Monday, September 13, 2010

Gathered Ribbon Flower Turtorial

I am not very good at tutorials but I can't resist sharing how to make these ribbon flowers.

You will need, approx 12 inch piece of broad ribbon (min 3/4th to1 inch broad), the broader the ribbon the bigger the flower, needle, thread, some embroidery floss, large button for flower center.

1. Do running stitch in a zigzag pattern along the length of the ribbon, it doesn't have to very accurate.
  2. Complete the zigzag stitch on the entire length of the ribbon, I made 12 zigzag "V"s on mine.
 
3. Without cutting off the thread at the end gently start pulling the thread and bunching up the ribbon. 
 
4. This is how the bundled up ribbon looks (I didn't cut my ribbon flower from the ribbon roll till the end).

 
5. Stitch the two ends together with the same thread. Don't worry if it doesn't look too neat(mine doesn't :P), it'll anyway be hidden below the button. Fasten off the thread and cut off any loose ends

6. Stitch a button on top with some embroidery floss and your ribbon flower is ready

 Happy Crafting!

20 comments:

  1. wow... u make it sound so easy Juhi... thanks fr the tute...

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  2. so cute...love the tutorial...must try this one :P looks easy peasy :)

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  3. wow.... Thanks Juhi...its so beautiful.

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  4. How pretty! Will definitely try it :)

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  5. Wow this is a really neat tutorial...The flower look pretty and tidy too!Thanks a bunch!

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  6. Will have to try this one for sure. It does look easy.Thanks for the tut.

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  7. wow!.. its beautiful!.. thanku!! :)

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  8. This is lovely! Thanks for sharing Juhi! :)

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  9. Thanks for a lovely tutorial Juhi!! Lovely flowers!!

    P.S. I am waiting for the bow tying tutorial as well :D

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  10. Such an easy peasy one..but looks so super! Thanks for sharing girl!

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  11. Hey I made a card using flower from this tutorial.

    Have a look and let me know if I did it well enough!!

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  12. i think even i could do this!! wish me luck!

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  13. I saw your tutorial on Totally tutorials. These are really cute. I'll have to give this a try. Thanks so much for sharing.

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  14. I love how you turned out that ribbon into flower. I will definitely try to make that as a hair accessory.

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  15. just came across u r blog..really amazing craft work....added 2 my favourites:))

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  16. WONDERFUL THINKING, AMAZING!!!
    ADDED TO MY FAVORITES.............

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  17. Juhi! Amazing! will definitely give it a try. Saw the link at Sujana's blog.. Thank you.. :)

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  18. is a great tutorial i am happy to try this and follow u ..

    by
    anuprem

    http://anu-rainydrops.blogspot.in/

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