Making ribbons for May 9th. Do-it-yourself bow from the St. George ribbon: we disassemble the kanzashi technique. How and where is it better to attach the St. George ribbon
On the great and bright Victory Day, everyone logically has a desire to please people who gave their strength and years to gain a peaceful sky above our heads. Brooches for the holiday of May 9 quickly and simply with their own hands, of course, will not be able to fully convey all the gratitude to these great people who conquered our homeland, but they will become a pleasant gift that will remind us how much we appreciate what they did for us.
Learning to make a beautiful brooch by May 9 with our own hands with decor
Consider a simple way to make a brooch from black and black-orange (St. George) ribbons.
You will need:
- two segments of the St. George ribbon of greater and lesser length;
- black satin ribbon;
- needle, thread;
- glue;
- scissors;
- candle or lighter;
- brooch clasp or pin;
- decor.
The St. George ribbon of the required size (30 centimeters) must be folded in the shape of a figure eight.
With a piece of tape of a shorter length, we wrap the resulting workpiece in the center, and fix it from the inside with glue or walls.
Now take the black tape. From it we invest the basis of the bank. To do this, we join the tips from the bottom in the center, connecting them with a cross.
It remains only to assemble the product. On top of the black cross fixes the day received from the St. George ribbon.
Add decor to the top center.
A brooch decorated with a flower using the kanzashi technique will look appropriate and at the same time stylish.
You will need the following materials:
- St. George Ribbon
- Black and orange ribbons
- Decor
- Scissors
- Tweezers
- Lighter or candle
Stages of work:
Black and orange ribbons are cut into squares with sides of 5 centimeters. In this way, seven black elements and 14 orange elements are prepared. Be sure to process the sections over the fire to prevent shedding.
Let's start making petals. Since the resulting parts are small in size, it is recommended to use tweezers for convenience.
The orange square is folded diagonally in half to form a triangle. Then in half again.
We take the opposite corner with our fingers, and cut off the edge that we held with tweezers. The cut is fixed over the fire.
Now you need to fix the petal with tweezers and bend the ribbons in a parallel way. The cut is processed over the fire.
Let's proceed to the black square, which is folded in the manner described above. The resulting black petal is applied to the orange one.
The result should look like this: inside the orange blank there is a black blank, in which there is a small leaf.
The sharp corners formed behind the tweezers are cut off, the edges are processed.
As a result, you should get seven petals from three layers, which must be connected with glue. The junction is decorated with any element.
A loop is formed from the St. George ribbon, which is the basis and is placed under the resulting flower. At the end, a clasp is attached. And a wonderful brooch is ready.
The location and number of petals can be varied to get, for example, a brooch as in the photo:
Let's consider a master class for decorating the St. George ribbon with the tricolor of the Russian flag.
You will need the following tools and materials:
- St. George Ribbon;
- ribbons of white, blue, red;
- rhinestones or beads;
- pin;
- scissors;
- glue;
- tweezers;
- lighter, matches or candle.
We take ribbons of three colors of the flag and again cut them into squares with side lengths of five centimeters. Prepare two blue and red squares and three white ones.
Each square is folded twice diagonally, as in the brooch obtained earlier. Then it folds again until a droplet is obtained. The corner is cut off, the cut is processed by fire. We carry out similar manipulations with all seven petals.
We start the assembly with white petals. We connect the two elements together at an angle, fastening the ends with glue. The third leaf is placed between them. You should get a symmetrical design, the central petal slightly protrudes upwards above the side ones.
Then the petals of blue and red flowers are glued in pairs.
A piece of about 20 centimeters is cut off from the St. George ribbon, from which a loop is formed, the junction is fixed with glue. Gently lubricate the wrong side of the resulting tricolor with glue and firmly adhere to the front side of the blank from the tape. The corners of the tape loop are cut off and fixed over the fire. This will prevent the threads from fraying.
We decorate the junction with rhinestones or beads, which we attach to glue. The main thing is not to overdo it. Do not forget that a brooch for the May 9 holiday should not be flashy and defiant.
The original and symbolic brooch is ready, the manufacturing steps are shown in the photo:
Video on the topic of the article
Hello, dear readers! With all my heart, dear women, Happy Holidays! Peace, kindness, love and prosperity to your family! How are you feeling? Spring? Yes, I have, the sun is shining brighter, the days are warm, even if the weather has always been like this and has not deteriorated. The soul is waiting for something, some kind of renewal, something that cannot be expressed in words, first of all, it is probably waiting for purification, and now is the time for it, the time of Great Lent. And I continue the needlework theme, I go far ahead, but time is so fleeting that we don’t have time to look back and May is already knocking at the door. And this means you need to prepare a kanzashi brooch by May 9, moreover, I have prepared for you a detailed master class with photos and videos, there will be several brooches so that you have a choice.
I don’t know how things are in other cities, but we always have a holiday on May 9 in the city, congratulations to veterans, who, unfortunately, are already so few, concerts for children and adults, competitions, exhibitions, fairs, they sell a lot of products from tapes, including kanzashi by May 9, the choice is very wide, people's imagination works at 200%). Of course, I make brooches for Victory Day on my own, and for all relatives who are going to be on a holiday in the city on this day and decorate their clothes. Last year I did it to my daughter, if you remember from a tricolor ribbon using St. George's. They looked very cool on the head of the dochuli, it’s a pity that you can wear them only once a year, now they are waiting for the next exit to the street).
I was going to make a master class for you on kanzashi brooches by May 9 last year, but something didn’t work out, it didn’t work out in time, because it’s always lacking in spring, I want to walk more on the street with children and enjoy the spring sun, what master classes and articles are already here), so you need to somehow set yourself up that the blog is also a child and he needs time to devote, at least a little bit, even if it’s spring in the yard, so that he grows and matures, he needs food in the form of my master classes.
I will offer you several options for kanzashi brooches to choose from. All of them are very easy to do, I specially selected simple and quick options so that even a beginner can handle it. The first brooch is a tricolor spikelet.
Kanzashi brooch for May 9 "Spikelet tricolor"
For this brooch we need:
- Satin ribbon white, blue, red 5 cm wide
- St. George ribbon (satin or any other) 2.5 cm wide
- Plastic star, 2 white semi-beads for decorating the brooch
- glue gun
- Scissors
- Candle
- Tweezers
First you need to cut the tape into squares 5 by 5 cm, for one spikelet we need six white squares, 4 blue and 4 red. Since we will be making a double sharp petal, we will use two squares for one petal. If necessary, if the ribbon is very loose, you can singe the edges of the squares on the candle. After that, we add a simple sharp kanzashi petal, from such petals we get wonderful ones.
Let me briefly remind you of the sequence of folding such a petal: we fold the square into a triangle, again into a triangle, hold the resulting triangle between the fingers of the left hand for the time being, fold the exact same triangle from another square, put one triangle on the other, as shown in the photo and connect the lower corners . We cut off a little at the junction, clamp it with tweezers and solder it on a candle. The lower edge of the petal is also cut off a few millimeters and singed on a candle. Double sharp petal is ready. So we need to make three white double petals, two blue and two red.
Now we heat up the glue gun and first glue the white petals in this order, first two between each other, then glue the third one between the two so that it is slightly above them. Next, we glue two blue ones and attach them to the white ones and two red ones, which we then glue to the blue ones, we get such a spikelet of the Russian tricolor.
Now let's decorate our kanzashi brooch by May 9 with half beads and an asterisk, here, of course, there are no clear recommendations on how and with what to decorate, the options are endless, you can fantasize a lot, this is the simplest decoration option, I liked it for its simplicity and rigor. Glue half beads and an asterisk also with hot glue.
At the last stage, you need to make the basis of the brooch from the St. George ribbon, my ribbon is not satin, but from some material, unfortunately, I don’t know what, but it doesn’t matter, it can be from any material, as long as St. George. We need 20-25 cm of it. We fold the ends of the ribbon in half and cut it obliquely to get pointed beautiful tips. Then we fold the tape as shown in the photo, putting a little on top of each other, I glued the tapes together with a drop of hot glue. On the right side we glue our tricolor spikelet, and on the back side I attached a small pin, you can buy a special round base for the brooch, they are sold in needlework stores.
The next brooch, the master class of which I want to show you, will be with tulips.
Kanzashi brooch for May 9 with tulips
For a brooch with tulips we need:
- Red and white satin ribbon 5 cm wide
- Green satin ribbon 2.5 cm wide (I also have a silver edging)
- green floral wire
- White ribbon 0.6 mm wide with silver trim - 15 cm
- White half bead
- Scissors
- glue gun
- Small pin (or special brooch base)
- soldering iron
- Glass or wooden board
- metal ruler
- White thread, needle
- Candle
- Tweezers
We will make tulips for brooches using the same technology that we made flower petals when decorating. Only the color of the ribbon will differ, and the manufacturing sequence is no different. I didn’t even shoot the video again, because this petal was already shown to me and I will post the last video. Cut the ribbon into 5cm x 5cm squares.
I decided to make two red tulips and one white, you could make everything red or white, it's up to you. For one tulip, we need two squares of ribbon 5 by 5 cm.
Here you can watch a detailed video of an inverted kanzashi petal, from which we will make tulips for a brooch.
We fold the usual sharp petal, only then we turn it out, you can see the sequence in the photo and video lesson. To get a whole tulip, you need to glue two inverted petals together.
To make leaves for tulips, we will use a green ribbon 2.5 cm wide, I had a ribbon with a silver border at home, I will use it. For one leaf, we need a piece of tape 10 cm long, fold it in half so that the front side is inward. For more clarity, watch the video tutorial on how to make such a green leaf, just keep in mind that the video tape is wider, and in this case we need a tape 2.5 cm wide, from the video you can just see the manufacturing technology.
We heat up the soldering iron, put the folded tape on the glass board, apply a metal ruler diagonally from above and draw a line of soldering irons, we get such a green leaf. We need three of these leaves. When they are all ready, glue a tulip bud inside each leaf. After that, you need to glue the green leaves together, thus forming a bouquet of three tulips.
Now you need to make stems of tulips from floristic wire, I cut off three stems of 4 cm each, twisted them together and pasted them on the back of our bouquet of tulips from ribbons. By the way, if you missed my huge detailed article with step-by-step photos and videos on how to do it, then I recommend that you definitely watch it.
To decorate the bouquet, I decided to make a small bow from a 0.6 mm white ribbon with a silver edging. We need a segment of 15 cm, we fold it with a bow, as shown in the photo, I decided to sew this one in the middle with threads, and on top, in the place where I stitched it in the middle, I glued a white half-bead with hot glue. Then I glued this bow to a bouquet of tulips. So he looks prettier.
We make the basis for the kanzashi brooch with tulips in exactly the same way as I showed you above, using a St. George ribbon with a length of 20-25 cm. It remains only to glue the resulting bouquet to a correctly folded St. George ribbon. On the reverse side of the brooch we attach a pin or a special fastener for a brooch.
Kanzashi brooch for May 9 with a carnation
For such a brooch we need:
- Red satin ribbon 5 cm or 4 cm wide
- Green satin ribbon 2.5 cm wide
- St. George ribbon 2.5 cm wide (20-25 cm)
- cotton swab
- Tape green color
- Scissors
- Candle
- Hot glue
How to make a satin ribbon carnation
I never thought that a satin ribbon carnation could be made so simply and easily. To do this, we need a red satin ribbon 5 cm wide. We cut off six squares of ribbon 5 by 5 cm. If you want the carnation to be smaller, you can take a ribbon 4 cm wide. Carefully cut out circles from these squares, cutting corners, circles you need to try to make as large a diameter as possible. Now we need a candle.
We bring the edge of the circle to the lower flame of the candle and quickly with our fingers, until the tape has cooled down, make a scar, on the video you will see this process in live action, if something is not clear from the photo. When all the circles have been processed in this way, take one circle, bend it in half, and again in half, glue it with hot glue at the fold at the bottom.
It turned out a separate detail of the future carnation, we need 6 such details. When they are all ready, we glue them together, we get such a small and neat carnation. Now we will make carnation leaves, they are thin in a natural flower, we will try to make similar ones, we cut out thin long leaves 4-5 cm long from a green ribbon 2.5 cm wide, I cut it out by eye without templates, I think that each of you saw a carnation live and remembers what leaves it has. We process the cut leaves on a candle, make bends and scars, see the video for more details.
With a cotton swab, cut off the cotton heads and leave only a plastic swab. We wrap it with green teip tape and glue the leaves and the flower of the carnation itself to the stem with hot terminals. For decoration, I decided to make a small white bow on this carnation from a satin ribbon. Only I didn’t sew it, but simply glued it with hot glue and attached a red half-bead to the middle, just the same color as the carnation.
Glue the bow to the bottom of the carnation stem. It remains only to stick the carnation on the basis of St. George's ribbon and pin on the back side, or a special blank for a brooch with a clasp, which must first be glued with hot glue.
Here are such simple kanzashi brooches for Victory Day, I wanted to offer you to do it, it is both beautiful and patriotic, and you can do it yourself, it will take you no more than an hour to make one brooch. You can watch a video tutorial on how to make a kanzashi brooch with a carnation.
Dear friends, what is happening on May 9 in your cities and villages, probably also a holiday and many exhibitions where you can buy such products from satin ribbons?
In our city, there are a lot of people who do this seriously, they make it to order, I'm just an amateur, I create slowly for my loved ones, there is no more time left. I could offer you a couple more ideas for kanzashi brooches by May 9, but in order not to bore you with this article, I will complete it, I hope that my step-by-step photos of how to make a satin ribbon brooch for May 9 will be useful to you.
Option 1: A simple round kanzashi petal.
1. Cut squares from orange satin ribbon. Of these, we will make 7-8 round petals.
2. Fold the square diagonally.
3. Then we bend the corners of the triangle to the top as shown in the photo.
4. It is more convenient (for a beginner) to do this in turn.
5. First, we solder one side on the fire.
6. And then similarly the second.
7. This is how it should turn out.
8. We fold the resulting part in half, that is, with the corners back.
9. Cut off the corners.
10. We solder the lower sections separately.
View of the petal from the front and back ...
We make the required number of petals. For a flower, 7-8 pieces are needed. You can fold it the way I did it, or you can use any other way. I fix it with a hot glue gun.
We fix with hot glue on a small circle of dense black felt so that the flower does not bend in the center, we attach any suitable decoration to the middle.
We fix it on the St. George ribbon and fasten the brooch base with hot glue.
Option 2: double round kanzashi petal.
Additionally you will need: sharp scissors, a candle, a small piece of black felt, a brooch base, a decoration for the middle and a St. George ribbon.
To connect the parts, we use hot glue (you can sew or use instant glue).
2. We fold them diagonally and put them on top of each other as shown in the photo. For convenience, you can use a needle.
3. Bend the side corners to the bottom corner (shown by arrows). It's better to take turns.
4.First one.
5. We solder the shovchik on the candle.
6. Then similarly to the second.
I solder the shovchiki, it seems to me more convenient. If you solder only the corners, then pre-process the edges of the squares on the candle.
7. We fold the resulting part in half, that is, with the corners back. You can solder the base of the petal a little on the candle.
8. Cut off the corners.
9. We solder the lower sections separately.
View of the petal from the front and back ...
If you solder the lower sections together, you get another version of the petal, but, in my opinion, no less interesting.
We connect 7 petals together on a small circle of felt, decorate the middle.
We fasten the St. George ribbon and the base-brooch ...
Option 3: Simple sharp kanzashi petal.
Materials: satin ribbon 4-5 cm wide.
1. We cut squares from a satin ribbon. Let's start making sharp petals.
2. Fold the square diagonally.
3. Add it up again.
4. Connect the corners again.
5. We solder the base of the petal well.
6. Cut off the corner.
7. We process the cut on the fire.
View of the petal from the front and back ...
In a similar way, we make the required number of petals of the desired color.
Option 4: Double sharp kanzashi petal.
Materials: satin ribbon 4-5 cm wide in two colors.
Additionally you will need: sharp scissors, a candle, a brooch base, any jewelry and a St. George ribbon.
1. Cut off two squares of different colors from the satin ribbon.
2. We fold them diagonally and put them on top of each other as shown in the photo.
3. We draw each corner in turn to the opposite corner of the resulting figure.
4. Here's what should happen.
5. Fold to the middle and solder the base of the petal well so that it does not fall apart.
6. Cut off the corner.
7. We process the cut on the fire.
This is what the finished double petal looks like.
We make the required number of petals. Can be folded "spikelet" or in any other way. I fix it with a hot glue gun.
We fix it on the St. George ribbon and fasten the base-brooch.
Option 5: Triple sharp kanzashi petal.
A triple kanzashi petal can be made in two ways: combine single and double petals, or solder each petal to the previous one in turn. In the second case, the petal will be smoother.
Or each petal individually...
We make the required number of petals, sew or assemble with hot glue ...
An original decoration for clothes for you or as a gift for Victory Day for relatives and friends is ready!
Create with pleasure!
Maria Zakharova
A woman devoid of good taste, even in a stylish dress, will be tasteless.
Content
Look carefully at the narrow ribbon, consisting of three black and two orange stripes, associated with the smoke and flames of battles. She appeared in our state back in 1769, along with the Order of St. George. For modern Russians, it serves as a symbol of victory in the Great Patriotic War. Expressing boundless respect for the veterans, mourning for the fallen defenders of the fatherland, before May 9, we decorate our clothes with St. George ribbons.
Ways to beautifully tie a St. George ribbon
Before Victory Day, taking a small piece of paper in our hands, we get a little lost and think about how to tie the ribbon beautifully, scroll through all sorts of options to make it look beautiful and solemn. There are no clearly defined rules here. There are many ways to tie the symbol of victory. Having shown imagination, you can very well invent your own, exclusive way and create an elegant bow with your own hands.
Loop or tick
We suggest that you familiarize yourself with the easiest way to tie a St. George ribbon, accessible to everyone.
- Lay the ribbon on the table in front of you.
- Fold it in half.
- Pull one end up to make it shorter.
- Pull it a little to the side. Got a tick.
- To get a loop, move the end lying on top of the tape up a little. The loop should not be too big, but not too small either.
simple bow
You do not know how to tie a St. George ribbon with a bow? There is nothing difficult in this. The method of tying a St. George ribbon in the form of a bow is often used by schoolchildren and veterans, and does not require any special skills.
- In the above way we make a large loop.
- On the other hand, we make the same loop.
- We cross both sides of the ribbon in the middle and fasten with a pin.
The bow is graceful
Do you want to tie a St. George ribbon in a special, elegant and beautiful way? Then turn a simple bow into an elegant one.
- Form a simple bow.
- Pull the middle of the bow with an elastic band.
Butterfly
St. George's ribbon in the form of a motley butterfly will certainly attract admiring glances. A little skill and you will create this masterpiece in a few minutes.
- It will be inconvenient to knit a butterfly on weight, so put a ribbon on some object that imitates the neck (pencil, finger). Make one end a little longer than the other.
- Cross the ends, the long one should be on top of the short one.
- Pass the long end from bottom to top through the loop.
- Fold the short end in half to make a bow.
- Pull the long end through the loop and place over the resulting bow.
- Using your fingers to secure the bow tightly, fold the long end in half, then thread it through the loop at the back.
- Straighten the ends of the bow by pulling them to the sides.
Tie
The St. George ribbon in the form of a small tie looks very nice. If you are not the first time to tie a man's tie, you can easily cope with this task.
- Wrap the ribbon around the base so that the right end is longer than the left.
- Put the right end on the left and run crosswise under it.
- Wrap the right end around the left one again and thread it from the bottom up into the loop.
- After pulling the end out of the loop, thread it into the resulting eyelet and tighten the tie.
Lightning
You have often seen a St. George ribbon on the lapel of a jacket, similar to lightning. But you have no idea how easy it is to make.
- Without cutting the ribbon, fold it in thirds.
- Stretch the top end to the left and the bottom end to the right.
- Fasten the zipper with pins to the clothes at the folds.
Letter "M"
This method is very similar to the previous one.
- Fold the St. George ribbon in four, put it on the table.
- Stretch the top end to the left and the bottom end to the right to form a kind of "M".
- Attach the resulting letter with pins to clothing.
How and where is it better to attach the St. George ribbon
Before the Great Victory Day, we are handed out the famous St. George ribbons so that we wear them with pride for our fatherland. This must be done consciously, and not imitating others. Experience shows that not all people know how to properly tie a St. George ribbon. In your hands is not a fashion accessory, but a symbol of military prowess, so it is not woven into your hair, attached to a skirt or trousers, and does not cling to a bag. It should be in the upper part of the body, on the left side, closer to the heart.
The origin of the St. George ribbon goes back to the distant XVIII century. But during the Soviet Union, she experienced her second birth, in 1943 becoming part of the Order of Glory. Such an order was awarded to soldiers who proved themselves to be real heroes of the Great Patriotic War, who accomplished a feat. And after the end of the battle, the St. George ribbon with a carnation became an invariable symbol of victory over Nazi Germany.
If you were given a St. George ribbon on the eve of the holiday, think carefully about where you will place it. Mostly it is attached to a jacket or dress in the area where veterans wear orders, that is, on the left side of the chest. A brooch made of satin St. George ribbons, made in the style of kanzashi, also looks beautiful here. It is allowed to wear an attribute on the wrist, it is tied with a double knot. Drivers place colorful bows inside the car interior, or attach to a mirror, antenna.
Do not use the St. George ribbon as a hair band or shoe laces. Don't tie it around your trouser belt or your dog's collar. At the very least, this is not ethical, but by and large - disrespect for the memory of the soldiers who defended their homeland from the Nazis and gave their lives for a happy future for their children and grandchildren. Treat the symbol with respect and explain the meaning of the St. George ribbon to the younger generation.
Video instruction: how to tie a St. George ribbon
Watch the people present at the Victory Parade. True Russian patriots put on St. George ribbons, and they are tied in a variety of ways - a bow, a flower, a star, a nine, a serpentine. It will not work to make such a tape with your own hands, it is better to buy it at a printing house or a sewing supplies store. Well, everyone can tie it in an original way, with a little effort and imagination.
How to tie a bow beautifully or make a zipper from a St. George ribbon is described on many sites on the Internet, and even special diagrams and video tutorials are provided. We have prepared one such master class especially for you. We recommend that you work through several lessons, practice on your own, and then the question of how to properly deal with the symbol of military glory will disappear for you once and for all.
Photo of originally tied St. George ribbons
A beautifully, non-standardly tied St. George ribbon attracts the attention of others, distinguishes you from the crowd. Originality has always adorned a person. But the whole secret is that it does not really matter how you tied the St. George ribbon. If pride for your fatherland reigns in your heart and great gratitude to the veterans of the Great Patriotic War for their feat of arms, the very presence of this attribute on clothes will significantly enhance the atmosphere of the holiday, raise the patriotic spirit.
