When you have cut out your basic palm frond shape, peel any excess leaf (from the main leaf shape you started with) off the wire below the base of your newly cut palm frond, making sure the frond section is not peeled from the wire. Trim any excess fabric off the wire as shown in the photo.
Make Realistic Miniature Model Palm Trees from Paper or Fabric and Wire
By Lesley Shepherd, About.com Guide
Remove Excess Fabric From the End of the Miniature Palm Frond
Trimming the excess fabric from a miniature palm frond cut from a fabric plant leaf.
Photo copyright 2009 Lesley Shepherd, Licensed to About.com Inc.
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- Make Miniature Palm Trees in Several Styles for Scale and Model Scenes.
- Materials Used to Make Easy Model Palm Trees In Any Scale
- Choosing Fabric Plant Leaves Suitable for Making Model Palm Trees
- Remove Any Veins From the Fabric Leaves
- Cut Palm Frond Shapes From Fabric Leaves
- Remove Excess Fabric From the End of the Miniature Palm Frond
- Cut Basic Palm Frond Shapes From Paper
- Paint and Texture the Paper Palm Fronds
- Cut the Basic Palm Frond Into A Fringe
- Add Points to the Ends of the Leaves on the Model Palm Frond
- Assemble the Miniature Palm Fronds Into a Palm Tree
- Tape the Palm Tree Trunk Together
- Prepare Kraft Paper Strip for the Palm Tree Trunk Fibers
- Wrap the Trunk of the Miniature Palm Tree
- Shape the Fronds of the Model Palm Tree
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