Festive Displays

This Ribbon Star is very effective and easy to do.

First decide the lengths of your strands of ribbons. If you are putting it in a window the window frame will dictate this.

Then get your embroidery hoop which will be your centre point.

Decide which ribbons you will use as the three main points and which will be the extra strands.

Once you secure your ribbons at one end through the hoop, put pins in ribbon at the sides of the hoop to stop them from slipping.

Then attach your three points to the window frame using thumb tacks. You will need to pull them tight.

Lastly put the last strands in place.

 

The Ribbon Baubles are simply just empty glass baubles stuffed with ribbons. You can also fill them with buttons.

 

To make this Button Wreath you will need to get a polystyrene ring from an art shop.

I cut up strips of green musin and wrapped the ring several times in it.

Then I simply pinned buttons onto it using pins with heads on them. 

To finish it off I tied a big double sided velvet bow at the top and hung it with red grosgrain ribbon.

 

A variety of ribbons tied onto a Sheila Maid clothes dryer. Could also be a long branch.

 

The smell of oranges are lovely at this time of year. Hanging them off branges amonst ribbons can look nice and smell lovely. We addded cloves for an extra smell.

 

If you dont like sticky fingers you could cook your oranges before you hang them.

 

Photographer Doreen Kilfeather's Christmas tree, Christmas 2021with CLOTH Dublin ribbons

Doreen has styled and dressed her own tree. She purchased the ribbons from CLOTH Dublin by the metre

 

 

Siobhan Neild's door and wreath Christmas 2021. Shot Taffeta wired ribbon from CLOTH Dublin.

 

Stylist/Designer Aisling Cooney Christmas wreath 2020 with CLOTH Dublin velvet ribbons.

Aisling Cooney has styled and dressed her own wreath. She purchased the velvet ribbons from CLOTH Dublin by the metre

 

 

 

Make your own baubles by wrapping our dyed cotton muslins around polystyrene ring from an art shop.

I cut up strips of coloured musin and wrapped the balls several times in it. 

To finish it off I tied velvet or grosgrain ribbon around them and hung them off branches that I brought in and hung up.

 

Wrapping presents in fabric is becomming more and more poplular each year. We have wrapped ours in our dyed cotton muslins with cotton herringbone tape. The bowl is wrapped in cooking muslin which can be used instead of basting on Christmas day.

 

Lavender tied up in William Morris curtain fabric and satin ribbon.

 

Designer Caoimhe Murphy's made her linen napkins from our Irish linen and also bought some of our velvet ribbon to tie them. The eucalyptus is a lovely touch. 

 

All Ribbons, Cotton Tape, Buttons, Fabric and Embroidery Hoops are all availble in our Bricks and Mortar shop in Dublin 2