Pink Peach Blossom Hairpin - Handcraft Ronghua Tutorial

Peach blossoms are highly ornamental and frequently used in literary works as well as in handmade jewelry. This case uses "pink peach" as the creative element to design a flat-style hairpin.

Color Scheme Display

A. Preparing Velvet Strips

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1. Prepare Velvet Rows: Prepare the velvet rows for the peach blossom flowers, buds, and leaves. The velvet rows shown in the picture above consist of 6 strips per group. For the flowers, prepare 15 groups; for the buds, 12 groups; and for the leaves, 14 groups (12 groups can also be used). After combing the threads, fix the brass wires onto them. Note that the distance between the two brass wires determines the width of the velvet strips.

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2. Cut Velvet Strips: Cut the velvet strips for making the flowers, buds, and leaves.

B. Trimming and Shaping Velvet Strips

Leaf Velvet Strip Transformation Process

3. Trim and Flatten Leaf Velvet Strips: Trim the velvet strips for making leaves. After trimming, flatten them with a flat iron.

Petal Velvet Strip Transformation Process

4. Trim and Fold Petal Velvet Strips: The velvet strips for flowers and buds need to be folded to form petals. Trim these strips narrower than those for leaves; flower strips should be about 1.3 cm wide and bud strips about 1 cm wide. Trim both ends of the velvet strips, fold them, twist the brass wires together, and flatten them with a flat iron. Apply shaping liquid, and the petals are done.

Flower and Leaf Shaping Process

5. Shape Flowers and Leaves: Trim the leaves following the serrated leaf trimming process mentioned earlier. Trim the large and small petals into teardrop shapes with irregular edges to make them look more natural. After trimming the shapes, use a flower iron to give the petals a suitable curvature. Large petals are used for open flowers and should have outwardly curled edges; small petals are used for buds and should have a slight outward curve.

C. Assembling the Flowers

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6. Prepare Petals and Stamens: Prepare the necessary petals and two clusters of gypsum stamens.

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7. Shape Stamens: To make the tied flowers look more natural, first handle the stamens. Fold a cluster of gypsum stamens in half and tie the base, then use tweezers to scrape and bend the cotton thread part of the stamens to make them look messy, mimicking the stamens of a blooming flower.

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8. Create Flowers and Buds: Make one blooming peach blossom and one bud.

9. Wrap Leaf Stems: Wrap green silk thread around the brass wire of the leaf components to make the leaf stems.

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10. Prepare More Flowers and Leaves: Using the same method, prepare 2 blooming flowers, 2 buds, and 6 leaves of varying sizes.

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11. Arrange Components: Arrange the flowers, buds, and leaves into the desired shape.
12. Fix Components: Secure each component in place according to the arranged shape, then trim any excess brass wire. Finally, fix the flower branch onto the main accessory.

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13. Finished product display