Silk ribbon 13mm (SR13)
Painters Base yarn : Au Ver A Soie® Ruban de Soie 7mm
⇒dyed by BIZ
material: 
100% silk
Recommended needles: Tapestry needle 16, chenille needle 16, wool darning needle 16
recommended working length : 25cm
Packing: snap spool on paper pin
Length: 3m
Care instructions
Color chart
- Filament silk
- woven
- = real selvedge
- do not fray so quickly during processing
- more expensive than
- cut ribbons (knitting material)
- “Spare” straps made from polyester
- are difficult to pull through fabrics
- do not form softly falling shapes
- Ribbons are processed very “sparingly”
- Flat starting node
- End thread is only sewn over approx. 1 cm
- are never stretched over long distances
- Maximum section length 25cm
- Rules for the choice of needles
- must be easy to thread
- There must still be room in the eye of the needle
- Needle is twisted through the fabric, not pulled
- as soon as the eye comes out of the fabric
- Hold the eyelet and ribbon together
- Turn carefully and pull at the same time
- as soon as the eye comes out of the fabric
- Always keep the thread stretched as vertically as possible under/over the fabric.
- Ribbon embroidery should be worked in an embroidery hoop for a good result
Popular stitches and techniques for
13mm silk ribbon
Needlepoint
- experimental textile works
- Needlepoint
Surface Embroidery
- Ribbon Embroidery
- experimental textile works
- Knot stitches
- Surface Work
- Satin stitch embroidery
- ZigZagging
- Stumpwork
- Trellis
Other textile techniques
- experimental textile works
- Braided ribbons
- Tassels
- Weaving
