DIY Cheeky Roses

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Eventually, you get to the point where one of the strands doesn't have enough length to keep braidng. I snugged the strands tight (a different braid, the name escapes me now, but it's the same one you use for making keychain doodles from gimp.)

Congratulate yourself.




Then get back to work.




Eventually, you get a bouquet looking bunch of individual roses. I wrapped them up in this gorgeous brown piece of leather like a bunch of flowers from the florist, and I gave them to her like this. But I wasn't done yet.




I had intended to make a flogger all along, and I decided I needed a handle with some heft to it. The leather is heavy and a heavy handle would give it some balance. I had an idea that a flexible handle would be interesting. I went to Goodwill and bought a pair of ankle weights, the squishy neoprene kind. This particular set had a double ring of weight. I wanted to change it from a ring to a straight segment, but I could tell all the filling would spill out if I just cut it. So I sewed a pair of seams across the weight.