Monday, January 5, 2009

How to make a 5 Petal Ribbon Flower

Cut Five Lengths of 7/8" Ribbon, all the at 2 1/2 inches long. Heat seal the ends.

Tip: Cut the lengths with a woodburner, which cuts and seals the ends in one step.
Fold the ribbon in half and mark the center edges with a pencil.

There are two ways to make the petal point on flowers, sewing the center points or heat sealing the center points.
Heat Seal Center Points
Bring Center marks together, hold with a pin. Touch the centers with the pointed tip of a wood burner. The wood burner will melt the ribbons together very quickly. Set the wood burner down and hold together for just a second to make sure they seal together.


Place a little bit of hot glue inside the pocket on the back side of the petal. Hold the new melted center to the middle of the petal back. This will hold your angle perfect and enforce the melted center.

Repeat the process on all petals.


Sewing Center Points Place needle through the center edge marks.

Pull tight and tie a couple of square knots.

Attach the center to the back with hot glue or sew it. This keeps the corner or peak the same degree/angle.

Bring the edges together on a petal (make sure the glued edge is on the back so the front will puff up a bit).
Thread a needle with upholstery thread and tie the ends together with a knot.
Sew with a needle using similar stitches on all of the petals.

Continue to sew the remaining petals on the same thread.

Pull the petals to the end, so they stop at the knot.


Thread the needle through the start petals first couple of stiches.

Pull the thread really tight, making sure all the edges stay flat or touching.

Tie the end off on the back side of flower.
Optional: Leave the beginning tail long and tie thread lengths together in a knot when the flower is complete.


Sew a center to the flower. This flower has a piece of scrapbook punched felt under a pink button, sewn with the same upholstery thread as used to make the flower.

Examples of the different lengths of ribbon.

29 comments:

  1. Love the clarity of these instructions. Great job. Thanks.

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  2. Awesome tutorial! This is on my to do list for today!:) Thanks!

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  3. These are GREAT. Love it thanks....

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  4. Very Nice. They turned out lovely!

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  5. THAts awesome!!! i lov it!
    keep doing those great ideas,

    Great work :D

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  6. Thank you so much, I have been looking for a way to make these. I am trying it today!

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  7. Awesome - thanks, I have been looking for these instructions for a while!

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  8. Thanks for the great instructions! I've been looking for these for a long time!

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  9. uuuh - Nice flowers! I love learning new ways to create flowers, and this tutorial is really really easy to follow - thank you! :)

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  10. Great tutorial - thnkas for sharing this!

    x

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  11. Thanks for sharing! I've posted a link and yours has made this week's top 10 most popular, and will be featured in this week's newsletter! Great job!

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  12. Thanks for the great instructions. I am making one out of Damask ribbon for my sister-in-law's garter.

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  13. what wonderful instructions. will start today thanks a lot

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  14. Thank you for such an easy-to-follow tutorial. Adorable!!

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  15. Thank you so much for sharing this! These are incredibly detailed & beautiful instructional photos. The finished product is stunning. Well done! =)

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  16. Thank you so much, this is wonderful! So well done!

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  17. This is so adorable!

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  18. i'm from Malaysia..nice tutorial ,thank you soo much :)

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  19. Thanks a lot it was a good guide, now to make a 5 petal ribbon flower is very easy with the help of your advice. Thank you

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  20. thank u so much it will help me a lot

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  21. I just found your blog, Thanks so much for the petal ribbon flower. Your instructions are extremely helpful. Thanks Michelle

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  22. thank you so much for sharing this wonderful blog. I plan to make these hair decorations for my darling little granddaughters xxx Ingrid

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  23. omg i love it...i will try it today <3 thanks!!!!

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  24. This is a wonderful tutoral, great pictures and great instructions. Thank you very much.

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  25. Great instructions! I was looking for something like this!

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  26. just found you via pinterest. LOVE this tutorial, its so clear!

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  27. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
    Easy to follow instruction and great pictures made doing these flowers a breeze.

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