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Beginners' Silk-Ribbon Embroidery: Five Easy Stitches

comments (4) October 28th, 2008 in embroidery

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Vests come to life with asymmetrical floral designs embroidered with silk ribbon.
The basic straight stitch can be used for numerous effects.
Ribbon stitch makes great leaves or petals.
Vests come to life with asymmetrical floral designs embroidered with silk ribbon.

Vests come to life with asymmetrical floral designs embroidered with silk ribbon.

Photo: Sloan Howard
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French knots

French knots Sampler
1. Bring up at A, pull through. Holding ribbon or thread, lay needle on top.

2. Wrap ribbon or thread around needle two to three times. Insert needle at B a thread or two from A. Gently slide wrapped ribbon/thread down needle to rest against fabric, and pull through.



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Comments (4)

shifa shifa writes: hi! i love embroidery works very much i would like have more of these and ofcourse its really helpfull thanx
Posted: 11:48 pm on June 12th

dearly dearly writes: thanks its really help me
Posted: 5:05 am on February 20th

Peeshy Peeshy writes: I have never done SRE but would love to learn - what kind of a needle should I use?
Posted: 6:31 pm on November 17th

SusanGayle SusanGayle writes: I would love to take this up again but I can't find the ribbons anymore. I see some 2, 4, & 7mm but not 9 & 13 and no organza. I used Bucilla last time. That was all the was available in our area. Now the isn't any. Even the ones that pop up an a search don't seem to have many (or any).
Posted: 4:17 am on October 2nd

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