Satin ribbons are an excellent material for crafts, from which you can make a huge number of interesting and unusual products. This could be a cute decoration for your home, a useful item for the powder room, or a homemade gift for your loved ones. Crafts made from satin ribbons do not require any special skills or experience, so any beginner can handle them if they follow the instructions provided.
What can you make yourself from this material? For example, a beautiful box that will be useful for storing jewelry and other small things, and will also be pleasing to the eye, because you can make it to your liking. You will learn how to do this in this article.
How to make a box from satin ribbons
The first step is to decide on the necessary materials and prepare each one so that it is at hand. There are many options for boxes, so only your imagination can limit you.Having mastered the general principle, you can choose a different decor or add some elements to your product so that it is original and expresses your individuality.
An important point is the choice of base for the box. How to do it right?
Which foundation to choose
A variety of items can be used as a base. Most often these are reels from some kind of film, tape, tape, and so on. An important point will be the level of strength of the material, as well as its shape.
For example, if you need a box that is not too small, that is not round, but oval, then you can even choose an ice cream box that will suit you. Lately, stores have been selling a large number of these jars, in which extremely tasty ice cream is stored. Surely every home has one of these, or you can buy ice cream, eat it, and use the packaging as the basis for a future box.
After the base has been chosen, you need to figure out how to process it and what else is needed to create such a craft that will not only be useful, but also very beautiful.
How to prepare the base
The first step, of course, is to wash the base. As an example, let’s take an ice cream package, which is a very convenient material for making a box, since it also has a lid. You can decorate it in the same way in the future and you won’t have to make an additional lid.
Then you need to glue the fabric to the bottom of the package. It is best to do this with durable and reliable glue so that you can use the thing for a long time.
IMPORTANT! Pay attention to the color scheme of the base and calculate whether it will be visible after decoration is completed. After all, if there are gaps left on the box and the decor does not completely fill the entire surface, then it is better to choose ribbons and other decorations that match the color of the base. Otherwise, the product will look ridiculous and ugly.
What else will you need?
To work, you will also need sewing supplies - scissors, a needle and others, ribbons in the right quantity and the right color, glue, white cotton fabric, lace, a lighter, a pencil and any decorative elements as desired.
How to decorate the base and lid
After you have glued the fabric to the bottom of the package, you can start decorating. Weave a wide, neat braid from satin ribbon and glue it to the base along the entire circumference. Try to glue so that the tape does not slip or slant in one direction.
Then weave a second one the same, but of a different color and glue it in exactly the same way. There may be several such braids - it all depends on the size of your future box. Then, if there is space left, but there is no longer enough space for a braid, you can glue regular tape, which will be the final stage of decorating the base.
Now you need to process the lid. First, glue another piece of fabric onto it, and along the edges - the same cute braid of ribbons. In the middle you can attach roses from ribbons or any other decorations, for example, lace.
What techniques can be used when decorating
In addition to simple braids, you can also try the kanzashi technique - weaving flowers from satin ribbons. The above-mentioned roses are made according to the same principle.
Decorative elements made using this technique will undoubtedly attract the attention of others and will also be an excellent addition to an elegant box.
Tips and examples
After completing the work, check how convenient it will be to use the box - for example, whether the lid is stuck or whether the decor is in the way. Also try shaking the product and tugging at the glued elements. If something falls off, make it more durable.
Satin ribbons can be used to decorate not only a box, but also various children’s decorations, greeting cards, or even be used to decorate a holiday table. Before starting work, you can look at examples on the Internet, so that you can then combine several techniques at once, add something of your own and get a truly unusual product that will appeal not only to you, but to everyone around you.
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