DIY ribbon products: ideas, tips for beginners

2024 Author: Sierra Becker | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-26 03:46

Strips of bright fabric are loved by craftsmen for their ease of use and beautiful appearance. Ribbons can be satin, crepe or nylon. Crafts from satin look shiny and look spectacular, but if you want to achieve airiness and tenderness, choose nylon strips of fabric.

Do-it-yourself ribbon products are different. Most often, these are hair ornaments - hairpins, bows with elastic bands or, beautifully decorated with flowers, hoops. But real craftsmen skillfully frame boxes and vases, make three-dimensional flowers and insects from ribbons, create original brooches, earrings and bracelets. New Year's toys and a Christmas tree made of petals using the kanzashi technique look beautiful. Those who know how to work with ribbons can quickly decorate a gift box by tying a magnificent bow, and twist a bow tie for a boy for a carnival costume.

In the article, we will consider how to quickly and efficiently make products from ribbons with our own hands, what additional materials are needed. You will learn how to connect the details of the craft with each other, what kind of glue will keep it intact,learn how to make Christmas toys and tie spectacular bows.

Two-tone pearl bracelet

Based on a simple plastic hoop of any color, you can make an original bracelet of any two shades. To make such an ornament, you will need red and black thin satin ribbons, a base for gluing and a package of small golden round beads.

A glue gun is used to strengthen the fabric on the plastic. To begin with, put a dot on the inner surface of the ring with hot glue. The edge of the black satin ribbon must be melted over the fire of the candle so that the threads do not split, and attached to the glue from the inside at an angle. Then a strip of fabric is wrapped around the entire surface of the bracelet in a spiral and the last turn is similarly attached with a glue gun to the inner surface of the ring.

Further, the product made of ribbons with their own hands is wrapped in the second color - red, however, the turns are no longer made in a spiral, but evenly, and two segments are passed through the bead crosswise so that the bead is held exactly in the center of the bracelet.

Ribbon clips

From lilac and white crepe ribbons, you can roll up an original bow for attaching to a hairpin or hair band. From cardboard it is necessary to cut out polyhedrons with seven corners, similar to a star. As you approach the middle, the bow twists smaller. The craft is made in layers - stitching with threads matched to the tone.

Good step by step photoyou can see how it is necessary to alternately circle the tape around all the corners and make a couple of stitches in the center so that the loops are held in place. Then the cardboard is taken out and similar work is carried out on other pieces of fabric, only paper templates are taken in a smaller size. The central stitches are hidden under shiny rhinestones laid with a flower. It remains only to attach a hairpin with a glue gun and you can go to school or kindergarten for a holiday.

Feminine brooch

From separate pieces of a satin ribbon of two colors and delicate lace, you can make a delicate brooch in just a few minutes. The step-by-step photo clearly shows how they are sewn together and the corners are connected to each other. When the first layer of a dark shade is correctly assembled, work begins on individual elements of a light shade. Make petals of a magnificent flower folded in loops with the help of tweezers and candle fire. Fold the piece of fabric in half and make a couple of oncoming folds on the sections. Grabbing the bottom edge with tweezers, bring it to the candle. The melted edges of the fabric will securely hold the connection.

Loops are placed around the circumference, and lace and many beads are sewn on top. To make it convenient to attach the brooch to clothes, sew the craft on a circle of felt and install a safety pin. Everything, the brooch is ready!

Ribbon bow on box

Choosing a gift that is useful and necessary for a person is half the battle, you still need to arrange it beautifully. For this, tapes are most often used. Let's look at how you can make a magnificent multi-colored bow from equal segments.crepe ribbon.

Alternately putting on the cuts folded in half with the edges on the needle and thread, a thick bunch is collected. Do not forget to pre-melt the cut lines with a candle so that the threads do not split. Subsequently, it is pulled together with a thread and a strong knot is tied. It is more convenient to attach a ribbon bow to the box using a circle of felt. The gift is tied with a ribbon crosswise and glued on top of the bow with hot glue.

Christmas card

An original postcard can be made with a child for the New Year. You will need to pick up a few bright buttons and a thin green satin ribbon. A Christmas tree from a ribbon is assembled by folding loops in one direction and the other from the "trunk". In the center, at the junction of the intersection of the segments with each other, put a point with a glue gun.

Start making crafts from the bottom, with the largest "branches" and gradually reduce the size of the loops. Place the buttons in a checkerboard pattern in the center. The work will look better on bright cardboard. From above, you can make an origami star out of paper or fold it out of yellow ribbon.

Embroidery with ribbons on fabric

Pictures with flowers embroidered with satin ribbons of different colors and shades look unusual. For work, you will need a special porous fabric, most often it is bought in sewing accessories stores. It has in its structure small holes for piercing with a needle. Embroidery on this material is smoother and more accurate.

To put ineven a thin tape in the eye of the needle, it must be large. Prepare the "gypsy" needle. It is suitable for both thin and wide strips of fabric.

Pinch the fabric with a hoop and outline the contours of the future image with a crayon or a simple pencil. Then, starting from the wrong side, insert the needle, creating a floral pattern. If you want to achieve a more voluminous image, then the tape can be turned over or bent a couple of times. If you need a flat design, then spread the tape with the back to the fabric.

Bow tie

Preparing for a matinee in kindergarten always falls on the shoulders of mom. Finding a suit can cost a lot of time and money. If there is an opportunity and the most elementary skills of sewing and needlework, then any woman will cope with tailoring a carnival outfit in one evening. A boy can make a bow tie from a ribbon to match the color of the suit on a shirt. How to make such an accessory is clearly visible in the step-by-step image below.

Choose two satin ribbons in a contrasting color and different widths. We place a dark wide strip from below, and a narrow one - we decorate a tie from above. In the photo under No. 1, the segments of the tapes were interconnected by gluing. For this purpose, you can use a glue gun or transparent glue "Moment". If you don't have either, just sew them with a neat inseam. Pre-melt the edges of the tape with a candle so that the threads do not exfoliate.

You will get two rings of fabric,which need to be folded one on top of the other and tied in the center with a small piece of fabric folded in half. On this fold, a bow tie can be decorated with a bead or rhinestones. Then we sew the craft on an elastic band and tie a bow from a satin ribbon around the child’s neck under the collar of the shirt.

Christmas toys from ribbons

Such a wonderful holiday - the New Year - is always full of various crafts, especially if a needlework lover lives in the house. One of the most popular Christmas decorations is the snowflake. The craft, assembled from petals made using the kanzashi technique, looks great. To create such a Christmas tree pendant, you will need several ribbons of different colors, a glue gun, a candle and tweezers.

All petals are made using one of the basic kanzashi techniques. Let's take a closer look:

• the tape is cut into equal squares;
• fold the blank in half diagonally, and then again;
• the resulting right-angled triangle is bent again, connecting sharp corners to each other;
• the back side of the workpiece has many layers of tape, they are squeezed with tweezers, leaving a couple of millimeters of fabric outside;
• bring these slices to the fire of a candle and when they melt, press them down with your fingers on both sides;
• petal with a strong connection is ready.

It remains only to assemble a snowflake from individual elements using hot melt adhesive and attach a loop for hanging

Christmas ball

Ribbon balls are a very beautiful element of decor, they candecorate a room or hang on a Christmas tree branch. As a basis, a purchased foam ball and a thin satin ribbon are used. From two opposite sides, the workpiece is pierced with pins with a bead at the end and the tape is tightly wound around the entire perimeter of the ball.

A simple ball looks beautiful, and if you also glue separately made flowers using the kanzashi technique with hot glue, then the craft will become a real masterpiece. You can add a beautiful bow on top and the decor for the room is ready!

As you can see, DIY ribbon products are easy to make. Be sure to try it, starting with simple crafts. Good luck!