Rickrack makes a very charming, quaint decoration on projects. It comes in many widths from baby sized to jumbo.
Aprons have become popular again; when sewing your own add it around the perimeter for a cute accent. If you are edging the apron with bias tape, tuck rickrack just under the edge of the bias tape as you sew it down. It makes for a very cute touch.
Two pieces of rickrack can be braided together to make a different look, then sewn down.
Rickrack can even be made into flowers. Search around the internet for instructions and samples; you can make roses, daisies, flower stems, forget-me-nots and several other kinds of flowers just by stitching together the points, braiding two strands together, or rolling a strand together then stitching in place.
The origins of rickrack supposedly came into being as the result of a broken machine that made braided tapes, when the machine malfunctioned rickrack was the result. After that it became a popular decoration for sewing and crafts.
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