Carol Daisy Craft Room Ribbon Stitch Design

Design in Ribbon Stitch Using Hand Dyed

Following through from the Video here are a few more hints and notes

that may be of assistance should you be wanting to learn the most

common and useful of SRE stitches. Typically it is used as a fill stitch

for petals, leaves, insects etc. The tutorial is based on a simple

design using a Hand Dyed 7mm Silk Ribbon.

( It may be difficult for some to purchase pure silk ribbon,

but it will reward you so much more than Satin Ribbon with

appearance, shaping and texture).

Vine is stem stitch 2 threads, Flowers and Leaves 7 mm Silk Ribbon.

(Hand Dyed Silk gives the variance as each petal is worked)

More details are shown on Ribbon Stitch Tutorial regarding the

shaping of the petals.

You will see that I prefer to place a layer of pelon under my fabric.

To me it makes a softer finish of the embroidery, and also if it is

a light texture fabric the view of the ribbon from one position

to another is hidden. So this being said keep a threaded needle

available to stitch off the ends. Doing each one as you go also keeps

your stitches from pulling if a ribbon end is snagged while working.

Touch up the ink markings with a wet a cotton bud if you have

drawn the design with a water erasable pen.