Learning to create your very own Designer Ribbons

July is learning how to make your own designer ribbons and trims using the latest and greatest in technology right here on this blog.

15mm Wide Organdy Ribbon Zippers and Gathering

15mm Organdy or Organza ribbon is available in a multitude of colours as well as prints. It will be very exciting to be stitching these with prints to include Polka dots, small dot, big dot, multi-dot, firworks, snowflakes, flowers, sayings. 

Tips: 

• New Microtex needle
• Tear Away  Stabilizer or cut away or dissolve-away stabilizer
• Floral stitch as seen below in recent postings
• Gathering foot as seen below
• Plain or fancy zipper 
• 40wt Rayon Embroidery thread
• 60weight bobbin thread

Where to add them: 

Sweater sleeves and fronts, bridal wear (imagine white on white), any apparel, denim jeans or jackets, aprons, dress jackets and skirts, heirloom items.
 

Gather your ribbon onto your Zipper and then add beading using beading foot

 

There are different sizes in beading feet for different beading size

Organdy 15mm ribbon is available in a variety of lengths

Blanket stitch is used to stitch beading to zipper

Great for Bridal, dresses, sweaters, costumes, home decorating.

Wrap the zippers and make Jewelry or sweater cuffs  to wear

Cut wider ribbons in half

Just having fun with wide ribbon Cut in half

Ribbon that was cut in half and stitched onto zipper with Stabilizer underneath

Sheerness of Ribbon provides soft effect on zipper