Kansasi headbands and bandages for girls

Modern accessories for a hairdress help not only to fix hair in the necessary position, but also serve as an unusual decoration. A hoop or a wide barrette helps to fix the bangs. Such gizmos can be of any color and size, that is why they are combined with various details of the wardrobe. Kanzashi headbands and bandages are a very popular hair ornament that you can make with your own hands.

Materials for work in Kansas technique

To create accessories you will need satin, brocade ribbons of various widths and colors or cotton fabrics, as well as blanks of the desired shape. Fabric bases for dressings are sold in stores with goods for needlework, but they are easy to make yourself, if you know how to crochet. Blanks for rims can be plastic or metal, they are usually bought together with satin ribbons. The petals of flowers in Kansas technique are sharp and roundish. They are often made double, combining different material, and differently bend.

Inflorescences themselves can consist of several levels, but even the most simple flowers with rounded petals look unusual and attractive. In addition, they are very simple to manufacture. In addition to work in Kansas technique, you need to prepare a tweezer and a lighter or a candle to sing the edges of the satin ribbons and fix the shape of the petals. Collect the buds with a glue gun.

Rim or bandage options

Flowers will fit any size, they are often combined with each other. Effectively look large single buds, collected from several levels of sharp double petals. Buds can be filled with beads and rhinestones. The rims are first decorated with a ribbon or cloth, and then decorated with several kinds of inflorescences, collecting them in a bouquet on one side of the product. Several buds are most often attached to a felt blank, which is threaded through the hoop. Sometimes they use the same small flowers, attaching them to the stem one by one.

Now especially popular are Kanzash bandages on the head of babies. They are made of a fabric base width of 7 cm and one flower, attached from the side or in the center. As a blank for this dressing, you can use a wide lace. The shape of the buds for the rim or Kanzash bandage depends on the taste and skills of the needlewoman. Beginners are best to start with simple schemes to practice, and then learn to collect more complex compositions.

Kanzashi flowers for a bandage for a girl: a master class

Have you decided to make such an ornament for your hair yourself? Try to make a simple Kanzash bandage for a girl with three flowers, similar to strawberry. In addition, you can use artificial berries and ladybirds to decorate the finished product. For work, prepare:

• A white tape 4 cm wide;
• Green ribbon width 5 cm;
• Blank for bandages;
• A lighter or a candle;
• Needle;
• Artificial stamens of yellow color;
• Glue gun;
• A piece of white felt;
• A knife for oil;
• Unnecessary cloth;
• scissors;
• tweezers;
• Artificial berries or insects.

Start work with a white satin ribbon. You need to make three flowers of strawberries. To create a single bud, cut 6 squares measuring 4x4 cm. Split the edges of each of them above the candle or lighter. To prevent black bands from appearing on the blanks of the petals, use the lower or middle flame level.

Then start forming the petals:

1. Bend a piece of tape in half to make a triangle, and flip the top down.
2. Then press the edges of the triangle to the top, grasp them with tweezers and cut the edge.
3. Scorch a slice above the candle.
4. Cut off the lower part of the petal and also burn the workpiece over the flame.
5. Repeat until you have finished 18 petals.

Now you need to collect flowers, using an adhesive gun for this. Consistently paste the petals to each other, connect them to a flower. Make 2 more pieces. Then take the stamens and stretch them through the hole in the center of each bud. Adjust their height, glue with a gun and spread out to the sides to give a natural look. Stamens can be replaced with a bead or a button in the form of a berry.

How to make strawberry leaves?

Take a green ribbon and cut it into pieces in 5-6 cm. Cut out the rounded leaf, so that it roughly repeats the strawberry leaf. In total you need 6 leaves. Then start singing the edges over the candle, pulling them out to make them with scissors. After processing all the blanks, heat the oil knife above the candle and, if it is soaked, wipe with a cloth, and then quickly apply longitudinal and transverse veins on the sheet.

Assembling the product

Kanzashi flowers are attached to the bandage using an oval felt piece. Cut it so large that the whole composition fit and looked neat, but it was not wider than the base. First, stick the leaves, fanning them, and then - three buds of strawberries. Add a berry or insect to the design, and then apply glue to the back of the felt stock and connect it to the base. The Kanzash bandage for the girl is ready! Try and other ways to create colors in this technique to please yourself and loved ones with beautiful and practical hair accessories.