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Elegant Silk Ribbon EmbroideryYou can easily create gorgeous dimensional flowers and leaves with silk ribbon embroidery. Sew a silk ribbon garden that will bloom all year! I love the way silk ribbon looks. It's so feminine with the bright colors and flow of the luxurious ribbon. During the Victorian revival in the late 1980s and early 1990s, I first saw ribbon embroidery featured in some home magazines. It was so pretty! I could not handle a new hobby at the time, so the articles I'd carefully clipped became buried in my storage folder. I rediscovered them in 2004. There was a cross stitch pattern with ribbon embroidery accents that I'd saved. It was dated 1995. The year 2005 was going to be special for me because I was graduating from college. So my graduation present for myself was to finally bring that old pattern to life and give ribbon embroidery a try!
In my photo here, the flowers and leaves in the border and in the pots are done in silk ribbon. I will add some close-up shots soon. It's fairly easy. The stitches are similar to those used in crewelwork. The difference is that ribbon allows you to make textured leaves, flower petals, and ribbon roses.
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