Buttonhole flowers: a tutorial dedicated to weddings, how to create simple and beautiful Buttons!
Of Anglo-Saxon origin, the flagship It was initially worn only in royal weddings. Today it has become a symbol of elegance for everyone and used by the groom, the groom's father and the wife and come on witnesses.
The necessary materials are: ribbon, pins, scissors, shears, thin green wire, T-pins for buttonholes, flower type carnation, lisianthus a aspidistra leaf a few twigs and tufts of greenery to taste.
We take the pin and place the carnation on it so as to cut the stem to size.
We pass the wire through the flower's calyx to secure it to the brooch. The excess wire will then be cut off.
And voilà this is the buttonhole base! Now let's prepare something a little more elaborate.
Let's take the aspidistra leaf and cut a strip about a centimeter long vertically, following the leaf's vein. Divide it in two. Take the first section and fold it over itself several times to create "petals," which we'll close with the wire wrapped twice around the leaf. Remember to leave a little excess wire.
We take the second pin and secure the petals created with the thread we left and cut them to size with the scissors.
Let's prepare the flowers: three white lisianthus which we will keep together by wrapping them with the second half of aspidistra.
All secured with wire, don't tighten too much, or the leaf might break.
Now all we have to do is join the lisianthus to the brooch with the excess thread previously left.
Here is the second one ready Buttonhole: a little more complex but still easy, right?
Now let's prepare the last one using the sprig of green and lisianthus tied with the same technique as before.
Let's complete our buttonhole with a ribbon of your choice creating a small bow.
Starting from these simple techniques, have fun creating as many as your imagination suggests; you'll see there will be many!
