Buzzings from a quilter who bumbles her way through life!

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Unusual Ways to Incorporate Ribbon


I love to use ribbon in my quilts. If you're here from Sew We Quilt, I want to welcome you! If not, you can find a table runner tutorial there that uses the carrots above along with a little rabbit face. 
 I often use ribbon to accent a border or add a punch of color as in the borders of these quilts:
Halloween Skeleton
Jesus Loves the Little Children
 There are other ways to use ribbon. It can become part of the design as in the tops of the carrots above. Or how about a......

fish, or a....
stylized flower, or even a.....
chicken or other bird.
Ribbons make great "tassels" at the bottom of wall hangings, too. 

The ribbons in my Irish Blessings quilt form the petals of the flowers. 
I hope that the next time you see a beautiful spool of ribbon, you'll think about how you might use it in a creative way. It can do more than tie a package or adorn a pig tail! 
Until next time...
post signature

15 comments:

  1. Such a great idea to use ribbon Linda. I've never thought of using it like that.

    ReplyDelete
  2. cute ideas - very creative - thanks for sharing!

    ReplyDelete
  3. lots of interesting ideas Linda,xx

    ReplyDelete
  4. I never thought of using ribbons for embellishing except in silk ribbon embroidery. Great idea! You always have such fresh, interesting ideas, Linda!

    ReplyDelete
  5. Thanks for the ideas, now I know why I buy ribbon when it goes on sale. I know people use it as handles for a tote.

    ReplyDelete
  6. I really like these, Linda - thanks for sharing such great ideas. Judy C

    ReplyDelete
  7. What great inspiration! Thanks for that!

    ReplyDelete
  8. I am a serious fabric addict because I love Fabric. Thanks for sharing the beautiful ideas for working with ribbon. Not only do I have lots of fabric, but I love ribbon too. I am very glad I found your site. Thank you

    ReplyDelete
  9. I am a serious fabric addict and I love to make table runners. Thanks for the great tut.

    ReplyDelete
  10. Thank you so much for sharing your fabulous ribbon works. I adore the texture and whimsy and color that your ribbons add to your beautiful quilts. Blissful Inspirations...

    ReplyDelete
  11. Your table runner at Sew We Quilt is adorable. I like the way you use ribbons to decorate.

    ReplyDelete
  12. I love the carrots and then the animals with ribbon too. I usually don't like to put ribbon on my quilts but now I have changed my mind.

    ReplyDelete
  13. They are all so pretty and sweet Linda! My faves are the carrots,the bees and the Jesus Loves the Little Children:)

    ReplyDelete
  14. The fish and chicken are adorable!

    ReplyDelete
  15. I have never thought to put ribbon on a quilt but you have so many cute ideas, I cant wait to try it!

    ReplyDelete

You can leave your comment here! (I'm so sorry, but if you are an Anonymous commenter, your comment will not publish. This is because of the huge amounts of spam that I have received from anonymous sources.)

Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...