Rick rack flowers

My favorite embellishment on my Topsey Turvey Coat & Dress patterns is the RickRack Roses. I will be teaching these patterns in October at Farmhouse Fabrics but for those that can't attend, I want to share with you how to...

I found some old rick-rack that my mom was throwing away (what's that saying? --- "Grandma had it; Mom threw it away; and now I'm buying it back." Well in this case I didn't have to purchase it, but I did need to jump up and snatch it before she stuffed it into the waste-basket.) So I started putting colors together. I have this Simplicity pattern from a loooooooooooong time ago and it shows how to make these funky rick-rack flowers. So this is what I came up with. Not too funky, but…

Learn how to sew a ric rac flower several different ways to use as an embellishment on your next sewing project.

20 Ric Rac Tutorials at U Create

From a vintage baby pillowcase. Two rows of white rickrack attached along the edge with tiny tacking stitches at the points. It gives the illusion of crocheted or lace edging without being too frilly. Updated on 7/2 to add this photo of the back so you can see how the rickrack has been sewn on. Rickrack flowers that I found in a bag of vintage sewing things at the flea market. The points are gathered and tacked through to the back with tiny stitches to hold them in place. A closeup of the…

This is a sad and happy story, but you might call me the worst mom. Every once in a while I'll take just one or two of the girls to the fab...

From a vintage baby pillowcase. Two rows of white rickrack attached along the edge with tiny tacking stitches at the points. It gives the il...

20 Ric Rac Tutorials at U Create

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