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How to make silk ribbon dragonflies

January 23, 2012 by Denise Felton Leave a Comment

Carol Daisy explains how she creates these sweet little silk-ribbon-and-bead dragonflies. See her post.

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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