St George ribbon with their own hands: simple recommendations for beginners

A decisive decoration for any national holiday in our country is undoubtedly the St. George ribbon. This symbol of victory, respect and patriotism is worn by adults and children alike. Decoration is sold in many stores, and for needleworkers, the St. George ribbon made by own hands will become a real pride.

Preparation for work

Before going to the store for the necessary materials or looking for the necessary blanks in the bins, it is recommended to determine the type of decoration and the technique in which it will be performed. The simplest, but at the same time, the original version will be made in the style of Kanzashi own hands, the St. George ribbon. This technique allows you to embody any imagination of the master and make from the improvised materials an exquisite patriotic brooch, hair clip and even a bracelet. But we will consider a variant of making a classic brooch in Kansas style.

To create a unique decoration you will need the following tools:

• scissors;
• Ruler;
• Needle and thread;
• Candle or lighter;
• Pencil or marker;
• tweezers;
• Glue gun.

If all the tools are available, then there will be no problems with the production of the St. George ribbon with your own hands. But if you do not have a glue gun in your home arsenal, you can use any polymer glue.

Procurement of material

Before you go to the store for materials, you should consider how to decorate the middle of your brooch. If there are no skills in making Kansasi jewelry, it's better to choose a beautiful bead and a half-bead. But experienced craftsmen who like handicrafts, St. George's ribbon with their own hands can decorate professionally: to make a flower, spikelets or other element of decor from satin ribbons.

So, to make the decoration you will need:

• Satin St. George ribbon width 2.5-6 cm;
• Large bead (half-bead) or decorative middle;
• Metal base for the brooch.

For those who want to turn their product into a real masterpiece, you can buy beads of the corresponding colors. From it you can weave the original decor for the center or decorate the edges of the tape.

Getting Started

At the first stage of the creation of the St. George ribbon of Kanzash with his own hands, it is necessary to prepare 5 pieces of a 7 cm tape. To do this, carefully measure the segments and cut them very smoothly. Otherwise, the material will begin to crumble, and the petals of the flower will not be the same. We light a candle or a lighter and scorch the edges of the blanks. It is better to use tweezers to avoid injuries and burns.

We take a piece of the wrong side to ourselves, we form a right angle. Then we lower the second edge, clearly imposing it on the first. It turns a petal with a sharp upper edge. Then fold it in half to the wrong side, leveling the edges. From below we fix the resulting fold with tweezers and turn out the edges. The lower part of the finished petal is soldered over the fire. Do the same 4 more blanks.

Next, we collect a flower of 5 petals, gluing them with polymer glue or a glue gun. In this case, we apply the adhesive mixture only to the middle of the side part of the workpiece.

Building Decoration

We take the remaining piece of tape length of 25 cm, add and process the edges. Each side should be flamed with fire, after cutting off the middle part, so that the so-called "flag" turns out. Even for those who do not know how to make the ribbon of St. George, this operation will not cause problems.

We lay out the ribbon on the table with the wrong side up, the side edges bend, laying across. In this case, the edges of the tape can be aligned by one length or stop the selection in an unbalanced position. Stitch the resulting loop from the ribbon in the center and immediately sew a metal base for the brooch. After the thread is glued in order to avoid unforeseen situations when socking.

We leave on finish

At this stage of the work, we already have two basic elements of decoration: a flower and a base with fasteners. We connect them with the help of glue and press it in place of the joint until it dries. Thus, the St. George's ribbon made by own hands needs only decoration. We paste in the center of the flower bead or any beautiful middle and enjoy the beauty of its creation.

Even for beginner needlewomen, the process of creating a St. George ribbon Take no more than 20 minutes. A unusual strict decoration will not only be a symbol of patriotism, but also a pride of its owner.