FIVE PETAL FLOWER Gathered Ribbon Flower
A very simple flower to add to your list of achievements. Put simply the petals are formed by making small tacking stitches on the ribbon in a box pattern and gathered up to form a circle, with a bead or French knot centre. 1 . Cut off a length of ribbon ( eg 7 mm. approx. 15 cm. ) The length of ribbon will be determined by the ribbon width and fullness you wish to have in the petal. 2 . Mark out the ribbon into 5 equal areas. I then mark with small dots with an erasable pen. Illustration below is Green thread to distinguish in photo. 3 . With matching sewing thread, begin at one end of the ribbon, by overstitching the thread. This prevents the thread from pulling straight through when you are gathering up the flower. 4 . Stitch as per this photo. Most important the thread has to loop over the ribbon on the same edge you start your tacking. If you miss 1 of these it will not g...