There's a traditional Danish Christmas craft of making flettede stjerner from paper. These stars make such beautiful Christmas decorations and are made at Christmas time by children and adults.
When I saw them I thought they'd look pretty made from ribbon, so I set about translating instructions, cutting and folding ribbon as you would the traditionally used paper.
Here's the results, lovely ribbon stars ready to hang on the Christmas tree...
I found through trial and error that you need to use a stiff or firm ribbon, rather than the softer ribbons. The striped grosgrain I have at Ribbons Galore worked perfectly.
When I'd finished folding the stars, I ironed the edges lightly to hold the ribbon in place. You could also use a little fusible webbing inside the folded edges to hold the ribbon. I then threaded bakers twine through the stars so they could hand on the tree.
This is a side view of the star...
So now for a few instructions. I found some instructions that were mainly in Danish, but use google translate, and you'll work these out. Here they are:
Flettede stjerner, this is the instruction sheet I used, it in a pdf format.
Flettet stjerne instructions on julidannevang.dk
Sofie Legarth shares how to make fabric flettet stjerne in her blog post.
Hope you enjoy making some yourself for Christmas.
Thanks for dropping by.
Cheers
Fiona x
