How to Make a Ribbon Embroidery Rose
Ribbon embroidery is a needlework craft that is unique. Many of the ways to make ribbon embroidery attachments are not ever used in thread embroidery--so if you like to embroider, you may like to learn a little about ribbon embroidery.
The roses are raised in ribbon embroidery, and these are attached after they are made.
- Difficulty:
- Easy
Instructions
Things You'll Need
- 7 to 9 mm ribbon
- a needle, and thread in the color of the ribbon
- a seed bead if you choose
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Prepare the ribbon.
Cut two lengths of the ribbon of your color choice in about 9 inch length each. Consider a color scheme you have in mind, since you may want to use this ribbon embroidery rose for a flower cluster.
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Start folding at one end.
Place the pieces of ribbon at right angles to each other and fold one over the other. We did this with paper as children to make the necks of animals and Christmas ornaments.
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Folding makes an accordion
Make an accordion fold.
Continue to fold one over the other until all the ribbon is used. This creates an accordion design.
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Ribbon rose created from this process
Pull one end only.
Holding both ends--sometimes I use a clamp on one end--pull one ribbon gently and watch the other ribbon tighten into a shaped flower.
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Push the ends inside.
Tuck the ends at the top of the rose inside with a little twist like a bud, and stitch with a needle and thread completely through all layers of the rose. If you choose to add a seed bead, come back up with the needle to the top, add the bead, and go back down through all layers.
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Tack with needle and thread.
Tack the stitching at the backside and cut the thread. Your single rose is completed. Now you can make more for a cluster of ribbon embroidery roses.
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