Ribbon Work Techniques

I love flowers and gardens, I love to look at them and wear them all year long! The Petals and Posies Series begins with simple flowers and progressively becomes more challenging as with each pattern. These are all ribbon-work techniques, they do not include embroidery techniques.

Petals and Posies 1- ribbon worked flowers and leaves

This project will introduce you to hand-stitched flowers and leaves which are made from a variety of ribbons including French wire, dyed silk bias, and satin. These flowers can be made into corsages or used to decorate baskets and gifts.
The flowers taught in class are: rosette, double edge rosette, berry, rose hip, single-edged rose, double-edged rose, curled leaf, and a small bud or leaf.

Petals and Posies 2- ribbon worked flowers and leaves

This class will further your knowledge of hand-stitched flowers made from a variety of ribbons: French wire, dyed silk bias, velvet, and grosgrain. These flowers can be made into corsages or used to decorate baskets and gifts. Everyone enjoys a hand made flower! The flowers covered in the class are: begonia, double-edged begonia, pansy, Gwen's butterfly, folded daisy, folded bias rose, man in his kimono leaf, the banana leaf, and a twin prairie point leaf.

Petals and Posies 3- ribbon worked flowers and leaves

This class will further your knowledge of hand-stitched flowers made from a variety of ribbons: French wire, dyed silk bias, and organza. These flowers can be made into corsages or used to decorate baskets and gifts.The flowers are more exotic in technique than the first two classes. The flowers covered in the class are: fuchsia, antherium, Cynthia rose, bleeding heart, chrysanthemum, daffodil, lily, 1920's leaf, twin leaf, and a prairie point leaf.

Petals and Posies 4-ribbon worked flowers and leaves

This class will introduce you to hand-stitched flowers made from French wire ribbon. These flowers can be made into corsages or used to decorate baskets and gifts.The flowers are more exotic in technique than the first two classes. The flowers covered in the class are: concertina rose, soft petal rose, rosette, pin rose, cake flower, Gypsy roe, Lilly Munster leaf, man in his kimono leaf, and twin mitered leaf.

Petals and Posies 5-ribbon worked flowers and leaves

This class will introduce you to hand-stitched flowers made from Hanah Silk bias, velvet, satin and French wire ribbons. These flowers can be made into corsages or used to decorate baskets and gifts. The flowers are more exotic in technique than the first two classes. The flowers covered in the class are: iris, star flower, ruffled posy, pleated carnation, petal rose, pointed leaf, double ruffle leaf, and spear leaf.

Happy stitching, enjoy the time that you have to create!