The process of making silk flowers

Silk flower making process is as follows:

1, along the narrow edge through the sewing, the first needle can be tied in the middle of the transparent parts, the second step sewing in the edge place, so that the thread can be fixed tight.

2, sewing along the wide edge, direct continuous needle sewing, to the end of the head and pull tight.

3, then turn to the narrow side to sew, follow the same stitch, and after reaching the head, sew the other serge in the same way.

4, when the second silk cloth also sewed to the third edge, with a needle hooked the first silk cloth started stitching that edge, connected, and then pull the silk flower tightly, the thread in the middle of the two rounds, knot. Just take care of the silk flower by hand.

Silk flowers, also known as Jinghua'er, is one of China's traditional handicrafts with a long history and strong decorative colors. It refers to flowers imitated with silk fabrics of various colors. China more than 1,700 years ago, there are silk fabric flower-making skills. In the Tang Dynasty, silk flowers were the main decorations for women, and Zhou Fang's picture of a lady with a flower-pin in the Tang Dynasty reproduces the scene of a woman in the palace with a flower-pin and colorful hairpins.

The production of silk flowers was then introduced to Japan. In 2008, Beijing silk flowers were selected as one of the second batch of national intangible cultural heritages by the State Council, which approved their production on Shenmu Factory Street outside Chongwenmen in the Ming Dynasty.

With the economic development and the improvement of people's living standard, the silk flower has been developed to the practical aspect, there are theater flower, corsage, cap flower, decorative vase flower, birthday candle flower, gift flower, banquet pot flower, wedding dress flower, honor flower and so on. Silk flower industry in recent years has emerged a large number of skills new talent, a generation of new people in the growth of the ancient silk flower craftsmen.