Silk Ribbon Embroidery Tutorial - Iris
Creating Irises in Silk Ribbon
As you would no doubt see in the bulb
catalogues, Irises are available in so many
varieties these days.
The following is my version of a Bearded Iris.
This is stitched in my own dyed 7 mm Ribbon.
1: Two Ribbon Stitches downwards,
slightly crossing.
2: Two Ribbon Stitches coming from the
Centre, with a slight curve.
3: With the option of a second coloured ribbon,
three ribbon stitches, facing up.
4: With the same ribbon as earlier - place 1
loose ribbon stitch, 3/4 of the way up.
Press down with your fingers on the already
formed petals, to stop them pulling as you
take the needle and ribbon through.
One French Knot with 4 mm. Yellow Ribbon.
( Be careful when placing this Knot that it does
not go through the other ribbon stitches. )
5: 7 mm green ribbon coming from under the
flower, give it a tight twist and place the needle
through the base into the material, as in a
ribbon stitch. You may wish to take some
matching thread through in places to hold it
flat on the fabric.
Make a folded Ribbon Stitch for one leaf. This is
done by stitching down with the matching thread,
and then folding over and completing as normal.
Step 6: Then for variety add some straight leaves,
pulling the ribbon away to create a point. Many
more leaves can be added, than I have done.
This would also be the case if you were
stitching a group of Irises.
Next post, we shall delve into more delicate Irises
in 4 mm. ribbon.
Hint: Check out Bulb Catalogues online they are
excellent to give detail and colour
suggestions of the flowers.
Wonderful tutorial! Adorable baby pic of you. Thanks for visiting my blog and stop in again next week when I announce my birthday month (Sept) giveaway.
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hi carol.i'm ainul from malaysia.thank you for the wonderful tutorial.such a lovely iris.i do love ribbon embroidery but my works are not so good coz i'm still new .this is so much helpful..
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ReplyDeleteThese are lovely as well! :)
ReplyDeleteoi carol mande o passo a passo de rosa pois seus trabalhos são lindos deus te abençoe
ReplyDeletethanks carol for your wonderful embroideries
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