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hanatsukuri — Spring Sakura Kanzashi
Published: 2012-04-30 21:51:23 +0000 UTC; Views: 820; Favourites: 24; Downloads: 0
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It's that time of year again! Or, actually, it was a few weeks ago.
Handmade cherry blossom hair clip. Made using tsumami kanzashi techniques, each petal folded at a time.
Sold by the lovely for me. ♥
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I've been meaning to ask you, how do you get the "<3" shape of your cherry blossoms so perfect??
Every time I've tried thus far, it has a tendency to "flop" on me into some kind of "<)" type shape...
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Practice? ^_^? I don't know, it's just starch and pinching... 
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Okay, so I've heard various different methods of how people "starch" their petals.
What would YOU consider proper starching procedure??
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Sorry, I'm a horrible net teacher. XD This I way I probably won't make a tutorial...
heregoes. Ok....So you can starch the fabric and cut it into squares. That makes it easier to cut. I use laundry starch-- the kind that you need to dilute with water and spray from a slight distance. Don't over do it-- just make sure the starch is even. Then I put paper over the silk so as not to burn it. Iron. Finished!
I usually have to re-starch sakura because the hand dying process washes any starch out. Dunk the little things in a bit of watered down starch and shape. Tweezers are your friend.
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Cherry blossoms~~~!
They're all in bloom right now yes?
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The last of them are still in bloom! We have maybe a few days for these stragglers, but the height of cherry blossoms was...a week or two ago! It's been a fun season.
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Wonderful work!I'm sure it will look lovely in whoever's hair it's in!
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