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Kanzashi In Bloom - the book that shows how to fold three styles of petals and much more!  **  Clover Kanzashi Flower Makers are here.  **  Fat quarter packs can be seen here.  **  Ideas for flower centers are  here  **  Clover Mini Iron to press those little pieces of cotton and the silk  **  Habotai & other silk fabrics are here  **  Adirondack Color Wash to dye the silk  **  Plastic round palette  (I use it to mix the Color Wash with water)

This is the flower from the video after I painted it with Color Wash. I much prefer these colors over the original, which was far more gold than I wanted...

Which is what you see here.  I also use silk crepe de chine to make Kanzashi and it works too.

Interesting, isn't it, the way the fabric affects the petal?  The purple one in the center is the folded petal from Kanzashi In Bloom and was made from a 3" cotton batik square that I carefully finger pressed while folding it.  The one on the left was also made from a 3" cotton square (it's been trimmed which is why it looks shorter), but this time I didn't finger press nearly as much and you see the petal is broader and more flared at the tip.  The petal on the right is the one I demoed in the video.  It's a 3" square of Habotai silk which creates a much broader, looser petal.

Itty bitty Kanzashi flowers!  The top two are round petals and measure 1 1/4".  The middle one is also round, but the flower measures 1 1/8".  The bottom flower is the folded petal and this one too is 1 1/8" in diameter.  Working small is a bit of a challenge, but if you cut accurately and fold the petals using an iron it's very doable.  You just have to be as perfect as possible each step of the way.  Be patient and keep practicing - they'll come eventually!

You may remember this purse from the Making A Clasp Top Purse video (http://www.joggles.com/clasptoppurse-video.htm).  I've messed with it a little since it was finished, adding the beaded fringe and the beads up each of the sides.  It was lying on my work table when I was making the little flowers and I realized that the colors work together.  I don't know exactly what I'm going to do from here, but there's potential to make something special with the addition of some silk ribbon and other bits.

Here's the flower for Jess's purse.  I wanted you to see the back once the chain was attached and everything dried.

Pretty, eh?  This is really, really easy to do.  No real jewelry making or metal working skills needed.  You can make all kinds of fun flower baubles for purses, bags, and other bits that need a bit if color.

The glue dried and this clip was ready to wear!

The underside of the second hair piece...

And the finished barrette, ready to wear.