August 2012 model of the month (Flower)

Started by Graham Lee, July 30, 2012, 05:27:14 PM

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Graham Lee

#30
Tie the two ends of the Pink and White balloon together and from underneath the three pinch twists insert these two balloons and wrap around the pinch twists and bring them out at the top in the centre. The length of how high these are is up to you, if too high wrap a couple of times around the pinch twists to get rid of the slack.
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#31
If making the two balloon version pre stretch the balloon, inflate the lilac 260 and leave 6 fingers un-inflated, twist three 6/7 finger fold twists, then the centre of the flower from the same balloon make a 3/4 finger bubble, a 1.5 finger pinch twist, another 3/4 finger bubble twisted into the the centre of the three fold twists. Then make the last 3/4 finger bubble, twist into the pinch twist and the make the final two 1.5 pinch twists. If you find the 260 is a little short pre-strect it and then stretch again when inflated. The stem will look like this, hopefully. Instructions on next post.
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#32
Inflate the green 260 and leave approx 5 fingers un-inflated. Twist a 1 finger bubble and twist this around one of the fold twists of the flower, make another 1 finger bubble and tie the knot around the second 1 finger bubble. If you have some excess on the knot you can wrap this around the fold twist as well as in picture 17a.
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#33
Gently push each fold twist up over the 3/4 finger centre bubbles, do this gently the first few times but you do get the feel for this after making a few flowers.
Make three 4/5 finger fold twist underneath the flower head.
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#34
The top of the flower should look a little like this, I made it without the stem in the way for a better picture from underneath.
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#35
To finish the stem make two 7/8 finger fold twists for the leaves, if you push the lower part of the stem up through one leaf and down through the other these will not then un-twist later.
It is at this point I would push the flower fold twists over the centre bubbles of the flower.
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#36
Back to the three balloon version, take the 160 and inflate to 3/4 fingers un-inflated, attach the same way as the 260 stem, a 1 finger bubble twisted around a fold twist of the flower and another one finger bubble. Tie the knot around this twist and then pull the knot around the fold twist as well, you can just see the lip of the knot in picture 26, this helps to keep everything
in place and secure. Make two 5 finger fold twists under the flower.
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#37
And then the last 5 finger fold twist. With the remainder of the 160 make two 7/8 finger fold twists for the leaves on the stem and pull the lower part
of the stem up through one leaf and down through the other to lock into place.
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#38
Hope you can make it from the instructions, a few extra pictures that may help a little as I think I went a little out of sequence.
I always look forward to seeing a few more have a go at the model of the month once the instructions are up.
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#39
I dont think I put a completed version of the two balloon flower up. I always put a kink in the top and bottom of the stem to give movement.
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millerart

#40
Wow, really great model