just a few more flowers…
my friend nikki gave me a huge stash of fancy patterned ric rac a while ago, so i couldn’t resist trying out a few of these flowers with it. check them out!
my friend nikki gave me a huge stash of fancy patterned ric rac a while ago, so i couldn’t resist trying out a few of these flowers with it. check them out!
May 3rd, 2008 at 4:06 am
I had seen your tutorial on how to make these, and loved it so much I added it to my own blog list. These are adorable! and what a great idea to use up the old ric rac. They are just so cute and clever.
May 3rd, 2008 at 5:16 am
those are so great, I could not probably make myself to do them but I wish I had at least one so pretty flower, ha!
May 4th, 2008 at 7:26 pm
My gosh these are fubulous, what a great way to use these beautiful vintage ric rac trims! Love them!! xo, suzy
May 10th, 2008 at 11:42 am
I LOVE these! I loved the plain ric rac flowers then saw the patterned ones and love those more! Since I can’t sew I don’t think I would be coordinated enough to shir the ric rac and try and stitch it at the same time since I have no experience with hand stitching or any kind of sewing for that matter! But, who knows, I may just give it a try! Thanks for posting the idea! Shauna
June 27th, 2008 at 10:44 am
these are great! i just love them! this will be one of my “reward experiment” projects i get to do once i get everything done!
June 29th, 2008 at 2:30 pm
What a fantastic idea! love your blog, by the way. I came here by way of Alicia. (Posy Gets Cozy)
July 3rd, 2008 at 4:07 pm
Hannah, I LOVE these! I have a huge roll of blue rickrack with gold Lurex that is just waiting to be turned into flowers. I tried one last night and it was a little trickier than I thought it would be. How often do you tack it down to the felt backing? It’s hard to tell from the photo and I’m not sure I was doing it right–it felt a bit awkward. Yours look a lot smoother and more even than mine did so that makes me think I did it wrong.
PS–I wore my toadstool skirt the other day and I LOVE it! :)
July 3rd, 2008 at 7:22 pm
hi heidi! tack down the bottom of each V as you gather it. so i do one gather stitch and one tack stitch for each V to keep it even. i’m glad you like your skirt!
August 24th, 2009 at 3:54 am
Oh I just love them. They are just so pretty and how original and not at all like I would have thought to put them together. I have old rick rack so may have to try that. Thanks for sharing.
November 15th, 2009 at 4:20 pm
I do enjoy the rick rack flowers. And want to make some but…. I think the pom pom in the center makes them look cheep. I remember my mom having a pair of earrings of rick rack.Maybe a button ,chank type,for the center that way you wouldn’t see the holes in the buttons.
Thank you for the idea !!! BJ
November 30th, 2009 at 11:47 am
These are so great – I have lots of old ric rac that was my mother’s and I haven’t been able to part with it but also didn’t know what to do with it and now I do. Thanks for sharing this information.
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:14 pm
Thank you for the great tutorial. I thought the solid colored ones were terrific, but I love these with the patterned rick rack. I’m off to see if I have any.
February 11th, 2010 at 8:00 am
I cannot tell you how many pkgs of old rick rack I have from garage sales, auctions and real estate sales. I really never could decide what to dowith them but just could not bear toget rid of them. I really, really like this idea and am planning on using it for a program at my next Quilt Guild workday. Thanks so much for this clever idea.
P.S. I also have a good friend w/a Feb. birthday. Guess what she is getting.
March 22nd, 2010 at 7:47 pm
These are so fantastic, I love them!
February 23rd, 2011 at 5:53 am
TRIMtastic! I made a few for some kids party hat embellishment. LOOOOVE it!
March 21st, 2012 at 9:02 pm
AWESOME FLOWERS. WHAT A BRILLIANT IDEA FOR RIC RAC, ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS. I WILL CERTAINLY MAKE SOME. THANKS FOR SHARING.
May 6th, 2013 at 5:55 pm
I saw your rick rack flowers and made a couple for barrettes, one I used a tinker bell button for the center and one I made a goldish color and put brown french knots in the center. Kind of looks like a sunflower. I made another one a little different and made it into a pin for my mom. then I made another version and combined it with rick rack rose buds. Too cute! Thank you for the inspiration!
June 12th, 2016 at 2:21 pm
Where do you get vintage Ric rac?
July 5th, 2016 at 3:59 pm
you can find it at the thrift store or estate sales