata Dye
- ManhatCo Stiffy Felt Sizing (alcohol-based) or your favourite alcohol-based flower sizing
- Plastic containers for mixing dye
- Tissue paper to work on
- Floral tape or bias ribbon for stem
- Hot glue gun and glue
- Thin floral wire
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HATalk Subscribers – sign in below to view the full instructions for this project.
Not a Subscriber yet? Sign up to begin your free trial and get instant access to all of our hat making projects and e-magazines.
