I don't know about you but I love ribbon and seem I never have enough or the correct color. Here in Tucson, Arizona we have a store called SAS which is a fabric remnant store, but they have so so much more then just fabric and their prices are fantastic. Many or actually most of the ribbon is 15 cents a yard, that is 10 yards for $1.50 can't beat that, and they have walls of ribbon to chose from. Well last week me and my two sister-in-laws went to SAS. I bought A LOT of ribbon, but...........it is not on spools so it is very hard to store and keep untangled so the following is what I came up with.
First here is my pile of ribbon I bought, I think there is about 15-20 different ribbons and 10 yards of each. YIKES!
What a mess huh? Well I knew I had to do something or I would not be able to get the piece out that I wanted to use. I buy plastic wrap (you know like Saran Wrap) from WalMart, their own brand, well the center tube/roll that the plastic wrap comes on is very heavy and sturdy, so I have been keeping them because I knew some day I would think of something to use them for. Then I had an "ah ha" moment and thought I could use them to make my own ribbon spools.
First thing I did was use my Cricut to cut circles out of chipboard. I cut them at 2", 2 1/2", and 2 1/4". I just set my Expression on auto fill and let it cut out however many would fit on the piece of chipboard. Here is a picture.........
Then since that card board tube from the plastic wrap was so thick I had to have my husband cut it for me with his skill saw. Sanded off the edges a bit to get rid of the rough pieces.
Then using Scotch Quick-Dry glue, I glued the circles onto the tube pieces. This is great glue if you have never used it. It has a very strong hold on most everything and drys very very fast.
I had him cut me several different sizes (sent him with a list to his shop) to fit the different widths of ribbon.
Then I just used a small piece of tape to hold the ribbon on the spool and another small piece to keep it from unwinding. Here is a picture of one of the ribbons wound up, shh don't tell I only got two done so far. But it will be so much nicer when I finish them, maybe I can do it while I am watching TV.
Pretty cool and what is even better is that when I get them all done I can put them on my ribbon center that my brother-in-law made me to hang on my closet door.
Thanks for looking and sure hope I did not do too many pictures, but wanted all know in case you want to make yourself some. If you have any other questions or if I left anything out let me know.
