How to Stop Silk Flower Petals From Fraying〚Make Faux Blooms Look Real!〛| DIY Wedding Bouquet

[@tenshiful09]

Your work and videos are great and very helpful. I hope u can do about leafs. Keep doing what you doing, girl.

[@embloome]

Hi thank you for taking the time to comment 😊 Your encouragement means a lot to me. Can I ask what particulars about leaves you would like to learn?

[@ladyiris77]

Brilliant. Thank you.

[@embloome]

I am glad that you liked the video. 😊 Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment.

[@mochalady2000]

Thanks so very much😀 Now I throw my flowers away. I threw away so many flowers which cost me so much money. But now you've given me hope and a way to repair them when I purchase new ones Thank you!

[@embloome]

That's music to my ears! I'm thrilled that you found the tip useful. If there's anything specific you'd like me to cover in future videos, let me know. 😊

[@josephtomasello5938]

Hi just thinking of getting a soldering iron… this was helpful. I definitely plan to chk in again. Thank you , Katie

[@embloome]

Hello Katie, I'm happy to hear you have found the video helpful. Stay tune and happy flowering~ (＾▽＾)

[@Oodlesxofxnoodles]

Thank you so much! I'm unearthing some old flower crowns and noticing how, uh, unwell they look. This will definitely help!

[@embloome]

I am happy to hear you have found the video helpful. I hope you can enjoy the flower crowns again after some TLC ( •͈ 𓎟 •͈ )

[@hoahoa1262]

Hi friend, I watch many silk flower making tutorials, including somebana. The artisans only use normal scissors to cut the silk petals and then dip them in stiffening solution. Does that stiffening solution help to prevent fraying as well?

[@embloome]

Hello, thank you for your comment. I only have minimal experience in somebana and as far as I know, the stiffening solution (usually starchy liquid) only helps holding the flower petals' shapes, but it does not help much in terms of preventing the edges from fraying. The stiffened petals can withstand more abrasion than non-stiffened ones before fraying but I would not consider the stiffening solution the go-to for stopping the edges from fraying. Hope this helps. 😊

[@kathynelson2833]

What about using an extra glue gun but put a crayon in the glue gun with the color you want to match your stem.

[@embloome]

Sorry Kathy, and thank you for your comment. I have just realised your comment was sitting in my inbox! I have thought about adding colours to my glue sticks with crayon too, but in a different way. I am guessing it could be quite tricky since the stems come in 50 shades of green 😂 (and sometimes brown as well)? I think it is worth trying if you have nice green crayons and extra glue guns lying around... Alternatively, I have seen the workers in artificial flower factories using a mini hot plate (imagine a tiny electrical-powered grill plate) to melt the glue sticks, so they could dip the parts in the glue quickly for quick assemble. I thought throwing crayon slices into the hot plate to mix in with the glue could be a less-tricky way for colour-mixing. However, I am not ready to invest in another tool plus a nice 3M mask for protecting myself from breathing in the melted glue yet, so I haven't tried that out yet. 🤔