The Simple Art of Ribbon DesignThis guide begins with a detailed survey of soft, sensual, luxurious ribbons from around the world - silks, satins, and synthetics available in a wider range of colors, textures, and sizes than ever before. After basic preparatory steps are reviewed, such as laundering, pressing, steaming, and hand-dyeing ribbons, the heart of the book unfolds - a flower guide to ribbon design, with sequenced steps for creating rose, pansy, poppy, peony, daisy, and leaf patterns, plus ribbon tassels, cords, and fringes as adornments for vests, hats, wreaths, pillows, and other items. |
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acrylic paint arrangement attach basket basting thread Beginner TIME REQUIRED button centerpiece choose chrysanthemum clay centers color scheme colors and textures complement corsage corsage bouquet craft create decorations doily edge elements Embellishments flower designs flowers and leaves Fold the ribbon folded leaves French knot garment gather the ribbon General-purpose needle Glue gun optional half daisy Hanah Silk holiday ornament holiday stockings hollyhock Intermediate TIME REQUIRED leaf shape length of ribbon lightweight fabrics mail-order catalogs milliner's needle Mokuba needle and thread needle for lightweight organdy Glue gun pansies peony petals piece of ribbon placecards polymer clay poppy REQUIRED 1 hour ribbon flowers ribbon or fabric rose selvedge shape silk and organdy silk ribbon SKILL LEVEL Beginner SKILL LEVEL Intermediate soft-edge ribbon stem streamer bouquets Styrofoam Styrofoam ball tacking or gluing tassel tote tussie-mussie undecorated underside variegated variety of colors vase Vitruvian scroll wire wire-edge ribbon wrapping wreath