Easy Ribbon Flower

Today I'm going to be showing you guys how to make a rose out of ribbon. It is super easy and so cute after you are finished. This is what the finished product will look like:

I like to make these little guys to put on headbands, clothes, and to add as embellishments to things I'm sewing.

So first off you are going to need these items to get started:

::: A needle and thread, make sure the thread is fairly long (better too long than too short).

::: A ribbon about 7/8" thick, you can also do a little bit smaller or little bit larger, depending on how large     you want your flower to be. The ribbon I am using is about 35" long

::: A button, can be small or medium and large if you do a large flower.
::: Tacky glue or hot glue gun (hot glue gun seems to work a little better but tacky glue can be used).

The first thing you are going to do is take your ribbon and fold it over so the 2 sides meet and then make sure one side is shorter than the other like this:

Next, your going to fold the short side over the long side to make a 90 degree angle or L shape like this:

 The short side of the ribbon is the one folded over the top. Now you are going to take the long side of the ribbon and fold it to the left, on top of the short ribbon. Then take the short side and fold up over the long side like this:

 Side view:

Keep doing this until you run out of short ribbon. Hold the bottom part very securely. While holding on to bottom, pull the long ribbon and the ribbon should scrunch up like this:

Turn the ribbon over and Voila, you have a flower:

From here you can choose to leave it without a button on it, just make sure you hot glue or tacky glue the back so it doesn't come undone. 

I am going to add a button for this tutorial so what you need now is a needle and thread and a button:

Make sure you have the 2 ends of the ribbons together on the back so you can thread the needle through both of them to hold the flower together.

Then you are going to put the button on top of the flower and starting from the back of the flower, you are going to thread up through the flower and into one hole of the button and then back down the other hole.
Keep doing this about 4-5 times or until button is tightly on the flower.

On the back of flower make a few knots with needle and thread to secure the thread so it wont come undone.

And here is the final product!

I took this flower and added it to an old headband I had:

I made another flower and added it to the headband along with this one. Here is my new and improved headband:

Thanks for visiting my blog! Stay tuned for another awesome craft!