Tutorial: Silk Ribbon Embroidery fleece jacket from a sweatshirt

Kathleen of Yesteryear Embroideries shows us how to turn a favorite-but-worn old sweatshirt into a sweet fleece jacket with a few snips of the scissors, some simple hemming, and lavish embellishment with silk ribbon and beads. See the tute.

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.