Ribbon cockade

I love to read your comments, and will always try to help if someone asks a question. So when a reader got in touch to ask about the hexagonal ribbon cockade which appeared in this post, I dug out some ribbon and tried to remember how it was done. I must admit, this took a while as it's well over three years since I last made one of these! It's actually very simple to do, but with the right ribbon can look very effective. You will need a ribbon which is the same on both sides. First, fold…

Colourful ribbon cockades were made by millinery students in the Ribbon Origami 2015 course at Louise Macdonald's Melbourne studio.

I love to read your comments, and will always try to help if someone asks a question. So when a reader got in touch to ask about the hexagon...

In this post I'm going to show you a few things you can do with the technique you learned in Part 1 of this series. These photos are imperf...

I love to read your comments, and will always try to help if someone asks a question. So when a reader got in touch to ask about the hexagon...

Cockades were as individual as the people who made them. There has never been an "official" pattern for making cockades, unless a particular group required a certain cockade style for their badge. However, there were general methods used to make these lovely little rosettes and that's what I'm blogging about today. Backing Material Cockades were generally sewn onto a form of some sort, buckram or a similar stiff fabric. This was not always the case, particularly for military hat cockades…

Yesterday I was back at Hat Works in Stockport, for my final millinery course of 2015. It’s wonderful to have such a great resource almost ...

In case you are one of the few people on Earth that don't know, I love Les Miserables. So of course when I saw the rosettes Marius, Enjolras, and the others were wearing for most of the movies, I was thinking "I could totally make that!" Here's the way I made mine. If something is unclear, just drop a comment and I'll see how I can help! Here's what you will need: red, white, and blue striped ribbon: I used 7/8" ribbon. I wouldn't go much thinner, but you could go thicker. I got 4 cockades…