Flower Ball #1 - Finishing - Part 3 of 3

Last part of making The Star!!  ^^  Won't take you more than 5 mins.

Continuing from Part 2.  We have 3 circles that we're gonna stack together with a ribbon.

What you need in this part:
1 m yellow coloured ribbon
Scissor

Here we go:

Step 1:  Half the 1 m ribbon and do an overhand knot in the center.  Cut open the closed part of the ribbon to have four loose strings. 

Step 2:  Pull apart so they are perpendicular to each other.  I like to tie a loose knot on two of the opposite strings, so I can easily identify which ones are the direct opposite of each other.

Step 3:  Place the center of the lower part of the flowers on the center of the ribbon.

Step 4:  One by one, pull the four ribbons towards the center of the flowers.  It's better to work on the ribbons that are opposite of each other (eg. pull one end that is loosely tied, followed by the other side that is also loosely tied).  This will ensure that the circle of flower remain centered, and the ribbon is placed tight within the flowers.

Step 5:  Stack on the middle row and repeat Step 4.

Step 6:  Use one of your hand to pull the ribbon up, while fingers on the other hand pushing down on the flowers.  This is to ensure that the flower ball formed will be nice and tight.

Step 7:  Stack on the upper part and repeat Step 6.

Step 8:  At this stage, bring closer the ribbons so you have 2 on the right, and 2 on the left.

Step 9:  Secure the ribbon by tying a knot tightly.  Twice would be sufficient.

Step 10:  Take one ribbon from each side and tie a ribbon on top, leaving the other two ribbons on each side.

Step 11:  Now, take one of the remaining ribbons and slowly work its way down, placing it between the ring of flowers until you reach the center at the bottom of the flower ball.  Make sure that the ribbon is as close to the center as it could be.  Do the same with the ribbon on the other side.

Step 12:  It's ready.  Yeay!!  ^^

Once you are ready placing the ribbons where they are, gently shape the flowers so they make a close to perfect round shape.  Place them in a way that they are close to each other and hiding the top and bottom part where the knots sit.

It's finally ready!!!  Woohoooo!!  You sure can use it many ways.  It makes pretty table top decorations - just cut all the ribbons very close to the center knots so none of them are showing.


Here we go, the very first flower ball - The Star.  Please leave comments, and please share some pics if you decided to make one.  ^^