Bernadette Banner visited the last flower maker in New York. They made flowers for her. The video is really interesting, showing their machines and hand work. I don't know if the video would teach anything, but you might enjoy it. 😊

Bianca: "I don't know what I'm doing" Proceeds to give a detailed tutorial with fabulous results. Everytime you say you don't know what you're doing, I grab my note pad and pen to learn the best way to do something!

@TheClosetHistorian

11 ай бұрын

Ha! Thank you ❤

When I was a child, one of our neighbors made crape paper roses, during the days she could not work outside (Winter) on the farm. She would dip her roses in melted sealing wax (to make them glossy and last a little longer). She always sold all her paper roses before Memorial Day. This was before we could buy plastic and fabric flowers at the Dollar Stores ready made. I loved watching her make those roses. I have seen an instruction video online showing how to make paper flowers out of coffee filters. Some of those videos may show you how and what to use to make your roses faster.

@seriouslyinsanediva

11 ай бұрын

Now that I remember, my mom made crepe paper flowers for my performance costume when I was 7.

Considering you said you had no idea what you're doing and there isn't much information in English out there, the result is pretty impressive. 🤩 Your left index finger looks severely burned, though. I hope you're okay.

@TheClosetHistorian

11 ай бұрын

Thank you! I did indeed burn my finger with the flower iron, it slipped off a petal and got me for just a split second, but it was long enough 😅 It's healed now thankfully!!

@fraeuleinrosenmaier

11 ай бұрын

@@TheClosetHistorian Ouch. 😟 I know that all too well from my hot glue projects. Not a single time that I haven't burned myself ...

@DOCDOCFLAMINGOS

11 ай бұрын

​@@TheClosetHistorian Hello. Just a thought that might help with longer wear and durability of the roses. After glueing the 4 peddles together put a hole in them. So that they are able to thread onto the wire as well as getting glued onto the main flower overall. So if the lost hold etc. the peddle would still be on the wire as apposed to loosing it if that happened.

@dianedunshea3949

11 ай бұрын

Your so patient. The rose is gorgeous.

Beautifully done! I know of some poisonous flowers such as Hemlock, Wolf’s Bane, Belladonna, Blood Root, Oleander, Lily of the Valley, and of course Opium Poppies. The problem is that many poisonous flowers are tiny things that cluster in groups, so, you’d have to seriously commit to a project using them, lol.😊

@mollyn03

11 ай бұрын

I'm glad you suggested oleander! That was one I thought of as well. Daffodils and any other kind of narcissus are also poisonous - they cause paralysis, which is how they get their name, form the Greek legend of Narcissus.

@emmadavey3892

11 ай бұрын

Datura (that’s night blooming right?)

@henrikmulders8633

11 ай бұрын

Datura, atropa belladonna, hyoscyamus niger, Brugmansia these are all Solanaceae (night shade family) The all have tubular fowers, which would need to be constructed more like a bell skirt. Hyoscyamos (henbane )looks especially poisonous and has a rather bizarre beauty. Dirty off-white bells with an Aubergine Center that vains out into the petals. A traditional hallucinogenic ingredient of flying paste for witches. The side effects are severe though. Batik dying may achieve the vainy effect.

I used to make wedding cakes so learnt to make sugar paste (fondant in USA?) flowers. The materials used are obviously different but the process is very similar. There’s loads of instruction videos for all sorts of those flowers so might be worth checking some out x

@seriouslyinsanediva

11 ай бұрын

I just came back from Portugal, where they served ice cream flowers of any flavour on a cone made with a spatula!!!

@seriouslyinsanediva

11 ай бұрын

I love your Victory rolls Kerry.

Aconitums (aka Wolfsbane or Monkshood) are beautiful flowers and also very poisonous. Foxgloves & Lupins are also poisonous but would be more difficult to re-create. Here in NE England we have Alnwick Gardens where there is a contained Poison Garden that you can visit on an accompanied tour. I've visited several times & each time there have been more additions.

Yay, two worlds colliding; Botany and crafting! Some nice looking, toxic flowers: Lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis). Angel trumpet (Brugmansia suaveolens). Large, trumpet shaped flowers. Daphne mezereum (bright pink flowers directly on a naked branch). Followed by bright red berries. Adonis vernalis (yellow daisy-like flowers and nice, fluffy frondlike leaves, as well) Paris quadrifolia (a single flower/dark blue berry in the middle of four leaves. Such a fairytale villain flower) Cowbane (Cicuta virosa): Maybe not easy to make in silk, but oh, so deadly. Aconitum napellus. Has actually been used recently by a woman to poison her husband in my country. Foxglove (Digitalis). And for some added greenery: Bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum): Has been used to feed livestock, but is actually toxic and carcinogenic. A slow killer.

I got my flower irons by absolute luck as it not normally available in my country. It was second hand/vintage bazaar/garage sale event happening each month over summer months. I bet this was from someone doing milinery long time ago. They costed me cca 7 USD, because my father in law bargained it to that down from 10 USD - it is part of the fun for him, I would never dare to ask price down for something like this 😂 My knees were shaking leaving the seller with the treasure in my hands. But it is the old type you need to heat over something. I have my pillow ready, just did not get to plan project for flower making. Soaking all the inspiration here and on Patreon 😍

I REALY want to thank you! This is the best tutorial ever!!!

The roses are really pretty, well done! I am in awe of the things you do sometimes and this is one of them. Can't wait to see where you will end up using them.

@coreygilles847

11 ай бұрын

Such a cool craft. I didn’t even realize that there were tools you could use at home to make silk flowers. The roses are gorgeous ❤

@TheClosetHistorian

11 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Lord have mercy, what magical project have you got in store for us?🤩

If I remember correctly from a video from a company that hand makes flowers: they starch the fabric, then stretch it on frames, cut out the shapes using dies (with pneumatic press ?) then glue/ wire to shape. If I can remember, I’ll post a link. I know the die press method was used in France as well.

@TheClosetHistorian

11 ай бұрын

M&S Schmalberg is a company in New York that does it this way, of course a giant press and hundreds of dies is sadly not in my budget 😂

This was a very interesting video. I know you didn't have a lot to start with but you shared what you know and learned and that is why i love your channel. It's just a great place to learn and you don't try to cram it into a 5 second short. Thank you for all you do.

@TheClosetHistorian

11 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Daffodil, Oleandor, Lilly of the Valley, Iris, Pointsettia, Lillies (calla and ornamentals), Angels Trumpet, Hydrangea ... I could go on longer hehe

OMG! I just commented to someone that Closet Historian had a video on making fabric flowers with a melon baller...we were planning on trying it as an August project! So excited to see this.

you are a lifesaver, I've been searching the internet for a realistic silk rose, I make them as a brooch.

Nightshade blossoms should be good ones to make.

@TheClosetHistorian

11 ай бұрын

I made some today! ✨ I had to paint faux berries black as my craft store only had ivory 🖤

@ceara3100

11 ай бұрын

@TheClosetHistorian Nice!! The nightshade species with the common name of "horse nettle" might be interesting for you! They get yellow berries and look very Gothic.

This was beautiful!!! I can't wait to see the final project these will be for! Love your work.

@TheClosetHistorian

11 ай бұрын

Thank you!

I was enthralled by this demonstration 🤩 Your roses are glorious! You have the patience of Job, I am in complete awe 😊

@TheClosetHistorian

11 ай бұрын

Thank you Mara!

I have recently been crocheting various flowers, mainly sunflowers 🌻 for a friend's wedding. I make a few, then do something else, so I don't get too bored or I will never finish them. 20 large ones and 65 smaller ones to be made into key chain favours for the guests to take home. Good luck making the rest of your flowers. Best wishes, Heather

Ms. Banner had a video in the NY textile district about the last commercial outlet making silk flowers.

These are just magical! I never knew this craft was a thing, like with hand tools and everything. So cool! I guess I just never thought about it, but I’m glad you did. It was very fun to watch and you did an amazing job.

@TheClosetHistorian

11 ай бұрын

Thank you Cynthia!

Those are gorgeous! The green is beautiful with the color you chose for the rose.

@TheClosetHistorian

11 ай бұрын

Thank you!

This is stunning! You demystified the process. French silk flower makers make it so obscure! You’re a delight to listen to

@TheClosetHistorian

11 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Peonies! And looking forward to the dangerous bouquet!

Oleander and fox glove were the first poisonous flowers that came to mind, and internet images of them were quite lovely.

wisteria, yucca flowers, oleander, lilies, rhododendron, foxglove, daffodils, angels trumpets, delphinium, hydrangea, hemlock, buttercups, clematis, iris, poinsettia, and bushing moonflower to name a few poisonous flowering plants

@moonbasket

11 ай бұрын

Go off! I was only thinking of daffodils, but this is such a long list.

The Oleander is a pretty but poisonous flowering shrub with pretty pink, white or red flowers. The white flowers should fit into any poisonous bouquet 😀 and the leaves apparently make a lethal tea.

@TheClosetHistorian

11 ай бұрын

My mom and her brother fed oleander leaves to their guinea pig as children unknowingly, which didn't end well 😬 Adult supervision required!

@lindyfraser6243

11 ай бұрын

@@TheClosetHistorian Oh no! 🤦‍♀️

Aileen’s Quick Dry or Fast Tack Glues would be very good for this. I use it for paper sculpture. Gives me a few seconds to shift placement before it tacks up. Beautiful job and cool new tools you have there. 👍❤

@TheClosetHistorian

11 ай бұрын

A very similar glue for sure, probably chemically identical 😂

@LRWdesign

11 ай бұрын

Cleaning out my art -craft-sewing room. Found a box of millinery flowers. Mostly velvet types. Want me to send to you? Freebie. ❤@@TheClosetHistorian

you can get an English translator app for your phone which uses the camera of your phone to see the text in whatever language you select and then translates to English, where you can then read it on your screen. it is great for traveling and reading food items on the shelves. hope it helps you with the Japanese instructions. From the UK x

Finally catching up, I prefer to watch your videos when I have time to watch, concentrate and enjoy! Loved seeing the flower iron, very cool. The flower is gorgeous, and the colours are truly vintage glamour! How about a Venus Flytrap!

Wow, that turned out beautiful! So lifelike! I'm excited to see other flower types, too. Even as I'm watching and nodding and understanding all the steps, it still feels a little like watching a magic trick right in front of me 🌹❤️🌹

@TheClosetHistorian

11 ай бұрын

Thank you! More flowers coming soon ✨

The flower turned out very pretty. Great job. Looking forward to seeing what you do with them.

@TheClosetHistorian

11 ай бұрын

Thank you!

And the towel at 3:06 even matches the exact shade of green of the silk she used for the stems and leaves. 😭 Queen of details!

@TheClosetHistorian

11 ай бұрын

I wish I was this detailed but it was simply coincidence I promise ha!

So glad you invested in the petal irons! You will get a lot of use from them ❤ The roses turned out spectacular!

@TheClosetHistorian

11 ай бұрын

Thank you Cynthia!

Deadly night shade would be lovely made in silk

This is called somebana, the hot tool is a soldering iron. There's few books available. I've seen a curling iron used with moderate success on synthetic fabric. With this tool synthetic fabric is best done trough another thin cloth - the upside is that they keep their shape (same as with pleating that can be fixed on synthetics with heat/steam). Paints can change colour depending on type and temperature, but they can aid in stiffening. Stiffening can be also done with dedicated fiber art resin fluid (usually sprayed afterwards unless tested on a scrap), diluted or hairspray in a pinch. UV resin can be also used as means of hidden stiffening or to tip or affix sharp wires. I really like effects of airbrushing on a ready flower - it can add beautiful depth on more" flat "fabrics that don't have the quality taffeta has. The glue/modpodge/fibre art resin can be mixed with iridescent, duochrome,pearlescent pigments and even smaller glitters but it needs thorough mixing and careful distribution. UV resin can be used to mimic dew drops on petals. As many mentioned, cake decorating cutters and patterns can be successfully used to create different types of flowers - usually with additional petals. Ready made stamens can be bought or made with wire and polymer clay, beaded and rhinestone stamens can be made that add sparkle to plainer flowers. Stiff cardstock/packaging plastic covered in felt usually are used as brooch backing. These came out beautifully ❤ The somebana tool (soldering iron) can be used to add texture in many ways (I've used a metal tube fashioned into attachment to make really tight, circular ruffle -pleats and used the pencil end to burn out patterns in synthetic fabric and vinyl/pvc - similar in ways to hot knife). Leather and vinyl can also be used - leather is best when de-glazed and slightly damp, then conditioned gently after shaping - same with painting,the thicker paints like Angelus crack when curled, the dyes are fine if soaked trough or the leather not very stretched. With pvc and vinyl one needs a careful hand and a smooth cloth to separate from heat source but effects can be quite spectacular especially in transparent vinyls. The tool can be used to shape larger paillettes (depending on material they are made - always check). Cosplay materials that are thermoplastics really work well with this when used trough cloth as well, the tips can be used to glue and smooth seams in worbla, to texture the surface and so on. Happy making ❤

Hell, yes! You rock with two fists in the air. This video is fantastic and I can't wait to make some.

The staggering amount of work and effort you put into your pieces is so amazing it cannot be overstated. Such an amazing artist. I recently became a Patron and cannot stop watching your videos. As a trained fashion designer myself as well, you always inspire me to step up my game. Love it! Thank you! ❤

@TheClosetHistorian

10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!! ❤

Wow! And now I want to make silk flowers.

My goodness you certainly have created some breath-taking gorgeous roses !!! 👍😻😻😻👍 You never cease to Amaze us all. 👍😻😻😻👍

@TheClosetHistorian

11 ай бұрын

Thank you Dolores!

Beautiful rose! Looking forward to seeing this costume project come to life

@TheClosetHistorian

11 ай бұрын

Thank you Kathryn!

Wow I can’t wait to see this project you’re working on!

It's not a poisonous flower, but the Bat Flower is a beautiful orchid that i think would be beautiful in silk!

I was thinking of doing this with some scraps of silk I have leftover from making a Regency gown, so I'm delighted to see a breakdown of the process.

Try Oleander flowers...and when using floral tape it sticks to itself if you pull as you twist. I was a florist for many years and it is not easy on the first go.Also, I am not sure what gage wire you are using but if you try a heavier wire it may hold the rose up better.18 or 22 gage depending on the size floral head.Your rose is beautiful.

The rose turned out lovely, Bianca. I have some vintage pieces this would look incredible on.

Thanks so much for this jumping off point for me in my project. I wanted to share with you and your viewers a tip that helped me. I made a wedding rehearsal bouquet for my daughter out of the silk taffeta from my wedding dress from 1990. Something OLD! Instead of using tools to turn the petals I just held them carefully over the tea light and the heat did the job for me. I tried the melon baller first but given he white fabric that I used, the black from the heated “cheap” Mellon baller was leaving marks all over my pretty fabric. Thus the work around, I did not have to use any tools to get my look. I wish I knew how to share a picture here. If anyone wants to see, tell me how to share the photo. Craft on.

Mandrake/mandragora seems very doable, also Angel's trumpet (Datura), oleander, and fritillaria (both snake's head and Crown Imperial). Foxgloves, and aconite/wolfsbane would be lovely, but I think you'd have to commit to doing entire stems to hide the joins necessary for the depths of their hoods. If you want poisonous greenery to fill out the bouquet, there's always ricin/castor whose New Zealand purple variant is a pretty similar colour to your burgundy roses. Wormwood leaves are pretty decorative too, and a fairly bright green, though cutting them out would be a bit of a nightmare. Arum Italicum has large and simple flowers, but could easily look very dramatic, and the large leaves come in a variety of variegations if you felt like painting your silk too.

Beautifully done! My addition for the poisonous flowers is silverleaf nightshade. It's a beautiful delicate lavender flower with bright yellow centers. It's all over my area in Texas and despite being poisonous is one of my favorite of the roadside wildflowers.

Thank you so much for this video ! it really helps me to understand what I need to do and buy for my future projects 🙏 Flower making is very intimidating due to language barrier but I find it is the extra step that makes a sewing/ millinery project look absolutely perfect

So many great suggestions for poisonous flowers! May I suggest Datura metel, particularly a cultivar like ‘Double Purple’. I’ve always thought the flowers look like silk. Datura can be used medicinally in the right doses but are definitely considered poisonous.

It's a pleasure and privilige to watch you create art.

@TheClosetHistorian

11 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

Jack-in-the-Pulpit would make a pretty awesome brooch.... Oleander would also be beautiful. Moonflowers would be amazing but probably hard to do in silk... Bunches of Lantana...or poison hemlock...but those are fairly small in scale and would be a big pain to try to cut out...but maybe for scraps? Cockscomb/Celosia cristata (not sure if it's poisonous but it's fun). I called them Velvet Flowers any time my Mamaw had them.

I always wondered why silk flowers were so expensive. This explains everything. That flower looked so real!! On the iPhone if you take a picture of text you can translate it. It has helped me immensely because naturally the best beaders are Eastern Europe and the best sewist are East Asian 😆

They look like beautiful cabbage roses like they use to paint on china teacups

Beautiful!

Oleander, foxglove, azalea and rhododendron, hemlock, delphinium, nightshade, hydrangea, wisteria, and of course, lily of the valley. Such pretty flowers, yet so dangerous of course, all of these have medicinal uses when used correctly by an herbologist.😅 The Manchineel Tree has such a pretty flower that you can't even touch because it's so dangerous! Trumpet lilly aka Easter Lily, what an odd use for such a dangerous flower. Cerbera odollam Tree, murders and suicides are linked to the poison in this tree, but the flower is so pretty. A brooch made of monkshood flowers would be delightful on a lapel or sprinkled into a possibility bouquet. Larkspur is gorgeous and had such a pretty name. You would think animals and people would have learned to leave it alone by now. Tobacco has adorable flowers. I've always been curious as to how and why people decided to smoke the leaves. *Smh* Humans are odd. I loved your rose, especially once you had coiled the stem. It made it look like it was ready to attack! It also gave it an art nouveau feeling. Je t'aime art nouveau!❤❤❤

Lovely

can't wait to see what you do with these flowers!

So beautiful!

Rhododendrons & azealias, daffodils (extremely so!), foxgloves (its poison can also make heart failure meds), lilies, poinsettia, Jimson weed, mountain laurel, Wisteria, and the perfectly fitting calla lilies are some possibly silk-fitting poison flowers.

Magic!

This was fun!

idk if its toxic, but honeywort has one of my favorite color schemes by far!

My husband told me this interesting story recently about a flower called "Monkshood" which is poisonous but this guy in Japan mixed Monkshood with Fugu (blowfish) poison and killed his wife. The combination of two poisons delayed the effect so he wasn't around when she died and they couldn't find out what killed her until they dug a bit into his past and found out his previous wife had also died prematurely. He had a whole laboratory set up for his experiments into what worked and what didn't. So that's our new favourite poisonous flower. Quite pretty and purple too.

Beautiful

Wishing you-and your hands-all the best. The rose came out gorgeous and I was reminded of Bernadette’s video which I believe someone else has already mentioned. I feel deep sympathy for the overwhelming desire to make things for yourself. I also have an unfortunate amount of experience when running up against the construct called time. Thank you for sharing ❤

Lily of the valley, daffodil, tulips, lords-and-ladies (arum maculatum), poppies, apple or cherry blossoms (apple seeds and cherry pits have cyanide compounds), Agrostemma githago - corn cockle (pretty flower, but all parts of the plant are poisonous, wood anenome, marsh marigold. . . .

Beautiful work. Aconitum, also called Monk's Hood, has lovely and very poisonous flowers

Very beautiful.

Gorgeous! A Lot of common flowers are poisonous, Lily of the valley, Tulip, Morning Glory, and Oleander come to mind as some examples that would easy (I think) to make

I love seeing how you made them!

Brilliant and beautiful as always!

@TheClosetHistorian

11 ай бұрын

Thank you Debbie!

These are beautiful!! Looking forward to seeing your project!

@TheClosetHistorian

11 ай бұрын

Thank you!

I recommend beautiful belladonna. purple and yellow. very striking.

They turned out really nice.😻

@TheClosetHistorian

11 ай бұрын

Thank you!

That's a nice looking set! Coincidentally, after seeing your last flower making video I happened to be perusing an antique shop for funsies and found a similar melon baller! I usually can't afford antiques so incase excited to get this as a souvenir *and* have a possible use for it in the future ❤

Very cool. Looking forward to the end result

Nerium, foxglove, lily of the valley, larkspur, wolfsbane, belladonna, angels trumpets

So exquisite! Thank you!

@TheClosetHistorian

11 ай бұрын

Thank you Shelley!

Wow. Beautiful.

@TheClosetHistorian

11 ай бұрын

Thank you Julie!

Very crafty beautiful love it

@TheClosetHistorian

11 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Beautiful done 🤩

@TheClosetHistorian

11 ай бұрын

Thank you Nina!

Beautiful work 💯

@TheClosetHistorian

11 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Clematis can have some interesting variations. There’s also poinsettias, but you might have to include beads in there somewhere. I’m a silk ribbon embroiderer, so I was thinking lily of the valley, but that may be difficult to take from 2D to 3D. It’s a nice accent flower though. If you did hydrangeas, your flowers would be clusters of squares almost.

It's Thursday already!! Well frig! Also I love the colours! I was excited for more flower making and this is great!

So pretty the silk on the stem was definitely a better way to go, it looked like a dried rose stunning ❤ And maybe purple nightshade might work 😉

I knew I was being pedantic when I was thinking "but that isn't really what rose leaves look like", and then you acknowledged it 😅 I try to reel in my "um actually 🤓" tendencies on youtube, there's a bit too much of that already

Very pretty 😀

@TheClosetHistorian

10 ай бұрын

Thank you Jenn!

Your videos are very nice! Thank you!

@TheClosetHistorian

9 ай бұрын

Thank you Iara!

You amaze me again! Beautifully done!

@TheClosetHistorian

11 ай бұрын

Thank you Denise!

Wow!!

Watching you craft is truly a pleasure. Thank you for sharing this artform ❤

@TheClosetHistorian

11 ай бұрын

Thank you!

So gorgeous! Ooh rose brooch--can't wait..

@TheClosetHistorian

11 ай бұрын

Thank you Beth!

How did you know I needed this 😍😍 !!

Carnivorous plants would be fun. Pinguiculas (Pings) are quite pretty so are sundews.

This is really inspiring, and i have much material around. I just spare the effort ...

Soooo pretty! You did a stellar job. I can't wait to see what you have planned for these!

@TheClosetHistorian

11 ай бұрын

Thank you!