Sunday, October 18, 2009

Pom poms !!!

Today sharing a fabulous invention of a creative and wonderful cyber friend, with her kind permission. She came up with the idea to create pom poms from ribbons and rubber bands. They make incredibly cute accessories to dress up your bag and here's how to make your own. Many thanks again, dear P and good luck to everyone!

You need about 1.30 meters of ribbon and a few rubber bands.

Scrunch and twist your rubber bands into a little ball. Leave about 17cm of ribbon as the end bit.

Start winding the longer end of the ribbon around the rubber ball.

Try to wind the ribbon tightly and in a crisscrossing way, much like winding wool into a ball. Always stay clear of the 15 cm long end ribbon, just keep winding around it.

Nearly there..

Once you've used up all the ribbon, fold the end over and secure with a few stitches to the ball.

You can either knot your pom pom onto the handle or metal ring of your bag, or you could create a loop to attach it.

For the loop, fold about 7cm of the end ribbon onto itself..

and fix it with a few stitches.

Attach your pom pom to your bag in the same way as you'd do with a clochette. (Wind the ribbon around a handle or pull through a metal ring, then feed the pom pom through the loop you have just created)

14 comments:

  1. Thank you for this dear MT!! Just what I need exactly, very helpful :) Your Pom Poms look perfect!

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  2. Thank you DD! Have fun with your production! :-)

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  3. Thank you gigiofca, happy that you like them!

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  4. Thank you darling MT! Your instructions and pictures are so much more clear!

    I love your blog - I've learned so much and get so inspired by it! :) You are so lovely to share! I love the pics you've posted to les ailes d'Hermes - they must love when you send them new pictures!!

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  5. Fabulous!! The orange looks so pretty with the usual chocolate colored ribbon!
    Great step by step pics too!

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  6. All thanks and credit goes to you, dearest P!! Really happy you enjoy it here and thank you for your lovely words. Santé!! ;-)

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  7. Thank you my dear DB <3, you are the sweetest!! I saw that the Boduc goes even more beautifully with a bag that has white contrast stitching!! ;-)

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  8. First of all, I LOVE your blog, and I'm going to blog about it on my blog soon! I am so inspired by you. Simple and elegant is my favorite look. You take that to the next level.

    Little, tiny, question. How did you attach the pompom to the purse??

    Thanks for the inspiration!
    Teri

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  9. Thank you for your lovely words Teri, so happy you like it here!!

    Very good question, I completely forgot to post about it, but will include an extra pic as soon as possible. Basically I created a loop with the end ribbon, fixed it with a few stitches and attached the pom pom like a clochette to the bag. Hope this makes sense! :-)

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  10. Thanks! I got it! Making one as we speak with French ribbon.

    Teri

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  11. MaiTai, I just made my first pompom this morning and I absolutely love it!! Thanks so much for the detailed, yet easy to follow directions!

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  12. Congratulations Paula!! So nice to hear, thank you :-)

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