This silk flower bouquet is a
perfect bridal shower decoration
or flower girl accessory.

Make a Kissing Ball

• Foam ball
• Moss
• 10 inches of 1-inch wide-wired or unwired ribbon
• Milliner's sharp size 10 needle
• White quilting thread or beading thread
• Scissors
• Household wire cutters
• Glue

 

1. Cover a foam ball with moss.
2. Make folded roses with wired or unwired ribbon.
3. For the folded rose center, fold down the right end of the ribbon. Fold this end across itself.
4. Roll the ribbon into a cylinder (forming the flower center) and secure with stitches.
5. Fold the ribbon down on the right end so that the cylinder is horizontal and a 45-degree angle is created at the fold.
6. Fold the flower center down.
7. Roll the cylinder until the ribbon on the left becomes straight again. Secure with stitches.
8. Repeat the folding and rolling steps until the rose is the desired size.
9. Stitch the raw edge into the base of the rose.