How to Make a Tongan Ribbon Fakaha'apai!

Today we’re sharing how to make a ribbon and flower Tongan fakaha’apai!
Lei twine amzn.to/3j8NnF9
Acetate satin ribbon amzn.to/3BAN6kE
Foam flowers amzn.to/3WiQfNW
Satin flowers amzn.to/3Yk5iJ0
Etsy ribbon roses
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Welcome makers, today’s tutorial we are making a ribbon fakaha’apai! I needed a fakaha’apai for a church dance number and could not find any information on how to make one. After studying the few pictures I could find online, this is what I came up with and I am excited to share it with you! Don’t forget to subscribe to our channel and give this video a like.
00:00 Intro
00:25 Starting with Ribbon
01:43 Attaching the Ribbon
03:19 Folding the Ribbon
03:49 Note on Roses
04:33 Making the Waistband
07:00 Sewing Ribbon to Waistband
08:30 Rubber bands
09:42 Gluing the Roses
11:05 Removing Bands
11:19 Another Example
12:41 Final Thoughts

[@maddhatter5283]

thank you thank you thank you!! you are right there is NO information unless you go to your old aunties to learn how to make this kind of stuff. please please please keep posting! your content is valuable!!

[@manoanabai9404]

Awww man thank you so much ❤❤

[@ltmg9832]

Thank you! I need this for my fahu crew! They’re not traditional and more palangi so this is so helpful. They’ve done so much for my family. So it’ll be a great surprise! Really helps for the Tongan diaspora to connect to our roots. Mālō Aupito! 🙏🏾❤️✨

[@makeitmegan]

Thanks for watching and good luck!

[@rosemaryfifita4540]

You are absolutely amazing! Thank you for taking time to share all these Tongan crafts. You read all our minds! We have always wondered and wanted to learn, but no one has been willing to share until now!

[@makeitmegan]

Thank you so much!! ♥️🌺

[@nokeahz]

Just a tip sis, fakaha'apai's are mostly made out of poly ribbon or ribbon that has a plastic slippery touch and is easy to fold. But besides that your fakaha'apai looks amazing!

[@makeitmegan]

Thanks for the tip! And thanks for watching!

[@elizabethwasigitoni6494]

This is what I was waiting for 🥰🥰🥰thank you for your videos 😍really helpful 😊

[@makeitmegan]

Thanks for watching!

[@tongansaggi]

Amazing channel Megan. Appreciate all your efforts in putting these videos together so those of us who want to learn can do so. Keep up the great work. Looking forward to more videos.

[@iamDonareen]

I CANT WAIT for you to go to Tonga, come back and teach us! Thank you again!!!!!

[@user-cw2pq7vw5s]

Waw thankyou so much

[@6House99]

Thank you so much for this tutorial. I have been wanting to learn how a fakahaapa'i for our small dance group. Appreciate it.

[@makeitmegan]

Thanks for watching! Let me know how it turns out! ♥️🌺

[@Vnz__200]

Amazing please please do more on to how make tongan teungas please ❤

[@kmp143yu2]

Malo aupito Megan! You're so right. I try to learn from my own but you have to have the patient to listen and the time to teach someone. Alot of the time it's like made fun of to ask some. But I moved to the States just before they started, including us younger ones to learn. The basics of weaving and making things. So, I missed out. But your videos help me so much, I'm truly grateful to you!

[@lolinitaewell9700]

Thank you so much!!! I have been wanting to make myself and my 2 daughters one but it is so hard to get my mom and grandma to help these days. Especially since my girls are hafakasi palangi I still want to teach them our traditions and this something I can make with them and hopefully make it a new tradition for our family. Thank you so much!

[@makeitmegan]

Thanks for watching! So important for our children and next generation to learn ♥️🌺

[@ainatapumcgregor626]

Aww you’re amazing, thank you for the tutorial on how to make one myself ❤

[@Kitana2020]

Thank you for sharing your tips, I can now make one for my daughter. I see that the satin ribbons and the colourful dye fau is in fashion now. Good job!

[@hannahwilliams83]

Thankyou absolutely love this ive been trying to find out how to make these ,appreciate your channel I'm forever grateful I've found your channel. ❤❤❤❤

[@Olodelle2000]

Just the video I need to make the Fkhaapai❤

[@wat676]

You are amazing!!!! Thank you for putting this out. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and not being stingy with it. I hope you get to go to Tonga and learn everything you want to learn. ❤ ofa atu

[@user-xq7ju9hj3y]

I’m so grateful for all your wonderful videos !

[@makeitmegan]

Thank you so much for watching! ♥️🌺

[@selafifita7509]

Amazing. Thank you for this tutorial. Love that you also put up the list of items and link to find it. I love that you also put the video's timeline so it's easier to jump around to where we left off. Malo 'aupito ❤❤

[@lilienskudder3386]

I really needed this in my life right now. Thank you.

[@makeitmegan]

♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@tanielasunia4733]

Thank you❤

[@neomailangi3445]

Thanks for sharing!! Love it!!❤

[@mmalupo22]

Looove this❤️ So Beautiful🥰 Thank you so much for sharing your mad skills🤗 Appreciate it!

[@anavainikolo4453]

Thank you for your share your talents It’s so beautiful

[@makeitmegan]

Thanks for watching!! ♥️🌺

[@iamDonareen]

I really appreciate these videos! THANK YOUUUU SO MUCH!!!!! Making 2 for my boys to wear for a Tongan dance number!

[@amandatualevao1838]

Soooo beautiful.Yes, Absolutely right.Its better to watch,learn,so I can do my own.I like to follow up the direction but it's so fast the demonstration.I like learn it.

[@makeitmegan]

Thanks for watching!

[@nokeahz]

thank you for your videos ! So helpful malo e ngaue fakaofoofa ee

[@makeitmegan]

Thank you for watching!

[@ajul21520]

Very cool. Love it

[@nanisevake1097]

Great video! Thank you nd I hope you make it out back to the motherland!

[@1fololina]

I want to thank you again and hope that you continue to make your videos. Just an fyi....the part of the Fakaha'apai that you skipped (it was the part that goes between the flowers and the base)....those are single slip knots that alternate direction. I hope that made sense😊 Anyway, great work🏆🏆🏆👍👍👍❤

[@makeitmegan]

Thank you so much! I will try that out the next time I make one!!!! ♥️🌺

[@evad7826]

Thank you sooo much for this!! My brother is getting married to a lovely Tongan lady and we want to do a Tongan dance for them but I have no idea where to find these waist garments. Grateful for your video 🥰

[@LeiTaomia-Pale]

Love this. Thank you for you videos.

[@makeitmegan]

Thanks for watching! 🌺♥️

[@FepakiKanitivuka-xl4cy]

Thanks for showing us how to do Fakaha'apai. I am now learning from your video how to do fakaha'apai for myself. Can u please do a video of how to do the roses.

[@salotenibell5979]

Great job

[@islander9800]

Omg thank you I’ve been dying to learn this

[@makeitmegan]

Thank you for watching! ♥️🌺

[@TuituiVakauta-wj2xm]

Thank you for the video

[@bhokafonu1]

Thanks I'm going to do mine

[@masitaufahema7438]

This was a nice tutorial, just another tip, fold the accordion a bit smaller, maybe around half an inch. It’ll look nicer and have a better 3D shape :). Cheers!

[@makeitmegan]

Appreciate the advise and thanks for watching!

[@salotenibell5979]

You can use a pc. of fabric as a backing for the waist of the fakahaapai

[@LinRin-hq9pt]

Malo Aupito, how long did it take to finish ?

[@4-2fo-ou69]

Tōatu, sai ho’o ‘ai mai ‘a e vitiō pehē ní ‘o pousi hake he TH-cam ke ‘oua te mau toe hela takai holo hono kumi ha taha ke mau ako mei ai hono ngaohi ‘a e me’ani, kae ngofua pē ke mau lomi’i hake pē eni he opé ‘o ako hangatonu pē mei ai, mālō e toka’i mo e ngāue lahi ‘oku faí.✨🥰💓💞💖

[@amandatualevao1838]

Does it matter what kind color I can use.

[@makeitmegan]

You can use any color combination or amount of colors!

[@josephinekatoanga3768]

Hello what is the name of the red ribbon you are braiding? Malo

[@makeitmegan]

It is the household twine I use to make all my leis. You can sometimes find it at an asian market. I also linked it in the description box on Amazon

[@user-cw2pq7vw5s]

now I know,I don’t need to rely on Tonga

[@latufjmahe9234]

Malo

[@salotenibell5979]

Great job