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Make Your Own Pink Ribbons

by Karen Lynch on April 12th, 2008

It’s easy to do! Start by buying miles and miles of pink ribbon! No, seriously, just get yourself to a sewing or craft shop — or aisle in your favorite retail outlet - and pick out a spool of pink ribbon, a quarter inch wide.

When you get home, snip the very end at an angle (like this: / ), then snip off a three inch section of ribbon also at an angle but the opposite angle (like this: \ ).

Next, hold the three inch piece of ribbon horizontally in both your hands with the shorter edge on top ( /—\ ).

Grasp the ribbon at it’s midpoint. Take the left end and fold it so it points down then slightly across the midpoint; then, fold the right end down in the same way so the ribbon crosses itself.

Where the ribbon crosses itself, use a small safety pin to hold the ribbon in place, concealing the pin behind the ribbon.

You can certainly use a hot glue gun and dab a dot of glue at the cross point before you fold the right end of the ribbon down. Or, use a needle and small length of pink thread to secure the ribbon ends together.

Let me know how they come out. Better yet … send me some!! Have fun!

(Photo: Courtesy of_e.t at flickr)

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