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Paper Twist PoppyDraw and cut out a 6-inch circle on lightweight cardboard. Cut a straight 3-inch edge on one side of the circle. Measure a straight 3-inch line from each end of the cut straight line, connecting to the edge of the circle. Cut along these lines, removing a triangle from the circle edge on each side of the first cut line. This is your poppy petal pattern. When complete, your petal pattern will resemble a fan blade on an oscillating fan.
The petals require a 6-inch-wide paper twist. If 6 inches is not available, you can overlap and glue two thinner pieces together, as the seam disappears nicely into the wrinkles. You will need a 1 1/4-yard length of paper twist for each poppy flower, or twice that amount if you are seaming two narrower widths together.
Untwist and flatten the length of paper twist. Place the pattern on top of the paper twist and draw around it. Repeat for a total of seven petals. Cut out each petal and find the center of the first 3 inch line. Cut a 2 1/4-inch vertical line toward the center of the petal. This will create the darts on your poppy petals. Overlap the two sections on each side of the dart and glue using a hot glue gun. This will shape the petals into a slight cup. Apply hot glue to the front of one petal's dart and position another petal's dart on top, with the outer edge of the petal turned the opposite way. The finished result will look similar to a bow tie. Repeat with two more petals. Apply hot glue over the connecting sections on one pair of petals and place the other pair on top, crosswise. There will be four separate petals all connected together in the center of the flower. Hot glue the remaining three petals inside the first layer, spacing them equally around the center.
Use a coordinating color of paper twist for the center of your poppy flower. Untwist a 4-inch length of paper twist. Set a coffee cup on the paper twist and draw around it to form a circle. Cut out the circle and cut 1/2-inch slits toward the center all the way around, creating a fringe. Grip the fringe between the side of the blade of your scissors and your thumb and pull slightly, causing the fringe to curl. Hot glue the fringe to the center of your poppy. Hot glue a 1-inch flat button inside the fringe circle. Wrap an 18-inch length of heavy floral wire with floral tape. Place one end on the center back of the poppy and hot glue a 2-inch circle of green paper twist over the wire to hold. -
You will need a 30-inch length of 4-inch wide paper twist. Untwist and flatten the length of paper twist. Fold the length in half, matching the long sides. Hot glue the long sides together. Tightly roll the first 5 inches of the length to form the center of the rose. Hot glue the base to secure as you roll. Apply hot glue to the next 1 1/2 inches on the raw edge base. Fold the 1 1/2 inches over on itself to create a dart that will allow the outer edges of the petals to open up. Repeat by applying hot glue every 1 1/2 inches and creating a dart for the remaining length of the paper twist.
The paper twist is bulky and the rolling, gluing and folding the twist back onto itself may seem unruly, but keep with it ... the end result makes it all worthwhile.
Use these paper twist roses to decorate a wreath. Apply hot glue to the base of a rose and set it into the wreath. For a romantic wreath, hot glue the rose base to the center of a paper doily and set it into the branches of a wreath. The placement will cause the doily to gather around the rose, creating a nosegay effect.
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angel772 said
on 8/20/2009 Cyndee,
Where is the best place you have found to get the papertwist? I use www.papertwist.net The have good prices and you can get however many yards of each color that you want. Thanks for the idea