For anyone who struggles with Silk Ribbon Embroidery roses, here is a very easy version that only requires 2 stitches. First, the Japanese Ribbon Stitch and second a French Knot.
I used 7 MM ribbon in my example. To make a Japanese ribbon stitch, bring your ribbon up through your fabric:
Next, put your needle back down into the fabric but pierce your ribbon so you're going through the ribbon and the fabric:
Pull your ribbon to the back of the fabric but be sure to keep the ribbon loose. That's the key to Silk Ribbon Embroidery:
You'll need to do 4 of these next to each other:
This makes the base of the rose. Next, add a single French Knot:
And that's all there is to it!
They make pretty roses on hanging vines as you can see in my example:
And here's the block that I'm working on:
I couldn't help myself, I had to add pink to this block! I expect to have it finished up later today or tomorrow.
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