Ribbon Flowers for Easter
April 4, 2009 by admin
Filed under Bow Like a Pro!
I thought I’d post the ribbon flower clips I’ve made to match my daughter’s Easter dress. The outfit is from Janie and Jack’s 2008 Sweet Coral Reef collection, which I managed to catch on clearance. I picked up a cheap straw hat, removed the minimal embellishments it came with, and replaced them with my own. I wrapped and hot glued a 7/8” grosgrain ribbon around the hat and clipped on two grosgrain flowers, which are attached to alligator clips. This way, she can wear the flowers on the hat, and when we remove the hat, she can wear the flowers in her hair (though they also look cute clipped to her sweater!).
I made these flowers with two layers each: 8 petals on the bottom layer, and 6 petals on the top layer. The larger flower is made with 7/8” wide grosgrain ribbon and measures about 3.5” wide (without leaves). The smaller purple flower is made with 7/8” ribbon for the bottom layer and 5/8” wide ribbon for the top layer, (though I think it may work better if it were all 5/8”, the bottom layer is a little squished). The little purple flower measures about 2.5” wide without the leaves. Attach a couple of ribbon “leaves” to the bottom, glue to a covered alligator clip and get creative with your centers.
Stay tuned for tulips!
Very Cute, Jen!!!
Tina in Washington
Ooh, I love this and can’t wait to see tulips!!
Thanks! I will have to post pics of the tulip “crown of flowers” I made for my little one. She wore it for her birthday party, but was VERY uncooperative about posing for photos! Maybe I can coax another photo shoot out of her… with the right incentive! ; )
These are so cute. How do you make these if you will share? I haven’t seen anything like this. I would love to make some for my two year old daughter. Thanks Sara
I will work on writing up some instructions for these. They are really pretty simple – I figured them out by looking at those tiny store-bought ribbon flowers that you can buy as embellishments at Jo-Ann’s. They are usually made with satin or velvet ribbons and come a few in a pack – know what I mean? Watch for an instructional post on this soon!
Thanks you so much for the tip on what to “copy” to make these cute flowers!
You’re very welcome! Sorry I’m so behind in adding instructions – I have been completely wrapped up in getting my other site up: http://ihearthanna.com/
But I do have lots of plans for this site still and will be adding more instructions, it’s just taking me longer than I had hoped (as usual!) -Jen