Corsages and Buttonholes

Weddings these days – literally anything goes. You are only ever limited by your imagination. Designs are so innovative and dazzling and thanks to a wide range of accessories now available the world is literally your oyster. What have remained stable though are the traditional adornments – buttonholes and corsages. Grooms and guests can still be seen wearing buttonholes – even though the designs may have moved on! While a beautiful, dainty handcrafted corsage is still very much in evidence with mother of the bride or groom.
Buttonholes
- Buttonhole - usually one large flower with a small amount of foliage
- Boutonniere – usually a bunch of small flowers grouped together
- Buttonholes are not very difficult to make, but if you need to make dozens of them then you need to choose a flower which is hard wearing and can be made up the night before.

Creating a Buttonhole
- MaterialsOne rose; foliage (rose leaves are ideal); wires; tape; pins (for attaching buttonhole to clothing)
Method
- Lay out rose, foliage, wires, tape and pin.
- Remove the rose’s stem just beneath the seedbox and insert the wire (a 0.71mm) into the stem and into the seed box. You can insert two wires in a cross through the seed box to make it sturdier and prevent the rose from drooping
- Loop these wires round twice and bind with floral tape
- Take foliage (I used two rose leaves directly on top of each other to give stability to the buttonhole.) and delicately wire the rose leaves using silver wire ( a 0.32mm) making a small stitch either side of the main vein of the leaf and creating a loop
- Secure the leaf stem by gently taking the wire end and wrapping it twice around the remaining wire. Tape the leaf stem securely
- Place the taped leaf behind the rose and secure with green wire
- Wire stems are cut to length then use tape to bring the buttonhole together ensuring that the cut ends are covered.

Corsage

- MaterialsTwo roses; wax flower; hard ruscus; narrow satin ribbon; wires; tapes; pins to attach (magnets can be used)
- Method
- Lay out all you materials and then make a small bow
- Insert wire through the seedbox of each rose - you can insert two wires in a cross through the seedbox to make the rose sturdier. Loop theses wires just twice before binding the wires and stems of each rose with floral tape
- Take the foliage (I used hard ruscus) and wire and stitch each leaf (usually about nine). Bind all leaves.
- Take the wax flower and cut off small sections. Wire each section and bind with tape
- Tape together three of the foliage leaves to form the outline of the corsage. Without binding yet add one rose to these leaves directly in front of them. Add a leaf either side of this and add pieces of wax flower either side
- Add the second rose. In front of the second rose add another piece of wax flower and place your satin bow beneath this before placing a leaf beneath facing outwards.
- Bind everything together in one single stem .Cut stem to required length (should not be too long)
- Once it is all bound together gently lift up the second rose so it is looking slightly upwards at an angle from the first one.
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