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Fig. 234—Crimp the edge with your fingers.
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Fig. 235—Draw these through your hand to bring them closely together.
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Fig. 236—Make the stem of a paper lighter.
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From your light green paper cut a circle measuring three and a quarter inches through its diameter and cut it in two to make the half circle for the calyx ([Fig. 238]). Remove the thread that holds the flower just below its petals and wrap the calyx closely around the lower part, tying it at the bottom; then cut a narrow strip of dark green paper and wrap it spirally around the stem, beginning at the top ([Fig. 239]). Let the wrapper extend a little below the lighter and twist the end to hold it in place. Spread the petals of your flower as much like the natural blossom as possible.
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Fig. 237—Tie the flower to the stem.
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Fig. 238—The calyx.
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Fig. 239—Wrap the paper spirally around the stem.
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Leaves
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Fig. 240—The leaves.
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Fig. 241—Twist each end into a point.
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For the leaves cut a strip of dark green paper six inches long and three-quarters of an inch wide ([Fig. 240]). Find the centre by folding the paper end to end and making the crease shown by the dotted line in [Fig. 240]. Gather it along this line, not with needle and thread—we use no needle in this work—but with your fingers, and pinch it together; then twist each end into a point ([Fig. 241]). With the sharp end of your scissors punch a hole directly through the centre, E ([Fig. 241]), and push the point of the stem through the hole, bringing the leaves as far up on the stem as you find them on the natural flower; then wrap and tie them in place.
The Bud
is made of a circle of dark green paper the diameter of which is three and a quarter inches ([Fig. 242]). Gather this circle between your fingers as you did the others and crimp the edge with the scissors. It will then form a little bag or cup like [Fig. 242]. Slip the bag over the head of the lighter and tie at the bottom, as in [Fig. 243]. If the bud does not take the proper shape at first, model it with your fingers until it is correct. Start the wrapping of the stem just above where the bud is tied and finish as you did the stem of the pink. Use small leaves on the bud stem, having the strip of paper just as wide, but considerably shorter than for the leaves on the stem of the open flower.
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Fig. 242—Make the bud of a circle.
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Fig. 243—Slip the bag over the head of the lighter.
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