Feather Stitch

In Turkish we call this stitch as Y stitch as it resembles us the style of Y letter :) This is a line stitch that is worked down towards. I did not care that pictures are taken horizontally but you assume it as vertically, it will be easier for you :)

Then, keep the distance parallel to points 2-3 line and pull your needle down at point 4. And then bring up at point 5. At this point keep the ribbon beneath the needle!

We’ve already completed our 2 Y stitch. In this step you may be confused but just follow the points you will get easy to complete it. So for this step, pull your needle down at point 6 and up at point 7.

Final result of our Feather (Y ) stitch is like this :)

Gathered Ribbon Rose

In Turkisg, we call  as “Pitircik”  for the ribbon I used in my this flower stitch. Never seen this type of ribbon in foreign blogs. This ribbon has sewing eyes on its edges that you can bring thred towards. I’m not sure if my explanation is clear but you can understand it from the first picture:)

For this flower, I used 5 mm Pitircik Ribbon. Using a machine sewing thread, bring it through sewing eyes with your needle as demonstrated in picture.

Pull up thread slightly to gather your ribbon.

Fold your ribbon around center and sew tops of ribbon with thread to the fabric.

At the end, put a white pearl bead in center. Here is our lovely flower :)

Fly Stitch

There are of course various Fly stitches but the one I will share is the most common used one I guess. Here is how to,

In this stitch, I have used 7 mm ribbon but you can also use 3 mm instead. First bring up your needle from 1 and pull down at point 2.

Sorry that the angle of the picture is not the same as in previous picture..I hope you do not confuse..Bring up your ribbon from point 3 and hold ribbon with your thumb. Then down ribbon at point 4 and up from 5.

In the next step, pull your ribbon down about 2 cm far from point 5 as seen in picture.

And in this step, bring up your ribbon from point 6, pull down at 7 and bring up again at point 8 similarly we did in our 2nd step.

We finally complete our Fly Stitch.

Loop Stitch

In Turkish we call this stitch as “Daisy” but in english term it has different name. I learnt it thanks to Meri. So let’s start this post’s last how-to stitch.

I’ve used 10 mm ribbon for this stitch and start with bringing your ribbon up from underside of fabric.

Right through the near point we brought ribbon, pull down your ribbon backside and leave a loop size to make your petal.

For this I used a pencil to give each petal a smooth look.

Similarly repeat the same loops in a circle for as many petals you want to make for your flower. You can embellish your flower with some beads also as I did :)

Finally

I hope you enjoyed these tutorials. I specially want to thank Meri for helping me naming these stitches which I was not sure. Please extend me your thoughts, ideas or any requests. Next time, I will create a 2nd series of this Simple SRE Stitches Tutorials and afterwards I will show you how to make Hydrangea Flower Stitch.

By the way, I also want to translate my another new ribbon embroidery stitches tutorial topic but I’m not sure for the corresponding stitch techniqe names in english. Could you please help me naming them ?

It has been around 2 weeks I’m visiting english language bloggers and I wanted to share with you my very first web findings for Ribbon Embroidery works, patterns, tutorials, stitches.  ( Sites are not in any particular order )

Silk Ribbon Embroidery

Silk Ribbon Embroidery by Carol Daisy

Carol’s site is one of my very first finding that is dedicated to Silk Ribbon Embroidery. Actually found her site while I’m in need to make sure for the corresponding stitches terms for the ones I use in turkish. And since that day I follow her updates. She has many great easy-to-follow demonstrations for SRE tutorials, hints for beginners , and many lovely creations. Make sure to add her site to your favourites!

Ingeborg Loves Flowers

Ingeborg Loves Flowers

I really can not find words to say about her Silk Ribbon Embroidery works. They are just awesome, adorable! She also make giveaways and I say do not miss her updates :).  Her ribbon works are heavy and every stitch she does really worth it. She is my favourite! At least for now :)

Vani’s Embroidery Blog

Vani's Embroidery Blog

Vani’s blog is also a must for beginners. She demonstrated many basic and popular silk ribbon embroidery stitches like straight stitch, back stitch, stem stitch, lazy daisy, french knot and so on. She also has some delicate floral ribbon works you must see. As she does not use labelling, I can not give you direct link for them. Make sure to visit her site and give her feedbacks what she will be very happy as all we bloggers do :)

Embroidered Gift | umi’s embroidery work

Embroidered Gift | umi's embroidery work

A crafter from Malaysia but the good news is that she maintains her blog in english instead malay :) I know almost all malaysians know english well enough. Umi’s ribbon embroidery works vary from cushions to wall hangings. She really has adorable works. If you live in malaysia, you can also request a class from her :)

Honey Bee’s Bliss Silk Ribbon Embroidery Works & Video Tutorials

Honey Bee's Bliss Silk Ribbon Embroidery Video Tutorials

This is a must site that you can find many Silk Ribbon Embroidery Video Tutorials for stitches .You will be amazed with her silk ribbon works too

Sharon b’s Pin Tangle

sharon b's pin tangle

This site is not dedicated to Ribbon Embroidery, but you can find various resources, patterns and some few number of Silk Ribbon Embroidery tutorials. To find them easily you can search as Ribbon Embroidery . Notice that she also provides online courses for ribbon embroidery but as per my understanding it is over for this year. you can see and ask her for details.

Final Words

I hope you enjoyed this post. I’m sure there must be more resources for ribbon embroidery but these are what I found worthy to list here. I will be inspring from them. Maybe I missed, but if you know any site related to ribbon embroidery please let me know.

Cheers~

Materials Needed for Silk Ribbon Embroidery Star Rose Stitch

• 10 mm Silk Ribbon
• Ribbon Needle
• Fabric
• Embroidery Hoop

Step by Step Silk Ribbon Embroidery Star Rose Stitch

First thread your ribbon through your needle so your ribbon may not fray. Pull your needle from under fabric and take it upside. I see foreign bloggers use inches for measurements but I’m not much familiar with inches :) So have to tell that, for the size you see on fabric of other completed star roses, hold your ribbon at one handspan distance. If you want to make wider rose, then hold your ribbon at longer distance from fabric.

Hold you needle on ribbon as seen in picture

Just as in needle lace( I assume you know:) ), make a knot on ribbon.

Now make straight stitches on ribbon downward with 1/2 cm or 1 cm distances.

Keep making straight stitches as seen in picture.

When you have completed your threading, pierce your needle from the point you started.

Pull your needle gently downward until your un-stitched ribbon taken under fabric.

Our lovely star rose shined and blossomed finally:)

Patterns that Silk Ribbon Embroidery Star Rose Stitch Applied

Previously I shared only one pattern that SRE Star Rose stitch used. This pattern’s text is available in my turkish blog, not translated it to english yet. Though you can view it on the picture.

• SRE Star Rose Stitch Towel Pattern

I hope you enjoyed and found this tutorial useful and please deliver me If you find any chance to make this lovely rose :) I would love to share them here.

Materials Required for Silk Ribbon Rose Embroidery

• Ribbon Needle
• Embroidery Hoop
• Monaray Fabric
• 13 mm Majestic Silk Ribbon
• 4 mm Majestic Silk Ribbon
• 7 mm Majestic Batik Silk Ribbon
• 4 mm Majestic Batik Green Silk Ribbon

Step by Step Silk Ribbon Rose Embroidery

Before starting your rose, you can draw your design pattern on fabric. I did not use pattern for this sample, just drew motif  where i will start making rose as you see on picture.

Right after your ribbon is through the needle, complete ribbon stitches for each rose petal. These petal will give more fluffy looks for your roses.

As you know in leaf technique, you will make similar ribbon stitches so that petals will be under. Hope image is clear for this step.

Keep applying your stitches and finally you will create your rose.

To make petal’s outlines apparet, applying smaller pullings use similar stitching that you use in leaf technique .

And completed rose part almost finally.

With 7 mm silk ribbon, i applied french knot work in the center of rose but could not create screenshots for this step. Hopefully I will also show it when I have the chance later.

To create more adorable rose, I also made fly stitches ( thanks to méri for correcting me) styled  leaves. giving you another tutorial in this way :) For leaves, I used 4 mm majestic green ribbon. We start with a simple pulling for the leaf.

Then from the near side of our first stitch of leaf, take your needle upperside and lay your ribbon in parallel direction and pull your needle down again.

From the tip of our first leaf, take your needle upperside and make o bow-tie on the parallely created leaf.

And you finally create the first line of the leaf.

Similarly continue stitches in parallel with the first leaf line we did.

and after applying this for 5-6 times, you complete your first herringbone styled leaf.

The finished piece of rose is a pleasure to look at :)

In order not to waste my ribbon, I created two leaves :)

Final Words

I was generally sharing some patterns at the end of tutorials that applied in previous posts. But I have not shared any one yet on my site. Did you ever do this stitch ? Please share with me. I will be very happy to share with you. For any steps not clear, please let me know, I will try to elaborate more.

Now let’s go on for the steps required for our ribbon technique. Btw, you will find descriptions on images in turkish language which i created for my lovely turkish readers. sorry that it will be hard to re-upload images for english also. It will take too much time. Hope you understand me :)

Materials Required for Ribbon Embroidery Carnation Flower Technique

• 30cm pink carnation ribbon
• 15cm green carnation ribbon
• Needle
• Threads that will suite with ribbons
• Pink carnation beads
• Embroidery hoop
• Fabric

Step by step Carnation Ribbon Stitch

In our carnation ribbon stitch steps, first stitch along the selvedge as you see in the first picture

When your stitching is complete, bring thread up and gather the ribbon slightly.

Then fold your ribbon 3 times that tips of ribbon will be in inside.

And sew your ribbon’s bottom as seen in picture.

and we finally completed flower of our carnation

To make carnation’s twisted leave, stich along the salvadge on satin part of ribbon.

After completing your stitching along salvadge, similarly with some distance to salvadge, make stichtings along the ribbon as you see in picture.

Then gather your ribbon slightly and in order not to open sew the gatherings.

First mount your flower to the fabric

And bend your edges of twisted leaf into inside.

And mount your leaf on fabric under flower as you see in picture.

If you desire you can add beads on flower.

Carnation Ribbon Embroidered Patterns

Previously I shared only one ribbon embroidery pattern that carnation stitching applied. I will update list as i share more patterns with this technique. You can also send me yours, so i would love to add them in my list.

• Karanfil Tekniği ile Yapılmış Kurdele Nakışı Bohça Örneği

And Finally

Your feedbacks are much valuable for me. So please don’t hesitate leaving your comments, or any questions related to this topic.

Here in Turkey, we call this technique as Ribbon Embroidery Sunflower Technique. So now let’s go on what we need for this technique

• 20 mm silk ribbon a length of 100 cm
• Needles
• An embroidery floss that matches your silk ribbon

For the instructions, mind my poor english , if used wrong term or definition correct me please.

First draw the lines with 2 cm gap each other which will be your sticth path. Of course experts do not need this :)

Pull your needle down on your ribbon and make small stictches.

Keep making stitches with small distances as you see on picture

After you complete sticthing, gently pull the needle of the ribbon all the way through.

During pulling, you must care that the upsides of the stitches sections should look formly.

After pulling, bind each ends of flower together and sew it.

You sew the flower on to fabric from its inner sewing points. and preferably you can put beads in the middle of flower.

Patterns Made With Silk Ribbon Embroidery Sunflower  Technique

Following are the patterns that i shared on my site previously which are sunflower technique used.

1. Kurdele Nakışı Bohça Örneği #10
2. Kurdele Nakışı Bohça Örneği #1
3. Kurdele Nakış Bohça Örneği #2

And Finally

Please extend me any of your questions, feedbacks so you can contribute to my this experiment.