After all the Christmas decorations got taken down, my poor living room area was screaming for decorations.
Since Valentine’s Day is coming up, I wanted to do something RED.
I used Red Double Faced Satin Ribbon in 1 1/2″, Red/White Polka Dot Ribbon in 7/8″, and White/Red Doodlehearts Valentine’s Day Ribbon in 1 1/2″.
The first thing to do is to gather the ribbon. I used my ruffler foot for my sewing machine to gather the grosgrain ribbon. For the Double Faced Satin ribbon, I did a straight stitch on the largest stitch. Then I pulled one thread to gather it by hand.
Once gathered, I wrapped the ribbon to form a rose and took a needle and thread to it. I stitched through the bottom and wrapped and stitched to make sure it held in the shape I wanted.
If you are particular about thread showing, use a color that matches your ribbon. For both the gathering and stitching.
I gathered and stitched together all the ribbon in the same fashion.
Then I found a frame that I liked, I just found a cheap white one. I got some brown painter’s paper and cut it up to fit in the frame. You can use a grocery bag or a lunch bag and it would get the same effect.
I crinkled it up and flattened it out and put it in the frame.
Then I placed my flowers inside the frame how I wanted and played around with it for awhile. Once I got it how I wanted it, I hot glued the flowers down to the paper.
All finished!
This is such an easy project and really adds a lot to a space. I love it!
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Shirley!!!! I LOVE this! You are so talented! You need to open an etsy store so all of your fans can purchase your crafts! Valentines day is my all time favorite… I love it more than christmas and need the decorations to prove it
BeautifulJob!
Beautiful!! I absolutely love this!!! Great job!
Those turned out super cute! I feel inspired.
I am in LOVE!!! I am dying to try to make these! Thank You so much for sharing!
xoxoxo
I wan to make those, those will be cute for the flowers girls.
I love this! I may have to make one myself.
LOve the frame with the roses< you are so much talent!!!
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So CUTE!!!! what are the lengths of the ribbons? I didn’t see it on the directions.
Hi Claire! They were probably around a yard each. Maybe less? I am not sure; it’s been so long. You can gather your ribbon and start rolling it. When you get to the size you like, you can just cut off the rest and seal your ends. I might have even done that.
I HAVE to make this for each of my girls bedrooms! I’ve been looking for something perfect and this IS perfect!!
One question I am so curious how big your frame is and I’d love to see a picture of this on your wall in your living room just to get perspective!!!
Hi Dana! This frame is a 5 x 7. I don’t have it up right now, but when I did, it was sitting on my piano. I hope this helps!
You are so creative!! Beautiful crafts
Love these flowers…can’t wait to give them a try = D