My Newest Obsession: Ribbonwork Embroidery

As you ladies know, this blog is kind of my secret girlie place. So you can imagine why I felt the need to share these images with you. When I came across them on pinterest (of course) I was just blown away - they're so beautiful! The website is in Russian, so I'm not exactly sure what is going on, suffice to say it looks like beautiful floral embroidery done entirely with ribbons.

Beautiful right? But aside from an heirloom wall piece, what do you do with these things? is there anything similar that I could incorporate into every day life? Pieces of art with a utilitarian purpose? I imagine a purse would be striking, or perhaps a scarf? Or the hem of a skirt?

I was shocked that when I googled "ribbon embroidery" I got some hits on etsy.

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I also suggest you check out Umi's Embroidered Gifts (below) because she does incredible work -

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And if you're interested in purchasing a piece all of her work is priced very reasonable, specially when you take the exchange rate into account!

The Purl Bee also has a fabulous tutorial on how to make and ribbon embroider pillow cases...which of course I now want as well. I'll see if I can find some for purchase (skeptical) otherwise I might actually give this a try over the summer. I'm pretty much horrible as sewing, but she actually makes it seem do-able!

P.S. By the end of this post I discovered that another common name for this technique is "ribbonwork."