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Saturday, March 13, 2010

Making Ribbon Roses for Pink Saturday 3/13/2010

Welcome to Pink Saturday again. Visit Beverly at HowSweetTheSound for the other participants. Last week I visited Tobi at pinkpixieforest for the first time and it was adorable!
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I had a few strips of ribbon left over recently—and being one to not waste perfectly good ribbon, I tried a rolled rose with a 12" length of ribbon. It turned out rather well. I tied a knot in one end and just started twisting and turning tightly and then did a few stitches in the back to hold it together and am well pleased. Try it. You could even use smaller lengths of ribbon so as to not waste it.




This shows how big they are at 12 inches length. The one on the left is grosgrain and the one on the right is organza. Practice!


This is a piece of iridescent fabric I've had for ages not knowing what I was going to do with it. I probably got it out of the remnant bin at Joanns. Anyway, it wouldn't tear so I cut it about 1 1/2" wide and didn't measure so it's uneven but it was about 15", knotted the end and just started twisting and rolling it and putting in stitches as I went. Easy peasy and you have a really unique and pretty rose when you finish. You could even do this as you're watching TV in the evening. That's how easy it is. Just a few minutes per rose.

Finished it turns out to be about 2" or a bit less. I glued a tiny remnant of an embroidered rose to the center to hide a mistake I made. Beau, non?! :-)

And even some ticking ribbon can make the sweetest rose. ;-) BTW, how are you liking my new photos from the Canon Rebel? I'd truly like to know. I'm trying to perfect them, ya know. ;-)

And you thought I couldn't do yellow. Hah!

Just as an aside, this is late in the afternoon when the sun wasn't coming in the window across the room from this rose. See the difference from this one and the one just above it. I used no flash on this one and several of the ones above. I just let the natural light from the window flood in and then adjusted in my iPhoto—an Apple Mac application for photos. For this one below here I leaned in quite close so a bit of the light from the window was obstructed. The one just above here is where I stepped back and let more of the natural light come in. I'm nowhere near a pro, just a chick who wants to help y'all. ;-)

Flash on:

Flash off letting the camera use the natural light:

Now for one last statement and I promise you that's it. Don't think for one minute I didn't adjust the settings on all of these photos. I adjusted the exposure, contrast, definition, shadows and sharpness. And when needed, I adjusted the temperature and tint to get the most accuracy in the truest of all the colors that I could. It's all work no matter how you look at it, but you'll have some of the best looking and sharpest photos on the blogs, chicks. I can promise you that.
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Oooooh, and a giveaway is just "around the corner", gals. Keep very close watch. ;-)
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46 comments:

  1. I love rosettes! These are so fun!

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  2. Hi Connie,

    I can't even imagine making roses that small! Blessings, C

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  3. What adorable lil' roses, sis! And you know what, I didn't know you could do yeller!! Funny thing is, I didn't realize how much I was gonna love that red ticking one myself!!

    Happy PINK Saturday!

    Big TX Hugs,
    Stephanie
    Angelic Accents

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  4. OH boy oh boy, more ribbon! Fabric roses! I'm really getting into this, and they really look smart. I'm going to try a black&white houndstooth check - it'll either be an unmitigated disaster or The Last Word in smart. Great tutorial.

    Happy Pink Saturday, Oh Great One!

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  5. love the roses you made.;) have a great weekend chick..;)

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  6. Your sweet little roses are beautiful! I'll have to try some!

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  7. I love those, and the dots...Perfect!

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  8. Well I am loving every one of your beautiful ribbon roses and the moment I am finished blogging I am getting my ribbon out...I wish you were here to be my private instructor. Beautiful work!!! Please stop over and see my blog. My daughter has just started blogging and I would love it if you could find the time to leave her a little message on her blog.
    Her link is right under my header.
    Thank you so much. Have a spectacular weekend. Create up a storm. You are sooo good at it.
    Love and hugs,
    Pat

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  9. I was late with my post but am participating anyway. Love the roses! What do you plan to do with them? They are almost identical to the ones on your feather wreath.

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  10. What pretty roses you have created. Amazing how different the roses are depending on type and style of ribbon you have used
    Alison

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  11. These roses are so cute, Connie! And your pics *are* very good. All my best pictures are with natural light! ♥

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  12. Good Morning! I love the roses you made. I have always wanted to do this and I also found someone(can't remember who) that had a tutorial on ribbon roses so I am going to give it a go. I really would be able to use these in my home and on my crafts! Thanks for showing yours!.
    Debbie

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  13. So fun and I have tons of loose ribbon hanging around! Thanks for the info!
    Happy Pink Saturday!

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  14. So pretty and talented..cheery for gloom today!
    Happy Pink Saturday!

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  15. Your roses are beautiful, Connie. Your photos are looking very professional with that new camera. I never use my flash and I do all the same adjustments, either in iPhoto or Picnik - with every photo I post.

    Happy Pink Saturday1

    xo
    Claudia

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  16. Morning, Connieness! Oh, these little ribbon roses are so pretty! I think I might could do this too! I love them and could just imagine how you could put them on all sorts of things.
    I loved your comment about trying to put my microwave up off the counter. I've wanted to do that for some time. Mr. Precious isn't handy in that way! One day I'd love to do that!
    Be a sweetie,
    Shelia ;)

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  17. I love all the roses! And it looks (maybe) simple to make?!?

    Happy PS!

    In Shoes We Trust,
    Maggie Mae
    "Do these shoes Match this purse?"

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  18. How very pretty they turned out. I've got to try this with my leftover ribbons. HPS!

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  19. Hi Connie....wow, the photos are really clear and each of the light vs flash have their own special look. Love the closeup details. Now, the tutorial is just the idea I needed for leftover ribbon and an added decoration to go with the crocheted pineapple pincushion hearts I've posted about today. Thanks for sharing the ribbon roses and your camera shots. Happy Pink Saturday and I'm watchin for the GiveAway, too!

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  20. happy PS dear Connie.. you made lovely ribbon roses! love them all..

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  21. Sweet, sweet roses. But my favorites are the yellow with the small pearls and the polka dot ones. I need to give this a whirl as I think my granddaughters would like to make them. Thanks for sharing.

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  22. The rosettes are charming. They would look wonderfully covering a pillow. Happy Pink Saturday.
    Ann

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  23. Just awesome my friend...love them...Hope you have a GREAT weekend...hugs and smiles Gl♥ria

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  24. How SWEET! I love your little roses. They're such happy little things, aren't they.... Thanks so much for sharing the tips.

    Your pix look perfect.

    Huggies,
    Spencer

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  25. Happy PS, Connie! I love how you just fiddled with the ribbon and came out with beauty! So pretty! Suzie

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  26. Your roses are so pretty! Happy
    Pink Saturday. The photos are
    awesome!

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  27. Connie,

    I used to make these years ago and completely forgot. I was wondering why during all my blog travels no one had ever posted the instructions.

    Thank you, thank you, thank you for posting this and reminding my old brain how to do them again. I so appreciate it!

    xo Cathy

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  28. Connie,

    I used to make these years ago and completely forgot. I was wondering why during all my blog travels no one had ever posted the instructions.

    Thank you, thank you, thank you for posting this and reminding my old brain how to do them again. I so appreciate it!

    xo Cathy

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  29. Your roses are gorgeous - and your photo editing skills do them justice!

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  30. Love, love the rosettes....They are beautiful....Happy Weekend

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  31. Happy Pink Saturday Sweetie...
    You did an absolute beautiful job on these ribbon roses. I love the way you showed the pinks and all at once, out of nowhere popped a big old yellow rose. So cute you are.

    I really enjoyed the ticking one. It looked so pretty in a rose, the two-tones is what I really like. And I love the little center that you gave the one rose. Beautiful for sure.

    Thank you for sharing as always I so love it when you do. Please have a beautiful Saturday sweetie.

    Country hugs and much love, Sherry

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  32. They are beautiful!! I wanna be you:)
    Sparkly Hugs,
    Tobi

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  33. Hi Connie! How lovely! These are so so fun! I love adding them as jewelry and to other projects such as lampshades. Can't wait to see what you'll do with yours, they're so small and sweet!

    Happy Pink Saturday!

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  34. Hello Connie; Wow your Roses are so pretty,,,, you did a great job on making them.... and such gorgeous colors too... hmmmmm, wonder if I can make them......lol
    Happy Pink Saturday.

    Hugs;
    Alaura

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  35. Love your roses.
    Happy Pink Saturday!!!

    Hugs
    Charo

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  36. that yellow one is pretty. Nice idea. They used to make those roses out of fabric for Drapery tie backs and decorate the window valances..

    yvonne

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  37. Your roses look great. Thanks for sharing how you did them. I might want to try it sometime. Love your camera and pictures. Thank you for your sweet comments on my post.

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  38. Happy Pink Day, Connie! I love fabric roses! Those would look sweet to pin on a denim jacket, tote, t-shirt, any place you want a little flourish! Thanks for the tutorial! It's definitely going into my must try file!

    Thanks for the visit and your sweet comments! I forgot to mention on the post that I found it at Ross. Lots of people have said they've seen them in Home Goods and TJ Maxx. Mine was red tagged because it was crooked. I'm surprised all the beads and drops were still on it!

    Have a lovely pink weekend!
    Cheers!
    Tina

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  39. Love 'em all Connie but I think I love the pink polka dot ones the best. And thanks for the tute....I may try to make some for my pillowcase dresses. :) HPS

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  40. Very pretty posies.
    Happy Pink Saturday.

    Sissie

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  41. Those are beautiful - I love the way you made them from ribbon - great texture. Thanks for stopping by! Linda

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  42. Them iz so cute and sweet, Connie :) I may have to give them a try. Your new camera takes magnificent pix. Happy PS~

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  43. Those turned out just great! I especially like the polka dot ones!! Hope PS was good and enjoy the rest of the weekend!! Sherri: )

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  44. Very pretty - Happy late Pink Saturday!

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  45. Connie, I love every single one. You did good, girl.

    Happy Pink Saturday.

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