Rick Rack Rosettes

by Nikkala on March 16, 2011 · 135 comments

in crafts,flowers,gift ideas,how-to,jewelry

A friend gave me this flower ring and necklace, when she handed them to me I thought they were porcelain–there’s a very vintage feel to them. From a distance you really can’t tell that they’re made out of rick rack! Yes, rick rack!

She shared how to make them with me, and now I’m sharing with all of you readers! The wow of the rosette comes from a few simple steps! She found this tutorial, in Portuguese I believe.

First, cut 2 strips of rick rack. She said that the medium sized rick rack works the best–so that’s what I’ve used. No need to find out for myself, I’m taking her word for it. I cut the rick rack 10-12″, depending on how big of a flower I want to end up with.

Then twist the two pieces of rick rack together, like this.

And then run a stitch down one side to hold it all together.

Like so.

And to make the flower, you just start from one end and roll it up. I add small dots of hot glue, just to keep it all together.

Keep rolling.

Until you have this–and then tuck the little tail under and hot glue it down. I also glue a small circle of felt or fleece on the back, just to finish it off. To make your flower wearable glue it on a ring blank, a necklace, or on clips for little girl’s hair. Can you think of other fun places to put these rosettes?

You’ll notice all of the petals are closed, so to open them up you just peel them back one by one. Until it looks like a flower. As you wear it, the petals tend to close up, so re-opening it will be necessary. Unless you prefer it closed of course.

And here it is on my finger. A totally crafty cocktail ring.

Awesome.

(Please excuse my hands, my hand model moved to Indiana, so I’m left using what I’ve got

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1 Chelsea March 16, 2011 at 5:48 am

This is the cutest thing ever. My husband just bought me my first sewing machine and I think this might be one of my first projects. Thank you for sharing the tutorial!

2 Valerie March 16, 2011 at 6:40 am

There are so many flower tutorials out there, and this is a great one! Ric rac, who would have guessed? Thanks for the tutorial!!

3 Jenn March 16, 2011 at 7:56 am

Just ANOTHER reason why I need a sewing machine! LOL! I love it!

4 Nikkala March 16, 2011 at 3:30 pm: You could hand stitch it…but if it is the final push to get a sewing machine forget I ever mentioned it!

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5 Brooke March 16, 2011 at 7:59 am

Nikkala! That is the coolest thing ever! I totally love it and want to buy ric rac in every color now. Great tutorial!

6 Renee March 16, 2011 at 8:03 am

This is so cool!! Thanks for the great idea!

7 Ami w/AliLilly March 16, 2011 at 8:45 am

WHOA!! These are fantastic!!!

8 Kirsten March 16, 2011 at 8:51 am

OH MY WORD ALIVE. So cute Nik, you are one naughty crafty cat!! Love it!!

9 Jamie March 16, 2011 at 9:10 am

Nikkala! This takes the CAKE!

10 Sumo March 16, 2011 at 9:27 am

LOVE this! How unique and fun! I’ll be featuring it on my blog at the end of the month – all credit linked back here!

http://sumossweetstuff.blogspot.com

Thanks!
Sumo:)

11 Sylvia/LittleTreasures March 16, 2011 at 10:00 am

Thank you so much for these directions. I saw these made up someplace and purchased my ric rac yesterday wondering if I’d get it together right. Well thanks to you I can practice correctly.

12 Kim Brooks March 16, 2011 at 10:36 am

Isn’t rick rack the greatest! Love the flowers!

13 marissa March 16, 2011 at 10:48 am

this is SO cool I can’t wait to try it out

14 Darcy March 16, 2011 at 10:49 am

Love this! Can’t wait to make some cute hair barrettes for my daughter using this method. They would make a great bouquet if you could wire them up in some way? Maybe hold the wire in the center before you start twisting? I am thinking cute Mother’s Day rosette bouquet!

15 Nikkala March 16, 2011 at 3:29 pm: A bouquet would be so cute…I’ll have to play around with that idea!

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16 Kristin March 16, 2011 at 11:36 am

LOVE this! Bookmarking for future reference

17 Amanda Dale March 16, 2011 at 12:03 pm

These are fantastic! Thanks so much for sharing the tutorial!

18 Rey March 16, 2011 at 12:09 pm

LOVE THIS! Thank you so much for sharing the tutorial!

19 haley davis March 16, 2011 at 12:19 pm

Oh my!! Totally lovin’ it!

20 SarahJ March 16, 2011 at 2:05 pm

So very cute! I am going to have to try these with my bags of ric rac… I inherited my granny’s collection and have tons of it!

21 Nikkala March 16, 2011 at 3:28 pm: Lucky! You can make roses for everyone you know!

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22 Heidi March 16, 2011 at 2:08 pm

This is sooo creative and fun. May have to try it out for myself!!

thanks for sharing
chickhardware.blogspot.com

23 jenna March 16, 2011 at 2:27 pm

OMG thoes are awesome!!! Thank you so much!

24 jenna March 16, 2011 at 2:27 pm

OMG those are awesome!!! Thank you so much!

25 whit March 16, 2011 at 4:41 pm

those are fun! i like the idea of a bouquet for mother’s day…totally going to try it!

26 Hydi March 16, 2011 at 5:24 pm

Awesome idea! I love it! I was just wondering how you made it into the ring. What you used on the back to be able to wear it. Thanks!

27 Nikkala March 26, 2011 at 9:08 am: Hydi, I found ring blanks in the jewelry section at Hobby Lobby. The official name is ‘ring with pad’. It’s a ring with a flat round disc on top.

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28 erin March 16, 2011 at 5:30 pm

So awesome, seriously creative!

29 Amy @ Positively Splendid March 16, 2011 at 7:38 pm

Oh my word – love everything about these! Talk about a great gift idea!

30 Karisa March 16, 2011 at 8:01 pm

rockin’ tutorial! I need to give these a go.

31 colette March 16, 2011 at 9:24 pm

so cute, I must try this. I’d really like to see a better picture of the necklace though.

32 melinda ke March 17, 2011 at 3:52 pm

These are so cool, thank you for the great idea!

33 Jessica March 20, 2011 at 7:28 pm

Love this idea! However where did you find your blank rings to mount them on?

34 Nikkala March 21, 2011 at 2:29 pm: I found them in the jewelry section at Hobby Lobby. It’s called a “ring with pad”. Hope that helps!

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35 TL March 21, 2011 at 3:09 am

simply beautiful! Thanks for sharing will make one for sure

36 Debbie Fredette March 22, 2011 at 11:20 am

This is so cute! Can’t wait to try to make one too.

37 jimmye wolfe March 23, 2011 at 3:01 am

preciouse little idea! rick rack – to top it off!! thanks so much for sharing.

38 Quynh March 23, 2011 at 5:03 pm

That looks like a very quick and easy way to make frog closures as well!

39 xade boreal March 24, 2011 at 5:13 pm

so cuteeeeeeeeeeeeee

40 amanda March 25, 2011 at 1:25 pm

wow really cool! you could starch it to keep it open forever, and i would try using two different shades of red. brilliant little ring.

41 phoebe March 25, 2011 at 6:28 pm

too stinkin’ cute!!! will be making MANY of these:)

42 taylor kate March 25, 2011 at 6:37 pm

thanks for the tutorial!

ps- your hand modeling looks great! (your comment reminded me of my mom and i though which made me giggle!)

43 Nikkala March 26, 2011 at 9:09 am: Thanks!

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44 Lisa March 26, 2011 at 4:27 am

So cute! And so simple to make too. Thanks for sharing

45 creativejewishmom/sara March 26, 2011 at 3:08 pm

Love your rick rack flowers, was about to make some myself and didn’t know about the trick of combining two strips together for a totally different look!
Thanks so much for sharing and would love to see on at my international crafty linking party, Craft Schooling Sunday, which opens Saturday (night for me, day maybe for you) and is open atleast until Wednesday. Hope to see you there!

46 martha-caknitter March 26, 2011 at 3:20 pm

what a great idea!! thanks for sharing.

47 Jennifer March 28, 2011 at 7:23 pm

Gals,
I have seen many, MANY flower tutorials using fabric scraps, t-shirts, etc…but these are simple and beautiful! Wonderful ideas..thanks so much for the clear instructions and the lovely little flowers. I’m going to run out and buy rick rack..

48 Lois March 29, 2011 at 12:06 am

Thank you so much for the great tutorial! I just featured it on my blog http://www.auntielolocrafts.blogspot.com

49 Diane March 29, 2011 at 1:17 pm

This is adorable!!! Just love it!!! Thank you!

50 Yuliya March 29, 2011 at 11:54 pm

very cool idea, thank you!

51 Tauni March 31, 2011 at 12:25 pm

Wow. These are awesome! Thank you for sharing!!!

52 mama of a mini diva April 1, 2011 at 10:07 am

I can not wait to try this out. Thanks for a great tut.

53 Joey Ramone April 2, 2011 at 8:51 am

These are gorgeous and look so easy to make!! I love things like that, simple but just beautiful. I can’t wait to make my own, I have lots of rick rack!!
Thank you!
Best wishes
Joey

54 Jeanee April 3, 2011 at 12:20 pm

I hate rick rack… but I LOVE this!

I featured your DIY on my blog.

http://blog.shopdirtylaundry.com/posts/2011/4/1/13-the-dirty.html

Thanks for making me see rick rack in a different way.

55 Andrea August 19, 2011 at 8:52 pm: I agree! I have always HATED ric rac. This is the first time I’ve seen it used and it hasn’t made me want to run away!

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56 Jami J April 3, 2011 at 9:53 pm

These are wonderful!!! So cute! Thanks for sharing the idea!

57 Karen Hess April 5, 2011 at 10:04 pm

Awesome!!! I can’t wait to make one! Thanks, Nikkala!!

58 Tania April 6, 2011 at 5:10 am

this is so beautiful, thanks for sharing, found your link on: justsomethingImade.com

59 Amie April 6, 2011 at 9:43 am

I just discovered this project from a link on Twitter – I am in love with that ring, I can’t wait to try this on my own. Thank you for sharing!

60 Jenn Lucas April 6, 2011 at 9:44 am

Thanks for this tutorial – it is so cute! I know how to make all kinds of rolled flowers – ribbon, fabric, etc., etc., etc., but I have to admit, this is the first time I’ve seen this one.

61 K{IR}STEN April 6, 2011 at 11:19 pm

How lovely! My mother had a pearl necklace many yrs ago with similar roses on it. Immediatley, I thought of this necklace when I came across your post. What a neat idea…..and to think with rick rack! Awesome!

62 Debra April 7, 2011 at 9:02 pm

I have seen a lot of flower tuts, but I really like this one. I may have to make a few and make some sort of hair accessory for myself. Really pretty outcome!

63 Laura Rhodes April 10, 2011 at 11:31 pm

Oh how lovely and simple! I would have never thought of it! Thanks for sharing and may the Lord bless your week! Laura Rhodes
http://rhodesembroiderycreations.webs.com/
http://rhodescreations.blogspot.com

64 darla April 15, 2011 at 2:30 am

love the rose you make i use make rose;s out of ribbions i take my stuff to the hospital when i had i have to 9to 13 days most times so i make lots of crafts the hospital and would give them away . this lady siister wasin the hospital and she was very sick she knock on my door andask tocomei said ok she said i hear your makeing flowers out ribbions i yesi am she said mayi buy one from you see my sister very sister and havingto moved to aother hospital she i just wanted give her asmall gift i wasso happy come and asked i happy togive her and her sister
to play with crafts not only help you passthe time away but we can put smile on others faces with our crafts . i am learing jewerly madeing i enjoy just shareing with others and i want say thank you for share with allof us . i try rember to dropin to vist here love yyour blog . god bless all

65 Carmen April 17, 2011 at 4:14 pm

buenisimo, me encanto!!!

66 ...love Maegan April 21, 2011 at 2:48 pm

adorable!

67 Alexandra April 21, 2011 at 9:09 pm

I think your hands are great!

68 maize hutton April 24, 2011 at 12:06 pm

Reminds me of my rick rack ring tutorial.
http://maizehutton.blogspot.com/2011/02/rick-rack-rings-diy.html

69 Angela April 27, 2011 at 2:40 pm

These would be great in different spring colors on a wreath mixed with other fabric flowers. Great tutorial!!!

70 Leslie May 1, 2011 at 9:03 am

Thank you for sharing this tut! I am going to make these and glue them to my ugly hair clips. They are the only things that hold my hair, but ewwww, very ugly! I know this will dress them right up! I am glad I found you!

71 Chelsea May 1, 2011 at 10:46 am

What a cute idea! I can’t wait to try this. I think I’m going to make some and sew them on throw pillows or maybe stitch to a knitted scarf.

http://www.sothisisarmylife.blogspot.com

72 Holly Day May 2, 2011 at 1:40 am

OMG! These rosettes look so gorgeous although they appear to be so easy to make! Thanks for sharing: it’s another gift idea to keep in a safe place.

73 Diane May 6, 2011 at 7:08 am

Thanks so much for the GREAT tutorial. It’s so easy to follow. I can’t wait to make some of these for myself.

74 Beverly @ Flamingotoes.com May 6, 2011 at 11:02 am

I love these!! They are so pretty! I used them on a throw pillow I made for spring! (I linked to you too. Here’s the link if you want to check them out! http://www.flamingotoes.com/2011/05/spring-zig-zag-ric-rac-pillows/

75 Nikkala May 6, 2011 at 12:11 pm: Beverly, your pillows are so stinking cute! Thanks for linking back. I went ahead and shared them on Facebook and Twitter. Love them!

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76 Falaxy May 14, 2011 at 5:31 pm

brilliant idea! thanks so much for sharing it! : )

77 La Pie Kikou May 15, 2011 at 4:06 am

c’est une très bonne idée, j’aime beaucoup,
bonne journée, Jocelyne

78 Beverly May 18, 2011 at 8:04 pm

These roses are the cutest and sweetest things I have seen! Thanks for sharing!

79 Monique May 22, 2011 at 7:00 am

Merci pour le tuto de ces superbes roses. Amitiés Monique

80 Rachael May 27, 2011 at 5:46 am

These are absolutely fabulous, I love them and can’t wait to have a try at making them.

I have put a link on my blog because they are the my favourite thing I’ve come across this week!

Rachael

81 RebekahSue June 13, 2011 at 8:35 pm

I love this! Although it uses a sewing machine and I am not lucky enough to have one. Any suggestions on how to do it without one? Love these though!

82 malox qui bidouille June 14, 2011 at 1:29 am

hi!!
thank you for your tutorial …
Your hands are beautiful ;o)
friendly

83 Laura June 14, 2011 at 3:39 am

Es precioso !!!!!

Muchas gracias y un besito desde Barcelona !

84 Andrea June 15, 2011 at 6:12 am

obrigada pela florzinha, amei. vou tentar fazer
beijos e ate mais

85 jen June 20, 2011 at 3:46 pm

cute idea! think hot glue or glue dots would work instead?

86 Annica June 26, 2011 at 1:55 pm

I am normally the farthest thing from a fan of rickrack, but you may just have made a believer of me with this tutorial. I think I might have to bend my will and (gasp) go out and buy some rickrack, just for these! Thanks for the rickrack conversion!

87 Susan Ayers July 6, 2011 at 6:32 am

Ok I officially love this but I have a question… What can I use or how can I wrap this to make it stay semi open, such as on your ring? I am planning on a few of these as decorations on a display but I don’t want to have to continually reopen them?

88 Valerie July 7, 2011 at 8:34 pm

This is so cute! I just made this and hot glued it to a ring I had. The only problem I had was that the finished product was really bulky and kind of heavy. But that’s a small price to pay for something so cute.

89 lynn July 11, 2011 at 7:37 pm

these are SO fabulous–thanks for the tut:)

90 Panz July 12, 2011 at 7:17 pm

Your hands look like your model was wasted money!! Thank you for such a great idea. I just love this and will begin testing it immediately. I detest those natty mini roses from WalMart. These will work much, much better. I think a twist of green on each side will make leaves.

91 donna mikasa July 12, 2011 at 11:37 pm

These are gorgeous! Thanks for sharing such a clear tutorial!

92 Alicia @ Sweet Ava Kate July 14, 2011 at 1:25 pm

I adore this! Thanks for sharing the tutorial! I have some rick rack in my craft room, think I’ll try this when the kids go down for a nap!

93 Mary Kathryn August 4, 2011 at 7:22 pm

I have extra ric rac and am going to try attaching it to a bobby pin and making a clip for my daughters!! Love it, thanks!

94 Jill Young August 7, 2011 at 4:26 pm

Isn’t there a product that is kinda like Mod Podge but makes fabric flowers look like porcelain when dipped in the product? I wonder how these would look like that?
I think that they would look great on a headband too.

95 Nikkala January 9, 2012 at 10:06 am: Yes, I just learned about it. It’s called Utee!

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96 Colleen August 28, 2011 at 7:12 pm

That’s a wonderful idea! I absolutely love it! Thank you for sharing it with us!

97 Tamara @ Etcetorize August 31, 2011 at 8:30 am

Oooooh! I love these. I can’t wait to try this out.

98 Theophanie August 31, 2011 at 10:46 am

That is beautiful!
P.S. Your hands aren’t any worse than mine.

99 Alexandria September 10, 2011 at 6:08 pm

I just made one out of my leftover turquoise rick rack and i Love how it turned out! here’s a pic –> http://alexandriajette.blogspot.com/2011/09/easy-crafting.html

100 Nikkala September 10, 2011 at 6:32 pm: Ack! I love it!

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101 Claire September 14, 2011 at 1:34 pm

we did something similar, but i’d like to try this one as well!

http://inspiringpretty.com/2011/06/08/handmade-wednesday-fabric-rosettes/

102 sharon October 19, 2011 at 9:32 am

My son is getting married next month and the wedding has a “vintage” theme. We are having the rehearsal dinner at a beach house – I think I will make many of these in the wedding colors and scatter them on the tables etc. These are adorable!

103 carinissima October 22, 2011 at 1:25 am

Quelle belle idée, je pense que je vais m’en servir! Merci!

104 Picsou630 October 29, 2011 at 6:42 am

It’s a very good idea…the result is beautiful.
Bravo et félicitations. Merci pour le tuto

105 cindy valente November 7, 2011 at 5:29 pm

I do love your rick rack rosettes. However, I would like to print out the directions and cannot figure out how w/out printing all the extra pages of comments. Can you help me w/ that? Thanks, Cindy.

106 janet wilson November 8, 2011 at 6:10 pm

Fascinating – love them and feek very intrigued to try making one )

Thank you for the inspiration!!

107 Krista November 9, 2011 at 1:41 pm

I’ve been making theserosettes and attaching them to stretch lace and making them into bracelets for my daughters. They look so delicate on their cute little arms.

108 Bianca Moraes November 16, 2011 at 9:48 am

Wow! I love this!

The funny thing about it is: I’m from Brazil and saw this tutorial here first! That one you linked is in Brazil’s portuguese! I’m so proud of it!

Thank you for sharing! I’m going right now get my rick racks!
;*

109 jane brant November 20, 2011 at 11:25 am

wow..Love your clear and concise directions. 5 stars for the authors and photographers!!

110 Ramya January 1, 2012 at 9:18 pm

Awesome!! can’t think of any other word to describe…Brilliant work…neat and beautiful…

111 Kim January 9, 2012 at 3:25 pm

this is a wonderful idea, can hardly wait to try it out…ty~

112 Deana January 21, 2012 at 2:12 pm

That is sew cute I just Stumbled upon you….and joined up..I’d like to invite you to CountryMommaCooks Link & Greet party going on now-Sunday….have a lovely weekend!

113 Alexsa January 22, 2012 at 11:21 pm

hello ladies, I loved this rosette idea, but I can’t braid my rick rack I make a mess on it every time I try to.
can you please help me. I really want to do it, I bought several rick rack packs and I don’t want them to get wasted.
thanks

114 Tammie January 31, 2012 at 10:45 am

I love this tutorial. Thank you for taking your time to share this with us. I made a red rose ring and love it. I did share a picture of my finished project and a link to your blog post.

http://www.justmaketime.com/2012/01/30/one-project-goal-down-eleven-more-to-go/

Thanks again!

115 Rosabella February 12, 2012 at 7:08 am