Now starting from the outside, roll it in towards the rest of the ribbon…And stitch it in place:

Now fold the ribbon backwards on a 45degree angle…

Roll that around the stem like this…

And stitch in place. From the top it looks like this:

Fold the ribbon backwards again and keep rolling as you stitch it. This is pretty much how you make the whole thing, keep folding backwards, rolling and stitching.

This is a view of how I stitch the bottom as I go…

After a while you’ll see the rose starting to form. It can take a little bit of practice to be able to get the petals to sit correctly, the key is to make sure that you don’t wrap it too tightly, you want the petals to fan out not stick around the stem.

Once you are happy with the size of the flower then cut off any extra and fold it down toward the stem.

And tie it all off…

It should look something like this from the side, if you wrap it too tightly it won’t fan out this nicely.

All done! Then just attach it to a hair tie and you’ve got a very cute accessory 😀

Once you get the hang of it, you can pretty much make them without paying too much attention. This is a great craft project for watching a movie with 😀
I’m using silver ribbon and black thread so you can easily see where I’m stitching. These flowers work best with ribbon where both sides are nice but if use ribbon with different textures on each side it can be quite an interesting effect.

First thing, fold down one end at a 45 degree angle and stitch it in place. You should leave a couple of cm at the bottom to form a stem.

What you need:

• Seed beads in various colours
• Needle/thread
• Medium bead (for the inside of the head)
• Large bead (for the inside of the body)
• A couple of crystal beads for the ruffle on the dress

First I made the head. I used 2 black beads for the eyes and a pink one for the nose.

I threaded the needle then tied it to the large bead.

Then I threaded 6 clear beads and ran the needle through the large bead again so it was secure:

I continued doing this around the whole head and strategically placed the face beads amongst the clear:

Once the whole thing was covered I pulled my thread to the top. I added around 14 beads and doubled the strand back down and through the middle hole again to for an ear.

Adorable ear:

Add a second one and you’ve got a head!

I added a small ring of 4 more seed beads to the bottom of the head to form a neck. Then I threaded the large bead on to form the body. I only had a red one this size but I would suggest using something of a similar colour to your beads haha!

Using the same technique as the head I put row upon row of purple beads from top to bottom until it was all covered.

Using a string of purple with one clear at the end I added the arms:

The I added a skirt to the bottom by threading a triangle of 3 more beads between each of the strands…

Then I joined those triangles of beads into a frill by adding a crystal bead between each. So running the needle around the edge went: bead bead crystal bead bead crystal bead bead crystal etc

Lastly I added the legs using clear beads and one purple one on the end to be shoes.

After knotting all of the loose threads and hiding them inside the beads I was finished!

Pretty damn cute for a first try if I do say so myself ^_^

I want to try making lots more of these little things but I’m not sure what to make! What do you guys think, any suggestions?