Sqotd 3/23

[LeslieinTN]

Found this on another MB:

Now that ribbon is all the rage, do you still find yourself using fiber on your layouts or has it taken a back seat to all of the beautiful ribbon?

If you still use fiber now and then, can you tell us what you have been doing with it?

[LeslieinTN]

I'm not using fibers at all anymore. I still want to keep them b/c I may use them some day and they may become the rage again! LOL I love ribbons right now though. I was thinking the other day that I should send out a RAK of some of my extra fibers. I have a lot of blue ones. Anyone interested? I probably have more I need to thin out as well.

[busymum]

I don't really use fibers or ribbons much.

[PamelaECU]

I have never used fibers but I LOVE LOVE LOVE ribbon! I buy it like I buy paper. If I see something I like I buy some of it. I don't know that I'll every use it but I have it..:) I'm really into putting ribbon on my LOs lately. I like that depth it give the page. I like looking at the mags and seeing ribbon everywhere. This may sound crazy but my ribbon ties NEVER look like the ones in the mags. I need a class on proper ribbon tying..:)

[LeslieinTN]

LOL I know EXACTLY what you're talking about, Pamela! The other night I was working on a LO and was trying to tie a length of ribbon to attach. I tied one knot and it looked too small. I tied another knot in it and then it looked too bulky! :???: I ended up just attaching it with a brad! LOL It was the LO I was working on for Brianna. It may have been the ribbon I was working with at the time - too thin or something? Anyway, I know how ya feel! ;)

[scrappingranma]

I love using ribbon with my X (xyron). The problem is buying so much and storing it. LOL I am stamping on the wider size and using that too. Stamping words or shapes. It helps change the same old ribbon, and keeps me from buying more.

[LeslieinTN]

To store my ribbon, I take it off the spool it comes on and wind it around a bobbin (like used with cross-stitching floss). If I have more than two yards then I usually share it with a friend. I keep all my colors organized together in a container with the other same-colored embellishments (fibers, buttons, brads, etc). You'll have to upload some of your LOs to show us! :)

[PamelaECU]

I have to agree with you Leslie. I just consolidated all my ribbon to 2 cross stitching floss boxes. Getting rid of the big bulky spools saves so much space. Also, easier to take to crops.