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From "DIY Crafts"
episode DIC-101 |
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Ellie Schneider of Offray® Ribbon Company demonstrates a block-weaving technique that she uses to make decorative stationery boxes. Use the boxes to store cards you've already made.
Materials:
6 1/2 yards Offray icy-pink 5/8" satin ribbon
7 1/2 yards Offray hunter-green 5/8" satin ribbon
6 1/2 yards Offray celery-green 5/8" satin ribbon
Chip board
1" seam binding
1 yard hunter-green fabric
Tag board
1 yard medium/heavyweight fusible web
Velcro® dots Woven Cover - Pin a 15" by 17" piece of fusible web to an ironing board or padded surface.
- Pin 17 pieces of icy-pink ribbon, each 13", side by side vertically to the web.
- Weave the celery-green ribbon over and under the pink ribbon at a 30-degree angle, going under two warp, over one warp, under two warp, over one warp, across each row (figure A). For the next row, shift over one but continue going under two, over one, etc., across the row.
- Weave the hunter-green ribbon in the opposite diagonal direction, going under two warp (one pink and one celery-green), over one warp, etc. You'll immediately be able to tell if you're weaving correctly because the hunter-green ribbon should be on top of the celery-green ribbon to form a block that looks three-dimensional (figure B).
- Fuse the ribbon to the webbing according to the manufacturer's directions. Stitch around the edges, and trim them neatly.
- Sew a piece of fabric to the long edge of the woven piece to create a back to the woven block.
- Cut two 8 1/2" by 12" pieces and one 3/4" by 12" piece from the chip board.
- Lay out the pieces, with the narrow piece between the wider two, leaving a 1/8" space on either side.
- Apply glue to two 12" pieces of 1" seam binding to cover the 1/8" spaces linking the three pieces together. Flip, and do the same to the other side with two additional 12" pieces of seam binding.
- Fold or tuck the seam binding into the 1/8" spaces as needed to create mobility of covers.
- Lay the woven cover piece over the outside of the chip board cover. Square up the edges, fold the raw edges inside, and glue them in place (figure C).
- Glue two 12" pieces of hunter-green ribbon to the woven fabric, one to the center edge of the front cover and one to the center edge of the back cover. These will be used to tie the book closed.
- Lay an 18" by 12" piece of fusible webbing on the back side of a 19" by 13" piece of fabric. Fuse them with an iron. Turn the raw edges to the underside, press, and then glue them to the inside of the front and back covers.
Card Box - Cut a 9" by 12" piece of chip board.
- Score in 3/4" on all sides, and cut in 3/4" on each corner to make tabs.
- Bend up at all "score" lines to create boxed sides. Turn the tabs in, and tape at all corners. Set the box on a 13" by 15" piece of fabric (figure D).
- Bring the raw edges of the fabric up, over and down into the box, and glue into place.
- Cut a 7 1/2" by 10 1/2" piece of tag board. Set the tag board on a 9" by 11" piece of fabric. Bring the raw edges around and press and then glue them in place (figure E).
- Glue a 24" piece of hunter-green ribbon to the middle of the bottom edge of the back of the box so that it comes over the length of the box (figure F).
- Attach two Velcro dots to the bottom of the box and the back of the book to secure the box in place.
RESOURCES :
Contact for featured ribbons
Lion Ribbon Co. / C.M. Offray & Son Inc.
Website: www.offray.com
The Splendor of Ribbon
Model: 1567993974
Author: Ellie Schneider& Ellie Joos
(March 1997); 128 pages
Lion Ribbon Co. / C.M. Offray & Son Inc.
Website: www.offray.com
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