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Blog > Silk Ribbon Embroidery Hints and Tips by Di van Niekerk
About Securing and Shaping Leaves and Petals
by Di van Niekerk
Silk Ribbon Daisies by the talented Marina Zherdeva.
Attaching leaves and flowers made with silk ribbon to the background fabric is generally more effective. It is a simple method that helps prevent stitches from becoming misshapen due to regular use on items such as garments, cushions, and quilts. Use this method to reshape the stitches at the same time.
Silk ribbon can maintain any shape you create due to its sculptural qualities.
To maintain the shape and volume of a leaf or petal, use a thin thread of matching colour on a fine embroidery needle. Make a knot at the long end.
Come up from the back of the work inserting your needle at the tip or the base of the leaf or petal. Catch the edge of the stitch, and insert needle back into the same hole. This fixing thread will be almost invisible in the finished embroidery, and the secured petals and leaves will retain the shape you created. For twisted stems, stitch between the folds of the ribbon.
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The daisy petals above are formed using loose puffed ribbon stitches, secured to the background fabric with small stab stitches at the base and tip. Use a thin matching thread to make nearly invisible stitches that will maintain the shape of the petals.
Each looped petal (below) is carefully secured near the yellow centre of the daisy.
**Look out for the gorgeous Bluebells kit and a Valentine's heart that we are releasing in my Feb 2025 newsletter ♡
Have a lovely weekend stitching world. To receive more handy hints and other good tips, you are welcome to subscribe and I will notify you in due course. Happy stitching!
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Silk Ribbon Daisies by the talented Marina Zherdeva. Learn these techniques and so much more in Little Flowers by Di van Niekerk and Marina Zherdeva.
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