Carol Duvall, host of HGTV's The Carol Duvall Show, shares her method for weaving narrow silk ribbon to create attractive pins. Materials:
Sturdy cardboard
Scissors
1/4" silk or grosgrain ribbon (Carol used black and white)
Double-sided tape
Needle with an eye large enough to thread the ribbon
Straight pins
Pellon® fusible interfacing
Press cloth
Coordinating fabric for pin backing
Pin back
Sewing machine
Batting for stuffing the pin
Needle and thread
Card stock - Cut a piece of cardboard approximately 2" by 3". With a straight pin, secure one end of a piece of ribbon to the short edge of the cardboard, making sure the right side of the ribbon faces the cardboard. The wrong side of the ribbon will face up. Wrap the ribbon around the cardboard lengthwise, making sure not to overlap the edges of the ribbon. Wrap the ribbon so that the edges are side by side. Continue wrapping to the desired width. Carol made a rectangular pin, used black ribbon and wrapped the cardboard five times (figure A).
- After wrapping, secure the end with a straight pin. Use a piece of double-sided tape along the edge of the length of the cardboard to hold the ribbon in place. Add double-sided tape to the back of the cardboard, if desired.
- Thread a needle with a piece of contrasting ribbon, and working from right to left, weave the ribbon in a crosswise fashion over and under the lengthwise ribbons. Make sure that the right side of the ribbon faces the cardboard (figure B). Cut off the end, and stick it to the double-sided tape on the edge of the cardboard. Continue weaving, alternating colors if desired, until the cardboard is filled.
- Cut a piece of Pellon fusible interfacing the size of the woven piece, and, using a press cloth, iron the Pellon to the ribbon. Carol used a rectangular piece of Pellon (figure C).
- Cut the ends of the ribbons to remove the weaving from the cardboard.
- Place the woven piece onto a piece of coordinating fabric, right sides together, and machine-stitch around, leaving an opening for turning. Trim excess ribbon and fabric, and turn the pin right side out. Carol stitched a rectangle (figure D).
- Stuff the pin with a small amount of batting. Hand-stitch the opening. Hand-stitch a pin back to the back of the pin.
If you wish to create a heart-shaped pin, make a heart-shaped template from card stock, and trace around it onto the Pellon backing. Place the woven piece onto contrasting fabric, right sides together, and machine-stitch around the heart, leaving an opening for turning. Trim excess fabric and ribbon, turn, stuff, and hand-stitch the opening. Hand-stitch a pin backing on the back (figure E).
RESOURCES :
Free how-to brochures
Lion Ribbon Co. / C.M. Offray & Son Inc.
Website: www.offray.com
Fusible webbing
Pellon
Freudenberg Pellon Nonwovens
Website: pellonideas.com
Offray Glorious Weddings: Traditions, Inspirations, and Handmade Ribbon Treasures
Book by Ellie Joos& Ellie Schneider
(October 1998); 144 pages
ISBN: 1567996507
The Splendor of Ribbon: More Than 50 Glorious Ribbon Craft Projects
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