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easy ribbon roses

by Chloe on May 1st, 2007

I learned this method of making roses out of ribbon as a child, and have been making them ever since.  They’re easy, look great and work with different widths of ribbon.

For this demo I used 1 1/2 inch wide grosgrain ribbon.

Cut a length of ribbon approximately 18″ to 24″ long (shorter if you’re using narrower ribbon)  Fold it in half and make an “L” shape, like this:

ribbonrose1.jpg

Next, take the half of the ribbon that’s pointing down and fold it over so it’s pointing up.

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This is what it looks like from the back:

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You need to fold the ribbon on top of itself, alternating ribbon ends.  The next step in the photo above would be to fold the top down, and then fold the ribbon from right to left.  Always alternate the two pieces of ribbon.

Keep the ribbon pinched together (when you’re getting close to the end it may try and spring up at you!)  Fold the ribbon together until you reach the end.   Here’s a shot of the ribbon stack, still pinched together:

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Pinch the working ends of the ribbon together and release the rest of the ribbon.  It should look like this:

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Hold the ends together and gently pull one end of the ribbon.  Keep the end pinched against the ribbon you’re pulling.

It should gather together into this:

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You’ll have one end of ribbon that’s quite short and one will be long.  I prefer to stitch a couple of times in the center of the flower to hold everything together.  You can also stitch a bead or a charm into the center.  I trim the ribbon and put a dab of fray-check on the ends to keep them nice and tidy :-)

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