Ribbon embroidery creates such a beautiful design using simple ribbons to make amazing designs! For those of you who are not very familiar with this type of embroidery, ribbon embroidery is a three-dimensional embroidery where you use ribbons on the needle instead of floss. Using your ribbon to put together your embroidery project will create something that looks store-bought!
Ribbon embroidery is accomplished by performing embroidered stitches on the delicate ribbon. Silk ribbons
of various lengths are frequently used to create delicate and complex patterns. Because silk ribbon embroidery is not as popular as other styles of needlework, it might be difficult to locate ribbons.
Here are 20 amazing ribbon embroidery tutorials for your next sewing project.
Valentine’s Day Envelope Pouch
Silk Ribbon Flowers – Delphiniums are a gorgeous and resilient perennial.
They are typically linked with formal, English-style gardens.
Delphinium blooms are tall and dignified and occur in purple, white, pink, and blue.
Silk Ribbon Sunflowers– There are many different types of sunflowers, each with a different amount of petals, but for this activity, I’m making 24 Petals.
So, theoretically, you should average 6 petals in each quarter, slightly overlapping into the next.
Rosebud Tutorial– In this tutorial she shares how to do a rosebud using a twisted chain stitch method.
Easy Rose Embroidery– If you’re having trouble with Silk Ribbon Embroidery flowers, here’s a simple variation that just takes two stitches. First, a Japanese Ribbon Stitch, then a French Knot.
5 Point Ribbon Flower
Ribbon Embroidery Embellishments
Looking for a supplier of Silk Ribbon? We love Etsy for finding hand-dyed ribbons as well as imported European silk Embroidery Ribbons. You can see the listings here on Etsy. Why use silk ribbons? While you can use other kinds of ribbon, it’s best to work with silk because It’s lightweight and very fluid and can easily be manipulated into stitches.
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