Showing posts with label silk ribbon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label silk ribbon. Show all posts

Monday, June 17, 2013

DIY Course:All About Wedding Veil Canopy

The main a part of the cover consists of 3 layers of silk, that were unreal in toning reminder gray and silver to enhance the room’s combination. the sides of those under-layers ar sure with red organza ribbon to carry them along, which ribbon provides a visible link to the sure edges of the veil, that was merely draped over the post supporting the cover. The result was a fine looking and romantic addition to the chamber. have you ever or another loved one got a marriage veil tucked away that may be ripe for reinvention? If not, you'll be able to obtain vintage wedding veils from specialist outlets, and infrequently they appear in charity outlets and markets.
  1. DYEING NOTES:Sue used cheap Dylon material dye, that is wide offered in street retailers, supermarkets and on-line. The water for the dye was heated to 40°C.
    • continually follow the packet directions as a result of the kind of instrumentality used (plastic or metal), or perhaps a small distinction in water temperature, will have an effect on the result.
    • Adding salt to the mixture helps the material to become a lot of porous and take the dye higher.
    • colouring material may be a real art, and with observe you'll be able to produce distinctive colors and finishes. Sue mixed 2 colors to induce the color Janine wished for her cover.
    • continually do a check on alittle quantity of cloth 1st to see that you simply ar proud of the color, and create changes as necessary. 
  2. Calculating your materials
    The veil used can be any size because it is simply draped over the post supporting the finished canopy. For underneath the veil, you need both gauzy silk tulle and slightly heavier habotai silk (often used for lining men’s jackets), plus silk ribbon for binding the visible edge of the canopy. If your budget doesn’t extend to these materials, you can use cheaper tulle, netting or other synthetics for this project, but they tend to be stiffer and therefore will not hang in the same way as natural silks. To work out how much fabric you need, start by finding the central point on the headboard, then mark how high above that point you want the canopy to hang. Measure from the high point down to the corner of the headboard, where the canopy will be tied back, then measure from there down to the floor. Add the figures together, multiply by two, and that gives the total length needed for each under-layer and the ribbon (you can add extra if you want your canopy to drape on the floor as Janine ’s does). Janine ’s bed was king-sized, so Sue used 12 metres of silk tulle (6 metres for each layer), 6 metres of habotai silk, and 6 metres of black satin ribbon.

Sunday, June 9, 2013

How to DIY ruffled flowers with ribbon?

Today i will share some ideas of DIY ruffled flowers with ribbon,it's so easy to make it.if you want to do it youself,what you need is just follow our steps,so here we go!


What you need:
(1)pin
(2)silk ribbon

Instructions:

Step 1. Cut an 8” length of 32 mm double faced satin ribbon.
Step 2. Thread one end onto a large chenille needle. Take this end down through your fabric from the top leaving only about ¾” below the fabric.
Step 3. Thread a sewing needle with a 12” length of matching embroidery floss knotted at one end. Bring the floss up from the back through the ribbon tail.
Step 4. Make a running stitch using approximately ½” long stitches down the center of the ribbon stopping about 1 ½” from the end.
Step 5. Push the ribbon down along the floss toward the starting point to gather the ribbon and then twist the ribbon so the gathers aren’t sitting directly on top of each other.
Step 6. Thread the end of the ribbon onto a large chenille needle and take the ribbon end down through the fabric close to the starting point of the ribbon. Only pull about an 1” of ribbon through to the back.
Step 7. Take the floss through to the back through the ribbon and pull tightly to keep the ribbon gathered.
Step 8. Make a few stitches on the back through both ribbon ends to prevent them from pulling through to the front.  Tie off the floss and trim any excess ribbon.

Tips:
(1)You can buy wholesale ribbon from www.yamaribbon.com With Discount price and all colors!

Sunday, April 28, 2013

How to make your shoes more beautiful with silk ribbon?

 Do you want make your shoes more beautiful? in fact,it's so easy,just follow our steps,you can do it yourself!!

 This is a great little thing to do to plain flats. Or plain pumps. Best with nothing on the toe already. You can also add the ribbons to the outside of the shoe instead of the inside for a "wrap around" look. I'd use hot glue if you decided to do that instead.


 What you need:

1.Organza Ribbon or Silk Ribbon(i buy ribbon online from yamaribbon.com )
2.shoes
3.scissors

All Steps
1. Cut a yard and a half of wide silk ribbon. Cut that in half. Then cut in half again. You should now have four lengths of ribbon.


2. I think it's best to sew to shoe if possible. That way if you want to change it or just plain don't like it, it's easy to rip out the seams with a seam ripper. But if you're shoe is too thick you can always use hot glue for the next part.
If you are sewing, put on the shoe and pin ribbon to shoe where you want it be on the top of your foot.


3. Either sew or hot glue to shoe. As I mentioned earlier you can either sew to inside or hot glue to outside for a "wrapped" ribbbon look.

4. Cut ends of ribbon at an angle.

5. And spray them with no fray spray.


Done.  It's so easy,right?