French Flower Making first attempts
I'm loving the French Flower Making classes, and tonight I finished my first rose in pale pink silk georgette stiffened with gelatine. It's not perfect by any stretch but I'm really happy with it as a first attempt! Thanks for the wonderful class.
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Permalink Reply by Andrew Reid
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Thank you!
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Permalink Reply by debbi grogan
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It's gorgeous!
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Permalink Reply by Renee Green
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I can't imagine what perfect must look like because that looks great!
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Permalink Reply by Bahdanava Sviatlana -
In man,s hand all flowers became beatiful!
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Permalink Reply by Tiffany Arey
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It looks beautiful! Congrats!
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Permalink Reply by Jennifer shaw
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- How stunning it looks and very professional, I'm definitely thinking of trying it myself.
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Permalink Reply by Bridget Early
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Beautiful work.
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Andrew, you have done a wonderful job. It's beautiful!
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Permalink Reply by Shelagh Picton
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Hi! Andrew, I love the flower I have done the tutorials they are great but I haven't used gelatine.
How stiff is the flower using Gelatine, are they very stiff or have they a softness if you know what I mean?
I have used sinamay stiffener also hairspray and spray starch all of these give different results.
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Shelagh, the gelatine gives the silk georgette a sort of papery feel and stiffness. It also makes it slightly sparkly, which is presumably the crystals in the gelatine. I haven't tried the other methods on the same fabric yet, although I do have some of the solvent based sizing. The silk georgette is very fine and limp without the sizing but it still feels a little malleable after, not rock hard. I quite like it and had no problem with scorching using the 30w setting on the soldering iron.
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Permalink Reply by Shelagh Picton
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Thank you for getting back to me. I am going to try the gelatine. I have some cotton organdie and as it doesn't have a sheen I would like to see if the galantine leaves a sparkle. I don't use the electric irons I use the tools that you heat on a hob, but by testing the heat I haven't had problems.
