How to Make Rosettes
Tanya may not think she is crafty, but she is most certainly stylish, and somewhere the twain shall meet. As the editrix with a superb and strangely flawless eye on The Hinter, she brings make-up, shoes, bags, products, outfits, and general stylistic inspiration to those of us with eyes that rest on bargain tables a little too often and too long (who here has not been vexed by a purchase prefaced by the dangerous question, “is this ugly-cool, or just ugly?” ). When Tanya interviewed Wendy Mullin of Built by Wendy I was pounding my keyboard in delighted exasperation at how awesome both of them are. She also uses maddeningly clever titles for her posts. Even the very particular ladies at Lucky think her effortless cool is just about the most appealing thing on earth and want whatever lipgloss she fancies “very fresh and modern.” When a girl says she wants to wear high-waisted jeans with tucked-in oxford shirts and boat shoes, the world sits up and listens.
A few months ago, when it was more spring than summer, Tanya came over to show me how to make the accessory of the season. These might remind you of those ginormous flowers everyone gagged on in season 3 of Sex and the City but for which my heart has always fluttered. Tanya and her aforementioned keen eye, however, noted these buds sprouting up everywhere at Philip Lim, and in dark moody colors they carry right through till fall. And really, who wouldn’t love a perma-corsage no matter the season? Made with pretty silk shantung or wire-trimmed ribbon these are certainly more attractive than your average prom date.
Anita: Thanks for sharing this cute and easy project. My daughter will love it!
3 years ago
Belle: They look really cool! Ever tried to combine both ways of making a rosette?3 years ago
Lauren: Awwww…those are so cute! BTW-Tanya, where did you get your shirt? I nice looking v-neck is hard to find these days!3 years ago
Anonymous: this is really helpful. I’m just having a little troubling following the folding step.. it’s a little bad lighting on my comp so can’t really tell from the video what you’re doing. Mind explaining more clearly? Thanks a lot!1 year ago
sarah: anon, we’re just folding the ribbon back and for over itself, making sure it passes over the center where your finger is holding the folds together and where you will sew through to make the rosette. i know that’s not very clear but it’s the best i can do!1 year ago
Tracie: Has the video for “How to Make Rosettes” been removed? My daughter and I wanted to watch it and found the page, but there doesn’t seem to be a place to click for the video. Is it somewhere else now?1 year ago
Tracie, Ugh, this really sucks, but we had some of our latest videos on a free video server that then started charging money to host video. If you didn’t pay, then your videos went poof. So we need to put up the more last few episodes via another service. I’m sorry for the inconvenience!1 year ago
Tracie: Thanks for letting us know! Do you know of any other place we can go to learn how to make rosettes?1 year ago