Kanzashi in Bloom: 20 Simple Fold-and-Sew Projects to Wear and Give

Author: Diane Gilleland List Price: $21.99 You save: USD 9.68 (44%) Buy new: $12.31 Buy used: $10.31 Avg.Rating: ( reviews) Sales rank: 12333 Qty: 55 in stock Media: Edition: Original Reading Level: Pages: 144 Number Of Items: Shipping Weight (lbs): 115 Dimensions (in): 850 x 992 x 55 ISBN: 0823084817 EAN: 9780823084814 ASIN: 0823084817 Publication Date: 2009-07-21 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours

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Kanzashi tsumami is the Japanese art of folding delicate squares of silk into three-dimensional flower petals. In the United States, the online craft culture has sprouted a renewed interest in making Kanzashi with American crafters devising simplified ways to create these gorgeous fabric flowers and incorporating more user-friendly materials like cotton and synthetic fabrics along with the traditional silks.

Kanzashi in Bloom takes the American interpretation of Kanzashi a step further, presenting modern, more easily executed flower designs as elements in a variety of fun, fashionable, hip craft projects. Kanzashi in Bloom offers advice on materials, three petal-folding styles, and techniques for assembling a Kanzashi flower. You’ll also find instructions for 20 projects to wear and give as gifts, including:

• Tiny blossom earrings
• Flowers-in-your-hair clips
• The happiest belt buckle ever
• Elegant floral gift topper