Creating & Sewing with Renaissance Ribbons — Archive

The new Dena Design ribbons collection Tangier Ikat is now available by the yard! These fresh and sophisticated patterns are rich, colorful, and make you want to travel far... They match her fabric line of the same name and will also look vibrant on solid fabrics. Enjoy some of the projects we have made!

French General ribbons collection is now available by the yard! We were very inspired by this lovely collection that gives us a taste of being in Provence! Here are some of the projects we had fun making as well as some projects French General made with there new ribbons! Stay posted for more to come!

Enjoy this free tote tutorial made by Melissa at 100billionstars! Here she combined 12 fabric hexies and the Gold Reliquary ribbon, all by Anna Maria Horner, on a natural canvas background. The result is a lovely tote perfect for your grocery shopping or a weekend away! See full tutorial        

Here is a charming ribbon Bag made by Valerie Bothel with Amy Butler, Anna Maria Horner and Jane Sasssaman’s ribbons. She is an author and designer of "Quilting...just a little bit crazy" and more... This Oval Messenger Bag is based on a free and easy to do pattern posted on the Stitching Scientist blog. Happy sewing!    

With this new, inspiring book, Elaine Schmidt takes you through 100 amazing and creative designs, all made with ribbons... From trims, to rosettes, sculptures, baubles, beads and more. In this magical book, Elaine used many of the Renaissance Ribbons so we also wanted to give it a try and follow one of her project. We chose the gorgeous Cocarde from her book cover made with Amy Butler's ribbon collection.  The step-by-step photos and clear instructions made it very easy for us to create this detailed and intricate pattern. You can order Elaine's book here and make many of those magical...

From Sew4Home: "Maybe it's time to step back to something basic yet beautiful, starting with today's pretty favor bags in soft linen accented with gorgeous Renaissance Ribbons. Clean and simple, but with a personal touch and a fundamental elegance. These bags are very easy to make and are actually designed for "assembly line" construction. Simply cut the base fabric into long strips, cut the ribbon into matching lengths, then stitch the ribbon down the center of the entire fabric strip. When the ribbon is secured, sub-cut the strip into sections, seam, and finish. See the full tutorial on Sew4Home  ...