Satin rose clips

This is something that my mom taught me as a kid. A real simple way to make stunning satin roses.

Pick about a meter of satin ribbon. Fold it into half to form a V.
Now move one end go over the fold. Repeat with the other side.

Do this about 25 times. These folds will make the petals of the rose.
After this, you will end up with a neat pile of folds. Knot the free ends of the ribbon.


Let go of the stack of fold and you will get something like this...

Just pull one of the ends of the knot to get this..


Wasn't that easy?? Now just run your needle through the the enter to hold the petals in place and cut the extra tape. Here they are after being sewed in place.


I stuck them onto some felt and glued them onto a hair clip. I think they turned out great!

Cheers,
Aps

Keep calm..

Just a little something I did today.. Embroidery on handmade paper. I chose - Keep calm and write on.

I printed my pattern and transferred it to my paper using a carbon sheet.
I then pokes holes on the pattern so it would me during the embroidery. I used a tack pin to do this.
Now I just embroidered on the words.. Here is how it looks -
And I liked what I was looking at! I am now thinking of converting it into a postcard.. Just glue it on to a piece of cardboard and I have my card ready!

Cheers,
Aps

Tasseled!

I made my own tassels! Simple but time consuming.. All you need is a wide mouthed comb, thread and scissors.

Run the thread through the teeth of the comb depending on how long and thick you want the tassels to be.
I wound the thread around the comb about 25 times. I then bunched them together like this..

Pulled the almost-tassel from the comb and run my scissor through the unbunched end..

Done! Now repeat them about 30 times and sew them on to your stole or scarf and look hip!
Until next time, take care!

Love,
Aps