FREE SRE DESIGN - Ribbon Stitch Flowers

Silk Ribbon Embroidery Projects

  Ribbon Stitch Flowers with Buds

Supplies:

 

 2 Metres 7 mm. Dk Apricot Silk Ribbon

             .5 Metre of  DMC Metallic Thread or substitute.

Small Butterfly Charm   Seed Beads

 1:  The Flowers are worked  first in 7 mm. using 

Ribbon Stitch in a clockwise manner.

 2:  With 1 strand of the gold, small straight 

stitches out from the centre of the flowers.

 Stitch 3 or 4 Seed Beads into the centre.

3:  Buds are in Ribbon Stitch also.

 4:  Stem Stitch from the Buds to the Flower Heads,

and one fly stitch around the base of the Bud.

 5:   Lazy Daisy leaves in Metallic Thread with some

scattered around the outside of the flower spray.

 6:   Stitch down the butterfly charm, with gold

Sewing thread.

 

FREE SRE DESIGN - Apricot Roses

Silk Ribbon Embroidery Projects

 Spider Web Roses in Apricot  

Refer to the Spider Web Rose Tutorial to 

prepare the embroidery.

         Supplies:

 1 Metre  Dark Apricot 4 mm Silk Ribbon

1 Metre Pale Apricot  4 mm Silk Ribbon

  .5 Metre Olive Green 4 mm. Silk Ribbon

  .3 Metre Matching Green Cotton Thread

 1: Create the Centre of the Spider Roses in

 Dk Apricot, then change to the Paler colour.

 Make sure you stay in sequence when

 changing ribbons.

 2:  The buds are Detached Chain Stitch, leaving

 a longer tip when taking the needle back through

 This will be part of the rose tip.

 3:  Place a Y stitch around the base of the bud

 and continue on with stem stitch across to the Full

  Rose. Place 2 small straight stitches at the

tip of the rose bud in green thread.

4:  Leaves are in  Ribbon Stitch.

FREE SRE DESIGN - Spider Web Roses

Silk Ribbon Embroidery Projects 

Spider Web Roses with Fern and Baby Breath.

Refer to this blog for Stitch Tutorial -

Spider Web Roses with French Knots.

Roses, Rosebuds and the Rose Leaves are in

4 mm. Silk Ribbon.

You will Require:  

Silk Ribbon:

.5 mt. of 4 mm in 4 Colour Tones of Pink

 Cream Silk Ribbon - Baby's Breath 

 Mt. Green Silk Ribbon - Leaves 

Embroidery Threads:

Green to Match Green Ribbon.

Fawn or Olive  for Fern.

Option of a Pearl for the Centre of 1 Rose.

 1:  The Spider Roses.  The larger one and

the top rose are one straight colour.

The 3 rd. is Pink in the centre with a lighter

colour on the outside.

 2:  Next work the buds in Detached Chain Stitch.

two straight stitches at the tip in Green Thread.

 3:  Green Thread - Stem Stitch all the stems to

the buds and leaf stems.

Lazy Daisy Leaves on the two branches.

 4:  Rose and Bud :Leaves in Ribbon Stitch.

 5:  Fly stitch scattered in 1 strand of the

tan thread.

 6:  French Knots in Cream Silk Ribbon for the

Baby's Breath.

FREE SRE DESIGN Heart

Silk Ribbon Embroidery Projects

Running Stitch / French Knot Combination

Refer Stitch Tutorial on this blog.

Silk Ribbons in three complimentary colours.

Lazy Daisy Leaves in Cream Embroidery Thread.

Lime Green Seed Beads stitched down amongst

 the flowers.

Measures:  7 cm  across  x 6 cm high.

Requires 3 or more colours in 4 mm Silk Ribbon

approx. 1 metre of each colour.

1 Metre of Embroidery Thread,

Small amount of  Small Seed Beads

1:  Where the X is marked, place

Running Stitch / French Knot Flowers, 

in groups of 3 or 4.

 2:  With 2 strands of  Embroidery Thread

create small leaves in Lazy Daisy Stitch, coming

from between or under the flowers.

3:  Sew on Seed Beads in any gaps

remaining.

FREE SRE DESIGN -Small Daisy Spray

Silk Ribbon Embroidery Projects 

Here is a simple design that I have added to the

collar of a girls dress. ( Size 3 ) Of course

 you may wish to use it in another application.

   The colours are just as a suggestion. Whatever 

ribbon scraps you have in your 

sewing box could be used.

Ribbons:

4 mm. Silk Ribbon in Pink, Lemon, Blue, Yellow, 

Green, Pink /Purple.

Threads:

Green, Yellow, Lilac Embroidery Threads.

Beads: Small Pearls for the Daisy Centre.

Place pelon at the back of the area to be Embroidered,

with tacking stitches to hold the two together.

 1: Stem Stitch the fern stalk and

lazy daisy leaves. ( 2 Strands)

 2: In a circular movement make Ribbon Stitches

in Pink for the centre daisy. Stitch the Pearl

 into the Centre.

3: Small Ribbon Stitch Flowers with 5 petals in

Lemon Ribbon.

 4: French Knots in Blue Ribbon ( 3 Wraps )

four knots per flower. Yellow thread French Knot

 for the centre, using 1 strand of thread.

 5: Place 2 Green Ribbon Stitch Leaves between

the petals of the larger daisy as shown in design.

 6: With Purple / Pink Ribbon work one Running Stitch/

French Knot Combination.

 7: Using 1 Thread of the Lilac Embroidery Thread,

three wraps. place small French Knots around the outside

of the flowers.