Learn 10 ways to make ribbon embroidery flowers including beautiful roses and rosebuds with silk/ satin ribbon in this easy tutorial
Time to practice ribbon embroidery! Today we will work an easy forget me nots miniature and apply the stitches we learned in the previous posts. And of course we will add some extra elements in our favorite floss :) If you're wondering why there's so much stuff about ribbon embroidery on the blog lately, it's because we're having a little ribbon embroidery festival this month! Well, this week is actually the last one, but I will try to give more tutorials for you in the next few days so that you have enough inspiration and guidance to try it yourself. Ribbon embroidery is quite easy, so don't hesitate to try it out and broaden your expertise further :) Before we start with the tutorial here are the posts you might want to read if you are a complete beginner in ribbon embroidery: Ribbon embroidery for beginners where you can read what materials and tools you need to start as well as how to start and end the ribbon when you are embroidering. 5 basic stitches for ribbon embroidery, we will use the straight stitch and ribbon stitch in this tutorial, in particular, so check this post if you're not familiar with these techniques. DIY silk ribbons if you want to use silk ribbons like me, but can't source it anywhere in your place of residence. I'm using DIY silk ribbons in this tutorial for the forget me nots and hand-colored satin ribbon for the leaves. So, now we are ready to go, let's start! Ribbon forget me nots tutorial First, we make the flowers. I'm using a technique which is kinda on the border between a straight stitch and looped stitch here. I still refer to it as straight stitches, but the fact stands that we are actually making loops, haha. So you start your stitch at the center of the flower and insert the needle approximately halfway where you really want your petal end. Don't pull the ribbon fully through, leaving it in a looped form on the surface of the fabric. It makes your petal dimensional and quite realistic as the end sort of “hangs in the air”. Make more flowers like that. 5 petals per flower is fine. Place them closer to each other to avoid white space in between. You can vary the sizes of the flowers to add more realism and make the ensemble more fun. Also don't worry if your petals start looking a bit to the left or right, or just aren't perfectly the same shape and look. All these imperfections will only benefit the work making it more entertaining to look at. For the stems, you can use any line stitch (I used stem stitch here) in the thread of similar color to the ribbons. Then add the leaves making ribbon stitches on these stems, piercing the ribbon at the top of your stitches. I also added branches with french knots to make the work a bit more interesting and placed french knots at the centers of the flowers. The result: It's actually quite easy and quick to work. Perfect for beginners and doesn't really require a pattern, Just place few flowers close together, surround with leaves and add some extra elements like french knots to complete the look. So try it out for now and next time let's work something a bit more complicated, shall we?
You can hand-embroider exquisite designs with just a few basic stitches: ribbon stitch, straight stitch, stem stitch, and French knots.
My love affair with silk ribbon embroidery started when Hubs bought me a couple of silk-embroidered tissue box covers from Belgium. Learning this delicate art was on my someday list which somehow never happened, Next life! I am sew in love with Di van Niekerk's breathtaking blog. It has everything about silk ribbon embroidery, stumpwork, video tutorials and more. There you will find the latest news and updates, learn more about stitches and techniques, and the most exquisite embroideries by talented artists the world over! Di van Niekerk is a professional fiber arts instructor, designer and author of 10 books. Di van Niekerk's website - http://www.dicraft.co.za Love the little girl's hair!
Our ribbon embroidery festival this month is continuing! After learning the basics of ribbon embroidery, how to start and end the ribbon when you work it, it is time to practice some basic stitches. In fact, some stitches you already know from hand embroidery and have probably already done them with thread. Actually, quite a lot of surface embroidery stitches can be worked with ribbons of smaller width because the scale of the material is similar. But when it comes to bigger and wider ribbons, replicating the hand embroidery stitches becomes impossible save for a few. Also, there are some exclusive stitches, moves, and techniques which are possible to work only with ribbons. We will take a look at a few today and later you will learn more during our festival. Lastly, we will practice few stitches working a pretty little flower :) Straight stitch Let's start with the most basic stitch. It's a straight stitch and we work it by coming up through the fabric at the beginning point of the stitch and then inserting the needle at the point where the stitch ends. Usually, because of the ribbon's width, these stitches will have sharp corners at the beginning and ending points, so it already looks like a petal. You can raise the stitch a little to give it more volume. Like that the stitch becomes more dimensional and doesn't have a sharp corner at the end. Ribbon stitch This one is ribbon exclusive. And one of my favorite! So, you come up to the front of the fabric at the beginning point, lay the ribbon down and pierce it where the stitch is supposed to end. When you pull the ribbon through, the stitch will have these nicely folded edges. My stitch has a sharp corner at the end, but, in fact, it won't necessarily look like that. It can have softer, rounder form at the end. Also, you can change the place of piercing the stitch – to the left side, or to the right side, and then the folding will be more intensive on one side. You can achieve many various looks with this stitch, it is very versatile, so make sure to try it out! Looped stitch Another quite dimensional stitch. Start the stitch by bringing the ribbon to the surface of the fabric at the beginning point and then inserting the needle close to the starting point, right behind/in front of it. This one fits softer ribbons better. I'm showing in satin ribbon like for other stitches, but satin ribbon is just a tad bit more rigid than silk so the stitch stands upright, haha. If you use silk ribbon or a softer satin ribbon, it will lay flat on the surface of the fabric. But even if you only have a satin ribbon you can still make it work if you anchor it with a discreet stitch in thread of the same color, attaching it to the fabric. Lazy daisy Yes yes, this is the ribbon cousin of our beloved lazy daisy stitch. If you're using a narrow ribbon, you can work it exactly like the one we make in thread. However, for bigger ribbons, some adjustments need to be arranged. To be more precise, we need a thread to make the anchoring stitch. You can take the thread in the same color as the ribbon, to make it less evident, or use a complimentary/contrasting color to boost the visual. So what we do, is start the stitch at the beginning point and insert the needle next to it, to the right or to the left side. As you pull the ribbon and give the stitch its desired length and form, take another needle and thread to make the anchoring stitch. So here's how it looks. You can vary the length and the thread color, so it can actually have many different appearances. Twisted stem Naturally, this stitch is not limited only to working flower stems, but still the most common way of using it is for stems and twigs. After you bring the ribbon to the front side of the fabric, start twisting the ribbon on itself. Then insert the needle at the ending point of the stitch. Thanks to the twisting, more often than not, your stitch will bend or curve in some way, which also looks pretty natural for stems. If you want to give it some special form or curve you can use thread to make dsicreet stitches that will hold it in the place and form you need. Practice flower Now, how about working a little flower to practice ribbon embroidery? I couldn't help but use my favorite stitches here, but you can use any stitch you want. Actually, to practice more seriously, I believe it is better to make flowers with each of described above stitches. This way you will get more used to ribbon as your material and will understand its behavior better. For this flower, I used 2 satin ribbons and one organza (the yellow one). The green ribbon is 12 mm, the red one is 25 mm, the yellow one is 4 mm. And the whole flower will take you 10-15 minutes to work. 5 minutes if you already got used to ribbons. As you see from the first picture, the stem didn't want to keep the curve, so I fixed it with a couple of hidden stitches in thread of the same color. They need to be very small to stay hidden though, be careful. And yes, that's a french knot worked in ribbon! You can do that easily with narrow ribbons. The wider ones will present more struggle, but if necessary, it is still possible. Just don't hurry when you do the knots, they require some patience. So, now you know some basic stitches for ribbon embroidery which is quite enough to get you started. Practice, make yourself accustomed to the new material and we will continue our festival in the next post! Stay tuned :)
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Use these free silk ribbon embroidery designs to make romantic floral embroidery motifs with beautiful texture and dimension.
You can hand-embroider exquisite designs with just a few basic stitches: ribbon stitch, straight stitch, stem stitch, and French knots.
Like I promised in the last post, here's one more tutorial for ribbon embroidery. Meet the yellow tulip! If you need more background information on ribbon embroidery, then first go the forget me nots tutorial and check the links mentioned there or just go through the ribbon embroidery tag and you will find everything you need. In the last post, I said that we will work something more complicated this time. But you know, actually, it's not like this tulip tutorial is really complicated. It's just that there are a bit more elements, that's all. Working them all, though, will be a piece of cake, I promise :) So now, take your ribbons and let's start. Ribbon embroidery tulip tutorial First, to work tulip, make a pair of straight stitches next to each other. Because I'm using a wider ribbon, you can see how the stitches are already puffed up. But they don't really look like a tulip yet so we can do more stitches. The new stitch starts a bit lower than the previous ones because it is really hard to start it in the same place and not snag on the other stitches. Besides, starting it lower makes the shape of the tulip a bit longer which is a good thing, because we would be increasing only the width otherwise. Tulips are closer to oval shapes, after all. So that's how it looks after the third stitch. I actually wanted to make one more stitch, starting it below the previous one and finishing at the right top angle. But, to be honest, it already looks like a nice tulip to me. The almost opened kind, you know? The drapes of the ribbon on the last stitch create an illusion of two petals, so I think it is enough. See for yourself, though, when you work your tulip. If you feel like adding the fourth stitch, do it. Next, I added some stems for the tulip and the leaves branches next to it. The tulip itself doesn't have a leaf here, but it will go together with pretty twigs, haha. The stitches used here are stem stitch and whipped back stitch. Now ribbons stitches (pierced) for the leaves. Be patient and pull the ribbon through slowly to not tug the part of the ribbon that is supposed to stay on the surface of the fabric. It's particularly important when you are using delicate silk ribbons. They are very easy to snag on. The mid-result. Now, how about adding more twigs? Let's add there these teeny tiny things using a small width ribbon and short stitches. It can be buds or small berries or whatever you want. If the length of your stitches will equal the width of the ribbons they will be more round-shaped. Or make them elongated by finishing stitches a bit further from the starting point. To be frank, it would be better if I did the twig first for the background and then the tulip and leaves. But I kind of went with the flow, adding the elements on the go, so that's how it went. I also made some of the stems a bit longer if you compare to the mid result. I think it's really cool how the colored ribbons create this variety of color – every stitch, every element is unique and the whole work remind of watercolor illustrations. You might wonder why I didn't work the stems with ribbon as well. Well, it's because I didn't find a suitable ribbon and I didn't want to use the same as for the leaves. But it's fine, stems in thread work just as well! I'll try to post the last tutorial on Sunday. I want to show you how to color ribbons when they are worked, so please look forward to it and have a nice weekend!
Ribbon embroidery is a romantic, old art that uses ribbon, embroidery floss, and perle cotton to work beautiful floral motifs and decorative stitch patterns by hand on garments and accessories. I love the antique quality of this form of embroidery, and I use it to embellish crazy-quilted bags and purses,contemporary garments as well as cushion … Continue reading "Ribbon embroidery Step By Step Image Tutorial"
A Creative Embroidery kit using fabric,threads,and templates to produce a Creative Embroidery, embellished with beads, sequins etc. Full, detailed instructions included. Size : 24cm x 19cm (9.5" x 7.5" )Approx Colour : SELECT
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Hand embroidery is so relaxing, and small projects can go anywhere with you. Here are 10 Easy Embroidery Stitches to Embellish Your Projects!
Judith Baker Montano –– From best-selling author Judith Baker Montano Globally recognized needlework expert Judith Baker Montano shares 180 stitches and 70 combinations in this must-have stitch guide featuring the best from Elegant Stitches and Floral Stitches. With even more traditional embroidery stitches, silk ribbon stitches, and crazy quilting combinations, this beautiful handbook has an updated section of free-form inspiration for improvisational work. With full-color illustrations and advice for left-handed stitchers, the essential reference goes far beyond the basics! • Full-color illustrations of 180+ stitches including embroidery, silk ribbon stitches, crazy quilt combinations, and advice for left-handed stitchers • From best-selling author and globally recognized needlework expert Judith Baker Montano • Hidden wire-o binding makes for easy reference use #11122 192p color 5.25 x 9 ISBN: 978-1-61745-077-8 UPC: 734817-111221 (eISBN: 978-1-61745-078-5) Related Blog Posts Make a Folded Ribbon Rose from Judith Baker Montano's Essential Stitch Guide Spotlight on Embroidery Titles The link will open in a new tab or window.
This listing is for: 5 hand dyed and sewn Secret Garden ribbons. It has pinks, corals, oranges, greens, violets and brown shades The last two pictures show the ribbon wrapped on a wrist. Each ribbon is approximately: 38-41 inches length X 1/2 inch width and sewn to a point. Gorgeous velvety soft and subtle silk ribbons are great for your lampwork art beads, custom jewelry or craft items! This texture of this silk is so delicate and feels wonderful to the touch. I hand-dye and/or paint and sew these ribbons using only 100% silk. I make my own custom colors. No two ribbons are exactly alike. All ribbons are sewn to a point on the ends. They are ready to be used as a simple necklace with your favorite pendant. You can add charms and make bracelet wraps, add your favorite pendant or even your class ring. If you are unsure of how to use ribbons. message me and I can help! Sewn and hand-dyed with love! Thanks for looking! I will ship internationally. Please note*** Due to the volume of order, some ribbons will come crinkled. Ribbon listings will be edited to add extra time for ironed ribbons vs a shorter processing time for un-ironed ribbons. If you absolutely have to have your ribbons ironed write in the notes to seller. I will add a week to the processing. time. Iron with a little bit of steam. If a section is wider dab a little bit off water then iron to even the ribbon out. The silk is pretty sturdy. The edge thread can melt if the iron is hot. Test the heat by ironing a thread end.
Needle Book Kit, Make Your Own Needles Case Sewing Kit, Christmas Gift A gorgeous box of vintage goodies, including everything you needle to make one of these beautiful Vintage Needles cases. Antique quilt pieces , felt, vintage lace and all the embellishments included. Cut out and ready to make with full instructions Presented in a little gift box. Choose from 7 different designs.Select from the drop down menu. The needle book in the main photo is number 7. A fabulous collections vintage goodies that will delight any crafter. I have just a few of these very special vintage boxes.Each one is unique and made with genuine vintage items and so may vary slightly from the photo.
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This little box is just the right size to hold a small sewing project. It measures 5" x 5" x 5". The top is closed by drawing the ribbon through the beads. This listing is for the pattern only. The pattern may be purchased as a paper pattern, paper pattern with beads, paper pattern with beads and ribbon, or as a digital PDF download. Please choose your option when ordering. Supplies needed - 4 wooden bead (2mm hole) / 1 yard 1/8" ribbon / embroidery background fabric 14" x 14" / lining fabric 14" x 20"/ binding fabric 6" x wof / 5" x 5" tag board / Cosmo floss 466,575,2310,685,895 / batting International customers - Please visit my Etsy shop to purchase a PDF of this pattern - ETSY
This kit brings back wonderful memories of coastal visits. One large design printed on tweed fabric brings both the sea and the sand to life with lots of texture - and even fish sequins!
Oooh la la! French knots - so very fancy - and so very frustrating. When you don't know the trick to them, that is. For years I had a love/hate relationship with them. I loved the effect - there's nothing quite like it for teeny polkadots and nubbly texture. But I hated their unpredictability. Sometimes
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You might have noticed I’ve been reviewing quite a few hand embroidery kits lately. Back in April, we discussed designer’s embroidery kits – that is, embroidery kits directly from the designer, as opposed to embroidery kits that you might find at a big box craft store or similar. Since then, I’ve been reviewing some kits ...
THIS KIT CONTAINS FULL SKEINS OF THREAD - there is enough thread to complete both the needlecase and the scissor keeper, i.e. if you purchase a full kit of one and a pattern and print of the other, threads will be sufficient for both. and more. FEATURED IN INSPIRATIONS NO: 85 The needle case is one of the designs from the Embroidered Country garden series and is featured in my book – Embroidered Country Gardens - published by Search Press - https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/717794653/book-embroidered-country-gardens-by?ref=shop_home_active_4 https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/775515966/un-jardin-anglais-french-publication?ref=shop_home_active_10 This luxurious kit contains absolutely everything needed to complete it. This new design has been created for the person who has some experience of embroidery. The design is printed onto the scissor keeper. This can be added to from the design sheet supplied if so desired - the stitcher adds as many flowers as they would like to create their own garden. The design has been worked on a pure linen/cotton blend fabric, using perle No12 threads. Fabric is supplied for the back and front of the scissor keeper. In addition backing muslin/calico is included, as well as a full set of 18 skeins of thread, a pair of Italian stork scissors, needles and a comprehensive set of photographs, instructions and stitch glossary. Finished size of design approx: 3½” x 2” or 8 x 5cm(embroidered area) If you have already purchased a full kit for the needlecase then you need only purchase a P & P for the scissor keeper as threads supplied will do for both. All of my designer kits are beautifully packaged and presented in sturdy carrier bags, making them very suitable as gifts.
Let's continue learning how to stitch dimensional flowers! This time we will take a look at cast-on stitch and how to use it to work pretty floral motifs. First of all, cast-on stitch is quite similar to bullion knot both in way of working (well, just to some extent) and in ways of using. So, if you don't know yet what is a bullion knot and how to work it, I recommend checking the linked post. By the way, choosing a needle is one more reason why cast-on stitch and bullion knot can be considered distant cousins. As you know, bullion knot requires using Milliners needle, or a needle remotely similar (yes, there are suitable ones, I've used some) with a long thin shaft and narrow eye. The same goes for cast-on stitch. Although the loops aren't wrapped around the shaft as tightly as in the case with bullion knot, still, Milliners needle or its substitutes will serve greatly to make the process as smooth as possible. Today we will learn how to work cast-on stitch and see two ways of making flowers with its help. Cast-on stitch tutorial So, first, you need to make a stitch from one point to another, the distance between these points determining the length of the stitch. Then bring the needle up in the same hole from where it first emerged (or the one next to it if it is hard to bring the needle up without catching the thread with your needle's tip). Actually, in some tutorials, you will see the needle lying on the surface of the fabric, but I find it easier when it stands upright. Now the trickiest part of the whole process. Making a loop. For that, bring your finger under the working thread and then make a rolling motion, bringing the fingertip down. When you do that, the working thread stays wrapped around the finger, forming the loop. Unfortunately, I couldn't take the picture of the movement as one of the hands was occupied by the camera. But here is a nice youtube tutorial: video tutorial. Basically, this is the essential part of the process. If your cast-on stitch doesn't work, you might be doing something wrong in this step. So be careful! 1. The loop around your finger will look like that. Look closely how the thread crosses there. 2. Now slide the loop down the needle's shaft. 3. Pull the thread, so that the loop sits on the shaft comfortable and cozy. 4. Then add as many loops as you need on top of each other. The number of loops can be different, depending on the shape of the final stitch you want to achieve. Fortunately, if you work the stitch with the needle standing upright – you don't really need to count the loops. Just bend the needle down a little and compare if it fits the length of the stitch. The more loops you cast on the needle, the more arched will be the stitch. 5. When you decide that the number of loops is enough, pull the needle through them. 6. And anchor your stitch at the ending point of the stitch. Here is the final look of the cast-on stitch. A couple of tips: In step 4 you can notice the forming of a rib, which is also most likely to start spiraling. This is not very good. I mean, it is not really harmful for the stitch per se, but if you pull the thread before adjusting the rib in one straight line, you will have some trouble with fixing the stitch and giving it a proper look. So, remember: before pulling the needle through, adjust the loops so that the rib is one straight line. You might notice that sometimes the rib of the cast-on stitch is a little wavy, and sometimes it is absolutely even. The “wavy” thingy happens when some loops have a larger gap between each other than the other ones. I caught an example so look at the picture below. This gap makes results in the “wave”. If you don't want any waves you need to adjust every loop, making sure all of them sit evenly on the shaft. And if you like this wavy effect, you can allow yourself to be sloppier when casting the loops and not mind the difference in the gaps. The arrow shows you the gap between the stitches that results in a little wave in the final stitch. Also, note how the rib forms a straight line here. Now, if you cut the distance between the starting and ending points of the stitch but keep the higher number of loops... You will get a very arched tiny stitch. Doesn't it remind you of a flower petal? Add a couple more and get a pretty flower :) Cast-on stitch rose And now the star of this post: the gorgeous cast-on stitch rose! 1. Outline the shape of your future rose and divide the circle into 5 parts. The first stitch will start at the point 1 and end at point 3. Note that you need to skip one point! 2. The next stitch, or petal, starts at point 2 and ends at point 4. Note that the start of the stitch is situated inside the curve of the previous stitch, somewhere in the middle of it. 3. The last petal starts at point 5 and ends at point 1, behind the first stitch. If needed, you can bend the first stitch a little to open more space. 4. For the next “level” you can use 4 points like the ends of a square. Again, as you stitch, skip one point every time, and start the petals in the middle of the curve of the previous one. 5. The four points strategy creates a very pretty spiral! 6. You can fill the small space in the center with tiny arcs of cast-on stitch, like I demonstrated before. That's all! Hope you enjoyed and will try to incorporate this stitch in your next project :) And we are going to learn one more stitch for a dimensional flower this week. I wonder if you can guess which one? 🤔
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Stitch a pretty border of Forget-me-nots and Daisies in silk ribbon embroidery and create the perfect place to store your needles. When completed, the needle roll ties very neatly around a vintage style wooden bobbin. The bobbin also serves as a handy stand to store your scissors whilst you are stitching The kit includes the design printed onto the fabric, muslin for backing, silk ribbons, threads, lining fabric, needles, a wooden spool and a complete set of instructions with colour photographs and stitch diagrams. The embroidered area measures 11cm x 4.5cm (4¼” x 1¾”) or as desired and a 15cm or 6″ hoop/frame is recommended for working this design.
Wanderlust is our bulkiest yarn yet - lofty, luscious and all sorts of yummy in a range of gorgeous handcarded and handspun colors.
You can hand-embroider exquisite designs with just a few basic stitches: ribbon stitch, straight stitch, stem stitch, and French knots.
