Kansashi curtain hooks

The organization of a home or work space is important for many people, so the use of decorative elements for design is becoming a priority. In addition to using beautiful wallpaper, stylish furniture and other decorative elements, curtains with curtains are important. The choice of a cozy, eye-pleasing and simply beautiful canvas for decorating a window is an indispensable component of the design of any room, and additional decorative elements will serve the intended purpose. One of the most sophisticated and stylish are hooks for curtains, curtains and curtains, made using the kanzashi technique.

The Kansashi jewelry technique came to us from Japan, where craftsmen made floral arrangements using satin, organza and silk. A feature of this art is the need to collect products from individual fragments using a certain technique. In the process of creating compositions, the edges of the fabric are finished off with fire from a lighter or candle. Petals of flowers have different sizes and shapes, can be created using various fabrics, but, coming together, form an excellent decorative element.

In the process of understanding the art of kanzashi, you can learn how to make petals of round, peaked, convex or concave shape, with smooth or wavy edges. The use of various materials allows you to make jewelry for clothes, elastic bands on the head, decor for the room. Masters of kanzashi technique successfully make hooks and holders for curtains and curtains, which not only help to organize the space of a room, but also decorate it significantly.

To create an interesting atmosphere in an apartment, office or any other room, stylishly and beautifully decorate it, you can use grip for curtains using the kanzashi technique. Due to the fact that this art has many facets, it is possible to purchase or independently make the product that is ideal for a particular room and for certain curtains.

Grips for curtains are used not only for decorative purposes, with their help you can implement:

• adjusting the intensity of the light entering the house from the street, from the sun or lights;
• distraction from the curtain fabric, if there are any flaws or problem areas on it;
• organization of the decor of the entire room using the correct colors and shapes of products;
• completion of the window composition, adding curtains and curtains with a stylish and functional accessory;
• visual expansion of the room - when installing pickups at the window sill level, the room and window will look larger, if you install the suspensions higher, the room is visually extended upward.

Since the use of pickups received not only decorative, but also practical purpose, the variety of options began to grow rapidly. Among the most popular species are:

• fabric products;
• hard;
• magnetic;
• cords complemented by brushes;
• hair clips in the shape of a hairpin.

The kanzashi technique is successfully used in most of these species. The most famous are the following options:

• a hairpin-clip, clip or clothespin on which the flower arrangement is placed;
• stripes of different widths, having a cardboard base and covered with silk, the decorative element is flowers of different sizes, colors and shapes, fastening is done using ties;
• the use of hooks with the decor of kanzashi with fixation on magnets;
• a plastic or cardboard ring-shaped pickup and a bamboo stick, which together form a decorative composition for silk curtains and delicate fabrics.

The use of kanzashi art to decorate the grips for curtains requires certain skills, but with a great desire, you can quickly learn the basics of this craft.

Having basic knowledge, certain concepts about what to do, it is worthwhile to acquire everything you need and get to work.

Many needlewomen prefer to independently create decorative elements for the room, based on their taste and preferences. To create grip for curtains and curtains in kanzashi technology, you need not only desire and time, but also a number of materials and tools. Among the most important are the following.

1. Satin ribbon 2-3 cm wide for making petals. Colors may vary. You can create jewelry from organza, silk, brocade and rep.
2. 5 cm wide ribbon from which flowers will be created. The color scheme is also selected individually.
3. When creating round pickups, you need 2 CDs.
4. To decorate discs, a ribbon 1-2 cm wide is discreet, corresponding to the overall composition.
5. Soldering iron to remove the middle of the disk and create a round hoop for picking up.
6. Tweezers with which the tape will be folded and fixed.
7. Sharp scissors.
8. Japanese sticks for fixing grabs on the curtains.
9. Threads allow you to fix the tape in the right position, their color should match the shade of the main product.
10. Needles with pins. You will need no more than 5 pieces, but it is important that the products are sharp and thin.
11. Hot melt adhesive and glue gun.
12. Thermal cutting, which allows you to accurately and beautifully cut the tape.

In the process of creating compositions in the kanzashi style, craftswomen can use metal ruler or pre-made templates, to measure the required amount of material for the workpiece. To the edges of the tapes did not open, it is necessary to heat them, for which you can use a candle, lighter, soldering iron or burner - the choice of a specific option is individual. Depending on the idea, you may need beads or lace.

To create pickups and any other decorative elements using the kanzashi technique, you need to learn cut blanks and create leaves and petals for flowers do it yourself. To make foliage from ribbons, you need to buy a satin ribbon 2-3 cm wide and cut off strips of 6-7 cm. To obtain a pointed leaf, you must:

• scorch the edges of the slices with a candle;
• bend one side to the center diagonally;
• bend the second side diagonally, partially covering the first part;
• cut off the bottom of the tape, aligning it;
• fold the resulting blank in half;
• trim the lower part, cutting off all unnecessary;
• clamp the bottom of the workpiece with tweezers;
• singe the bottom of the product;
• cut off the corner at the bottom of the workpiece and singe it separately to create a hollow product.

If there is a desire to try to make round leaflets, the sequence of actions will be slightly different:

• purchase a tape 5 cm wide and cut it into 5x5 squares;
• bend the workpiece, making it a triangle with a gap of 1 mm;
• bend the resulting triangle, connecting each edge with the middle and clamp the edges with tweezers;
• cut the bottom corner of the workpiece and scorch it with a candle;
• trim the lower part, cutting off excess material diagonally;
• hold one part of the petal with tweezers and singe it, then repeat the same for the other part.

By creating a specific composition, it is worth calculating the right number of leavesso that the finished product looks as attractive as possible. The resulting blanks need to be bonded to each other and put on some foundation, depending on the desired result. Besides foliage, you need master the construction of petalsfrom which flower arrangements will be created. To make this element, you need:

• purchase a tape with a width of at least 5 cm and cut it into squares;
• bend the workpiece so that you get a triangle;
• repeat the procedure again;
• bend the edges of the triangle back to the center fold line;
• clamp the lower part, trim it if necessary;
• singe the edges.

The result is a beautiful pointed petal.

Each petal connects to the other with hot glue, and the final moment is the installation of a bead or other decoration in the middle of the flower.

Using blanks and templates, you can learn the basics of kanzashi skill and construct any pickups for curtains, guided by your own tastes and preferences.

A kanzashi grab master class in the next video.