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 carena28 July 27, 2014 at 1:35pm
Beautiful and stunning flower!
Permalink Reply by Andrew Reid July 27, 2014 at 9:33pm

Thank you!

Permalink Reply by debbi grogan July 30, 2014 at 12:08pm

It's gorgeous!

Permalink Reply by Renee Green July 30, 2014 at 10:30pm

I can't imagine what perfect must look like because that looks great!

Permalink Reply by Bahdanava Sviatlana July 31, 2014 at 6:05am

In man,s hand all flowers became beatiful!

Permalink Reply by Tiffany Arey July 31, 2014 at 11:30am
It looks beautiful! Congrats!
Permalink Reply by Jennifer shaw August 1, 2014 at 9:20pm
  • How stunning it looks and very professional, I'm definitely  thinking of trying it myself.
Permalink Reply by Bridget Early August 1, 2014 at 11:21pm

Beautiful work.

Permalink Reply by Zita O'Carroll August 1, 2014 at 11:39pm

Andrew,  you have done a wonderful job. It's beautiful!

Permalink Reply by Shelagh Picton August 2, 2014 at 9:20pm

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.  

 

Permalink Reply by Andrew Reid August 3, 2014 at 9:07pm

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.

Permalink Reply by Shelagh Picton August 4, 2014 at 12:38am

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.

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