How to make aster from foamiran?

Luxurious aster is considered one of the most graceful and unusual autumn colors. This symbolic plant of the pre-autumn period can be a decoration for a bouquet or other floral arrangement. Astra looks good on hairpins, in the form of brooches. It is not too difficult to create an aster from foamiran, especially if you take a ready-made template. The main thing is to prepare all the necessary materials and tools, study step-by-step master classes.

Flowers can be created from different materials, but foamiran is one of the most popular.

The advantage of this material is that products made from it look realistic, believable. Foamiran aster can be made so skillfully that it cannot be distinguished from the real one.

Among the advantages of the material, experts distinguish the following:

• inexpensive in price, economical with proper use;

• easy to find and purchase, sold in all special handicraft departments;

• varied assortment in color and type;

• aesthetic and highly decorative.

Foamiran is suitable for creating simple and complex floral ensembles, aster belongs to the middle level. Having made one flower in the form of training, then you can form a whole bouquet, brooch or hairpin. A bouquet of asters is a great gift for September 1 for a teacher. Flowers will delight you with their beauty for a long time and will remain a memorable gift.

To make an aster with your own hands, you need to prepare materials and tools that will come in handy in your work. This is the very first stage of work after you have decided what color and type your flower will be. The main toolbox consists of the following items:

• scissors;

• pencil and ruler;

• glue (you can use different, optimally - a thermal gun);

• iron;

• thin wire or toothpicks.

This basic set should be made up of tools that you feel comfortable using. In addition, you will need foamiran in the shades that you have chosen. The colors are determined at will, since asters in nature are completely different in shade. To make the composition as believable as possible, use at least three colors. Necessarily green - for the trunk and bowl, darker and lighter - for the flower itself. A darker shade is used in the center, a brighter shade around the edges.

You can make a needle or traditional aster with your own hands, relying on a master class with a step-by-step algorithm. If you are just starting to work with foamiran, try this simple option. It does not require unnecessary decor, but it makes it possible to get the skill of creating petals, a core of color, a bowl. And the resulting flower can be additionally decorated at will.

The algorithm of actions is as follows:

• it is necessary to form strips of different widths, these are blanks for the future flower;

• use a ruler and toothpick or wire;

• create 2 rectangles for the inflorescence;

• the center of the flower is a strip of 8 * 1.5 cm;

• for the petals, form stripes 8 * 2, 20 * 2.5 cm;

• rely on the width as a basis, since the size of the finished product depends on this parameter;

• when cutting off the top, do not use a straight line, it must be smooth, wavy, not too even, otherwise the flower will not come out alive;

• each workpiece is cut on the fringe with transverse cuts, the notch step is small - up to 1.5 centimeters;

• lay out the templates on a hot iron set for wool;

• remove the foamiran when the fringe begins to curl;

• on the base we connect all the blanks, for this a wire, hairpin or toothpick is suitable;

• petals can be of any length;

• the center blank is twisted around, the direction of the fringe is towards the middle, as if the flower is half-closed;

• glue the workpiece onto a small foil sphere that is secured to a wire or other base;

• then we glue the second strip, 8 cm, while the lower border of the strips is located one level at a time;

• bend the fringe inward;

• in the third stripe, the fringe is located in the direction from the outside;

• for the bottom of the flower we create a sepal, for this the diameter of the finished inflorescence is measured;

• a strip is also cut out, a drop shape is given, the blank is glued to make it look more believable, the border can be plucked.

When working with glue, keep in mind that it should not be on the fringe, otherwise the workpiece will become unusable.

The petals of this flower are thinner, elongated, they require more accurate manufacturing. Fringe is created differently here, you will need several shades for the petals.

Algorithm of creation:

• we create stripes of the same color with dimensions of 24 * 1.5, 24 * 2 cm;

• stripes of a different color - 3 pieces measuring 32 * 2.5, 32 * 3 and 32 * 3.5 cm;

• we form a fringe as narrow as possible;

• we perform firing on an iron;

• step by step we make pasting, direct the fringe of the first three inward, the rest outward;

• we remove the glue from the thermo-gun and process it with the dry end of the needle-petals;

• we create a bowl and a base like the previous master class.

You can create a double or semi-double aster using not fringe, but ready-made templates.

They can be adjusted at will, shaped at the ends of the terry, and resized. The process of creating flowers from foamiran allows you to show creative imagination and creativity, to embody all your ideas.

You can get acquainted with a simple and interesting method of making asters from foamiran in the next video.