KANZASHI ARTIFACT: BEE

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The Kanzashi technique is rich in forms and ideas, but even from a simple round petal you can make a real bee.
To do this, we need a 4 by 4 cm square of a yellow satin ribbon, a small shred of light fabric for the wings, 7 cm of the narrowest black ribbon, beads for the head and eyes, a thread, a needle, a lighter, glue, an elastic band or a hairpin, on which we will fasten product.

First, bend the yellow square diagonally and fuse its free edges for better fixation.

Then cut the black ribbon so that they can be positioned in this way.

Glue them to the base triangle with glue.

Bend the edges of our triangle to the middle

Fold the part in half outwards.

Cut off the sharp edge and fuse it with the flame of a lighter.

Refresh with scissors and the lower edge of the part, process it with a flame.

So the body of our future bee is ready.

Now we sew to it a large bead-head with smaller eyes.

The fabric for the wings (in my case this is chiffon) is folded in such a way as to give them the most suitable shape. Here is all your imagination and dexterity. You can make an ordinary bow and give it shape already along the way with glue, or make 2-4 full-fledged separate parts - wings.

Using glue, we fix the wings from the bottom of the bee's body.

On the center of the wings we also put gum for hair on the glue.

From above, we mask it either with the edge of the wings, or cut off a little chiffon and glue it well.

Here's a rubber band for hair, we did.

If you use other accessories, you can get a very special product. varying the colors and sizes of the head-eye can achieve different emotions, the nature of our insect. If you plant a bee on a flower, a photo frame, a garter for curtains, a topiary or even a bouquet, you get a completely different composition. Unleash your imagination - and this idea will be embodied in many forms and variations. Do-it-yourself work will always reflect the master himself. It will be unlike others, unique.