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Ric Rac Ribbon Tutorial…

In case you missed it, the Ric Rac Ribbon Notion Tutorial premiered as a guest post for the Shorts on the Line Series over at Designs by Sessa…

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Hello everyone! I am Jessica from Me Sew Crazy and I am thrilled to be here. Vanessa is one of those people that always has a kind word to lift me up and encourage me, I always get excited when I see an e-mail sitting in my inbox from her.  So when she asked if I wanted to be a part of her Shorts on the Line Series I was honored. Of course I did!!!

And then I thought and thought and thought about what I wanted to do. Have you ever had ‘sewing block’? Ummm…yeah, that was me. I think it was something about the warm weather, all I wanted to do was be outside at the beach or pool.

I can count myself lucky that inspiration struck when it did, in the form of a notion…

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I saw this large ric rac trimmed ribbon circling a little girl’s Sunday best dress in church and I just knew I had to see them on the bottom of a pair of shorts!

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I have loads of ric rac that I never know what to do with, and this was just so girly and perfect that I had to jump on it! Want to know how to make this notion for yourself? It is pretty easy, simply…

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Now, to add that ric rac ribbon to a pair of shorts you are sewing up is equally as simple!

Using a shorts pattern that I already had on hand (I used Growing Up So Liberated by Meg McElwee Basic Pocket Pants), this is how I adapted them to make the ric rac ribbon hem…

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Turn raw bottom edge of shorts 1/2″ towards right side of fabric and Press.

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And there you have it! Of course you can use the ric rac ribbon any way you like, it was awfully cute on the bottom of that dress after all! But for these Gingerbread, Candyland, Chutes and Ladders shorts, it was just perfect.

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Thank you again so much for having me Vanessa! I had a lot of fun finding a new way to make a sewing notion we can all use.

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Thanks so much for stopping by, and until next time…

Happy Sewing!

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When I was a young girl, my nickname was Jessica Rabbit. Fast forward 20 years, and I am married to the love of my life who, as fate would have it, has the last name Abbott. That's me! Jessica R. Abbott - aka, Jess Rabbit. Simply living a happy, yet crazy, love-filled life in Virginia Beach with 3 kids and 1 puppy in tow. Read More…

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  1. Ruby Jean says

    September 1, 2012 at 3:41 pm

    Oh you can NEVER go wrong with RIC RAC!!!! It is the BUTTER of all Sewing Notions… 🙂 So VERY, VERY Cute!!! 🙂
    Angelina

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  2. Deb says

    September 1, 2012 at 3:50 pm

    Fantastic! I’ll definitely be adding this to my sewing to- add-on list!!!

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  3. Kira says

    September 1, 2012 at 8:04 pm

    So cute, I love it on the shorts!

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  4. Vanessa@Designs By Sessa says

    September 1, 2012 at 8:17 pm

    I still just love this!!! Thanks for being on my lil old blog!

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  5. Jennifer says

    September 2, 2012 at 9:35 pm

    How stinking cute!!! I love this!

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  6. Beverly {Flamingo Toes} says

    September 4, 2012 at 4:35 am

    Um – where has ric rac ribbon been all my life??? This is soooo cute – I am putting this on something soon. Too darling!!

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