News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-12-06
PAPER FLOWERS.
Difficult Processes for Making Arti-
fetal Roses.

fetal Roses.
Roses arc the most difficult to make of
| all paper flowers, and yet they have de-
cidedly the preference. Paper roses
arc made much larger than the natural
roses grow-even the American Beau
ties, which have been cultivated to
such unusual dimensions. The colors
used for the lamp shades are the deep,
rich red as the first choice; bright warm
yellow mot orange), as second choice,
and pink as last preferred, only in the
latter case more than one shade of paper
is used. The light of the lamp reflected
through pink paper making q variety of
tlnts, and tissue paper coming in nu-
merous tones of pink, all harmonizing,
1t Is not difficult to vary the pink roses
artistically. The same reasoning might
be used in regard to the yellow papers,
but the caprices OF fashion will no more
be governed by law in the matter of
lampshades than in other fields which
she controls, and while shaded pink
roses are the thing, shaded yellow ones
arc not, and that must end it without
any why or wherefore. As for tho red
ones, if it were desired to make shaded
red roses of tissue paper it would be
impossible, for only one tone comes
deep, dark rich Jacqueminot red.
Before proceeding with the exact di-
rectlons for making roses it may be well
to state that materials for making paper
flowers are found in great variety, be-
sides the paper patterns may be pur-
chased for cutting out numerous flow
ers. Stems of rubber wire. the centres
of roses with all the tiny brown and vel
low stamens, rose hips and small green
buds, poppy buds and an infinite Varie-
ty of leaves are all bought much more
perfect and giving q much more natural
effect to the result than if these acces-
sories were attempted from paper. One |
may also procure the large brass frames
for the shades shaped like an umbrella. |
Smaller frames may also be purchased, |
but they are not so pretty or stylish, |
and the only reason for using them is |
that fewer roses are then needed, and |
consequently less time is required to |
make them.
Crinkled paper is sold at more than
double the price of the plain sheets, and
as it makes much better flowers, and is
used invariably for those which are made
into articles for sale in "swell'' shape,
the use of the plain paper is not advis-
ed. Nor is the purchase of crinkled pa
per, for all that is necessary to change
the one into the other is to take
smooth sheet in ones hand and roll,
and double and pinch it into a ball, as
children do tin foil 1t must then be
neatly smOothed out, and is thus trans
formed into the most expensive crinkled |
paper. Moreover, it may be crinkled in |
n n greater or less degree by rolling the
ball tighter or looser.
For roses the inner petals should be |
made OF very crinkly paper, while the
outer ones, which roll out and away
from the centre of the flower, should be
almost smooth. This gives the appear
ance of crush roses.
AS for the implements which are used |
for shaping the individual petals of |
flowers, they are merely stick, with q |
smooth bali on one. end the size. of n
and piece of eandpaper. Indeed, did
not fashion decree that the feminine
land should be adorned with long, sharp
pointed nails no better utensil could be
uggested than the human thumb. This
noulder is used constantly. Each sep
rate paper petal of any flower must be
'laced in the palm of the hand and
moulded into cup with the ball of
7ool.
The patterns for rose are four discs
the first three inches in diameter, the
econd four inches, the third six inches
nd the fourth eight inches. Six tissue
aper ones of the first, eight of the sec
nd, ten of the third and twelve of the
ourth size must be cut out of crinkled
aper. Each separate one is folded
hree times, and the top niched in the
cart shape of rose petal and the folds
f the paper on each side slit down al
lost to the point at the bottom. On
and opening this disc it will
e seen that eight rose petals are formed,
eld together by a little paper in the
entire. This centre must now be pune
lred with n pin, SO that when all
he thirty-six groups of eight petals
ach are made ready they may be strung
ne after the other on the wire stem
Thich supports the artificial rose centre.
Without being separated, each petal
lust now be moulded in the palm of the
and, after which few of them must be
urled outward with the back of knife.
he petal of calyX must be cut from
reen paper and treated in the same
lanner-but the little green cup of the
llyx may be purchased. Take the wire
-em of the rose centre and string on it
ne of the smallest of the paper petal
roups, lap the petals one over the other
ound the centre to form the bud, hold
lg in place with n drop of mucilage.
% not move until dried. Then proceed
slip on another group and arrange in
Ie same manner. After two or three
e slipped on push them on very tight
I'd drop on little mucilage to hold
em. Lastly, slip on the calyx, then
@ cut and tn the rubber stem. A
tile practice, and the roses are most
'rfectly made. If desired larger or
laller the discs may be increased or !
i'll size, and more or less of !
EN- may be used. After making few
@ manufacturer will know how to be {
II own guide. B0St0u He,1lLR. I