Is anyone else not a fan?

Maybe it's because it was in a clown costume my mom made me when I was younger. Whenever I see or hear about rick rack, I only think of clowns!

I like rickrack because I remember aprons with a row or two of it at the bottom and around the pockets. Isn't it funny what our childhood memories do to our likes and dislikes as adults? And how did rickrack get its name anyhow, what a strange word.

Sorry I love it I use it for lots of things , add it quilts in applique edges of things bottom of tea towels , I just extended a little skirt for my grand daughter putting a frill to the bottom and covered up the stitching line with ric rac . Cathy

Well I guess I'm not a big fan of it either, for the same reason. Mom put it on everything to pretty it up. I use it but not very often. I think the really wide looks cute for flower stems on applique and thats about the only way I'd use it.

I love rick rack, too, but it has to be used in the right way. The big rick rack is really cool but I haven't bought any yet. It reminds me of Heidi.

I love rick rack.... it just makes me thing of all things homey and comfy. Sorry about the clown experience... clowns in general creep me out. That one might just be hard to get over! haha!!

I love rick rack.... it just makes me thing of all things homey and comfy. Sorry about the clown experience... clowns in general creep me out. That one might just be hard to get over! haha!!

I love rick rack.... it just makes me thing of all things homey and comfy. Sorry about the clown experience... clowns in general creep me out. That one might just be hard to get over! haha!!
OMG oops...sorry for triple post! How did I do THAT?!!! *blush*

Does anyone remember the ear rings made from rick rack? Probably back in early 60's or maybe late 50's. The rick rack was gathered on a string into a circle and then ear ring back was glued on. I remember my Mom having several pairs.

I like to use rick rack with baby quilts or burp cloths. Other than that I don't use it! I think it certainly has it's place, it really can adorn an item. It needs to be used tactfully though.

I like to use ric rac on Grandma fan blocks. I also use it alot to decorate crayon fabric rolls, it can make a really nice embelishment. I do know what you mean about reminding you of clown customes my Mom sewned beautiful ones for me & my sibling and all the ruffled cuffs & collors were edged in ric rac. It comes in beautiful colors and different widths now which makes it great to use. Try it again you may like it! LOL

Thank you for posting a picture with it. If others want to do that as well, I look forward to your rick rack projects.

I work with a quilt ministry to make baby quilts and one of the members brought in a huge ziploc bag filled with rickrack, all colors all widths. I had purchased a couple yards of a cotton fabric with a very busy row pattern. I sandwiched a yard of the fabric with backing and batting and I used yards and yards of the rickrack to machine quilt over the rows....instant baby quilts. I've been a fan of rickrack ever since.....and the 2 quilts I made barely made a dent in the bag of rickrack....I see a lot of them in my future.

to me, rick rack = 1950's. I remember my mom sewing with it.

Nothing like rick rack to add that "made by loving hands at home" touch to your home-sewn clothes!!

I love rick rack and especially like to take two pieces in different colors (all cotton rick rack works best) and wrap it together. It makes a wonderful trim for bags, totes, pillows, etc. I learned this technique in my local quilt shop class and used on the quilt we are learning to make.

Nope, not a big fan of it either. I do use it occasionally tho.

I love rick rack used in the appropriate setting....you can have too much of a good thing haha. I love it because it reminds of a lot of retro stuff and I'm totally into retro :)

I have seen vintage linens finished with white Rick Rack and crochet to make pretty edges. Rick Rack on Seminole piecework looks right in place. Rick Rack insertion works.

It does have a nostalgic feel and I love it on old aprons, curtains and children's and summer clothing.

A pretty use for Rick Rack is to insert in the edges of quilted projects, like prairie points. I think it would be a very effective finish for table mats and toppers, especially with curved edges. I like the large and the tiny versions best. I think showing only half the Rick Rack takes the 'curse' away a bit.

Some crafters are making very sophisticated, yet cute, flowers
from gathered Rick Rack. It's hard to update something with such a nostalgic tradition, isn't it, but nostalgia buffs enjoy it--especially the young.

http://trocasdelinhas.blogspot.com/2...sso-passo.html Shows a tutorial for two-toned blossoms--Portuguese but the pictures are self-explanitory.

Like I love this quilt with the rick rack...not crazy about the yellow border but you get the idea :)

I've always loved Ric-Rac! Especially cotton which is harder to find than the polyester.
Maureen

It's a PERFECT example of Rick Rack! Exuberant, colorful and I like the yellow border. Rather gives 'the bird' to QuiltPolice...

I like it when very little is used.

I find clowns a little creepy, too. But I don't mind ric rack if "used thoughtfully." (To quote Tim Gunn.)

I personally don't use it. I think I was over-saturated as a child. Darn it.

ali

I love rickrack for it's nostalgia effect, but never seem, to use it. What is it that people THINK kids should love about clowns? Most kids are terrified of them. I'm a children's librarian and steer clear of them for all programing, (clowns, not children)

i have used it on a couple toddler quilts, really large rick rack..it turned out wonderful!

I made dresses years ago with rick-rack flowers on the front. I had 3 little stair steps and it was popular to dress the children and Mom to match. Back then I couldn't afford to buy dresses so I made them. The dresses are gone now and my stair steps are grown women with children of their own, and the dresses are just a memory. Couldn't afford a camera either. Those were the "good old days" not. Lots of good memories, and I can still remember the compliments on the dresses.
Sue

I used rick rack for a lot of stuff. I would sew it around the bottom of my jeans and up the side. My Mom used to crochet this one round pot holder were she would pull the rick rack thru every other post and it made it look like a flower. It was very pretty and I have a set of them that she had made.

I use it to trim giant Christmas stockings that I make

I get rick rack at LQS. The sell it by the yard in different sizes. I really like the really wide knit rick rack.

I like using ric-rac. Sometimes it just adds a nice touch.

Really like the quilt previously posted. Love the idea of ric-rac for the basket handles, as well as around in the border!

That's funny! When I first saw the giant ric-rac on quilts I wasn't too sure about it but it has really grown on me after seeing it look really cute on several quilts.

I love rick rack. It brings me back to my childhood and makes me feel good.

I just can't picture this! Do you have pictures??? The wrapping it together...

Yes, what OneMoreQuilt said. Sounds intriguing.

somewhere in this house i have a large quilt i intended to put rick rack on every seam, in several colors. hmmmm. wonder what that thing is.
now i won't be doing it again on others. just that one. it was an idea i came up with but haven't followed through on. once is enough.

I think the wrapping instructions and pictures are here:

http://trocasdelinhas.blogspot.com/2...sso-passo.html

Thanks, Greenheron. Beautiful avatar, by the way.

I like rick rack but seldom use it anymore. It reminds me of the feed sack dresses my mom used to make me and memories of how proud I was of each new one!

I love rick rack...makes me think of starched kitchen curtains, aprons and little dresses my grandmother made for me. I still use it as well.

dont like ricrac on clown costumes, cus I dont like clowns, ha - BUT, big but here, I've seen sewn things websufing that use ricrac in the design and especially large ricrac sewn into the edge of stuff, pincushions, quilt squares, borders that really look very comtemporary, and since one edge of the ric is caught in the seam it looks more like a nice wave or flat ruffle (if I'd bkmarked the sites I'd give an example, but, alas have none saved!) sharet