Rose from foamiran (70 photos): how to do it yourself

Making beautiful roses from foamiran is the best way to make an exclusive decoration for your wardrobe or an excellent bouquet that will take its rightful place in the interior. Such products, due to the unique properties of the material, are able to last a long time, preserving their pristine beauty. In our article, we will consider the features of foamiran, as well as methods for making lovely roses from it.

Under such a beautiful name "foamiran" hides a plastic suede or, as it is also called, leather. The material has increased elasticity. When heated, it can take a variety of forms, depending on how to bend or twist it. Such qualities as softness, unpretentiousness to storage conditions, ease of processing and a colorful, diverse palette make it a successful solution for the manufacture of artificial flowers.

There are a number of varieties of foamiran - Iranian (appeared before everyone else), Turkish, Chinese, Korean, as well as a newer species - European. In home needlework, two main types of fabric are most often used - Iranian revolving and Chinese. The first has a pleasant, slightly velvety surface, a rich palette (about 30 colors) of gentle pastel shades. The disadvantage of the material is its low elasticity - it stretches less and holds the new shape worse.

Chinese foamiran has 24 colors in stock, each of which is distinguished by brightness and saturation. Especially popular is such a subspecies as Chinese marshmallow revolver, which has a strikingly soft surface. At high temperature, it acquires the elasticity of chewing gum and stretches very well.

Any kind of material can be purchased in rolls or sheets of different thicknesses, sizes and colors. It is worth noting that the thickness of the fabric can be from half to several centimeters, which you must pay attention to when buying - for tiny elegant flowers it is better to choose a thinner canvas.

Before embarking on this fascinating activity, it is necessary to collect materials for making roses and the corresponding tool. You can choose the type of foamiran at your own discretion, but often for making buds use marshmallow foamiran of any color palette, and green Iranian for petals.

In addition to the main component - a material of two colors, you will need the following accessories: paper or cardboard for the manufacture of initial templates; pencil, compass and ruler; oil pastels of different shades and a special sponge, which will be applied shading; glue gun; Toothpicks a wire under the stem; food foil, with the help of which the middle of the flower will be formed; scissors; iron; tape tape; hairpins, elastic bands, hoops - in general, everything that the future flower is supposed to be attached to.

In this list we have given the basic set of necessary tools for work. The list may well vary depending on how and for what this or that rose is made. Sometimes, instead of a glue gun, a second is used, the heating properties of the iron are replaced by working with a lighter, and instead of foil for the middle, pieces of the same foamiran or acquired finished stamens are used.

In the world there are a huge number of varieties of roses: Japanese, English, Chinese, similar to peonies, geraniums or delicate buds of eustoma.Accordingly, the manufacturing technology of artificial roses from foamiran will have differences. We will look at how you can learn how to assemble a beautiful rose for a beginner, as well as the step-by-step process of working on a more complex rose from individual petals.

The easiest way to make a delicate bud rose from blanks without cutting into individual petals. Using this method, you can make bud roses and make a beautiful bouquet out of them. So, let’s take a look at the manufacturing process step by step and, since the example is designed for beginners, we will try to do it as detailed as possible:

1. The first thing you need to do is draw on cardboard and cut out three circles of different sizes, from which patterns for the petals will form. The diameter of the largest is 9 cm, the middle is up to 8 cm, and the smallest is about 6.5 cm. On each circle, draw the petals, not reaching the center, and cut out.

2. Transfer the templates to the material and cut one piece of each size (it’s convenient to use a toothpick for work). You can prepare several details at once and make a whole bouquet.

3. To make the rose look attractive and realistic, it is necessary to give it vibrant shades using pastel and sponge. We apply the pigment, just touching the petals, in abrupt movements. It is advisable to color the tips darker than the central part. After painting one side, the workpiece is dried, and then the other is painted.

4. The following is the process of forming petals using an iron. The device must be heated and then applied one surface to the surface. After heating, each part is gently stretched and fingers are convex to the shape, while twisting the sides in parallel.

5. When the basic forms for the bud are ready, proceed to the collection of the flower. To make the middle, use foil, which must be twisted into a cone, and insert a stick or wire-stem in the middle.

6. Now you need to attach the petals to the finished "skeleton". To make the rose look more magnificent, you can make a couple of additional petals that will close the middle. Glue the petals to the foil one by one so that it is securely hidden.

7. We take prepared forms, in turn, starting with the smallest, put them on a stick and glue one petal to the base.

8. The next step will be the formation of the substrate - it must be cut out of grassy foamiran, shaded with shade pastel (for realism, it is better to use green and yellow), and then make small notches along the edges.

9. The substrate is heated and with the help of a toothpick form natural veins on the surface.

10. At the last stage, the substrate is glued to the bottom of the flower and is additionally framed by teip tape.

In this instruction, we considered the simplest example of making a flower from three petal patterns. At their own discretion, their number and size may vary, for example, to make the rose more magnificent, use one small blank and two larger ones.

In this case, it is necessary to cut from the foamiran of any color you like five large petals in the form of a droplet and five small ones. There are no clear recommendations - the size can be determined independently, depending on how big you want to see the bud. Experienced craftswomen, in order not to bother with each petal, simply stack a foamiran canvas in several layers, draw the outline of the petal on it and cut it out. When the blanks are ready, you can proceed to the following actions:

1. We heat the iron and alternately apply each petal to its surface, stretch it and bend the edges to get a natural waviness.

2. Next, as in the previous case, we wrap the foil to form the middle by inserting the wire inside, glue the base with a small petal to make a cone.

3.In a checkerboard pattern, glue all the small petals, and then the large ones.

4. When the bud is assembled, it is necessary to cut leaves from green suede, also process them with an iron, tighten and stick to the base of the rose.

Further, it all depends on your imagination: the wire can be processed with tape tape, “tie” additional branches to it, supplemented with leaflets and tiny buds. When making roses this way, you don’t need to worry if the cut petals do not have the perfect size or shape, because in nature nothing is perfect.

Beautiful flowers from foamiran are able to transform any interior. Skilled craftswomen are able to make a real masterpiece that cannot be distinguished at first glance from a living flower. Graceful roses made of plastic suede are decorated with hairpins, brooches, wreaths, as well as ordinary hair bands.

Such products occupy an important place in wedding floristics - they can be components of a bride’s bouquet, arches for newlyweds. They are complemented by chic festive tables and wedding parties.

Learning how to make roses from foamiran, you can prepare the most delicate original gift for your loved one. On sale you can even find a cute teddy bear collected from hundreds of small flowers, however, made with his own hands, he will bring much more joy to both the one who accepts the gift and the author himself.

Making roses from foamiran with your own hands is a great way to bring beauty and chic to the atmosphere of the most ordinary-looking interior. Graceful bouquets can decorate any festive event, including such a joyful event as a wedding. To learn more about how excellent foamiran roses look, we offer in our photo gallery. Here is a selection of high-quality pictures of successful work. Enjoy watching!