Do you, or have you ever, done ribbon threading?

I remember doing that as a kid. With green strawberry cartons and with paper or plates we'd punch holes in. Even in cardboard.

Haven't done it with cards but man that takes me back to the 80s.

I bought a few of the tools from WRMK back in the day. I think I used them once? They did look nice. I wonder if I still have the tools?

When The Stamp Market came out with ribbon earlier this year, they released a few dies meant to work with ribbon weaving (linked below). They're nice but I'm not sure how popular they've been. To me this seems like one of those techniques that's good for design teams and selling specialty tools, but not used much by everyday papercrafters.

Ribbon plaid cover die
Ribbon border dies
Weaving cover die

It looks pretty. But I don't want to buy anymore ribbon. I donated tons that I bought when ribbon was a thing and Michaels would have seasonal ones 50% off all the time. I have only kept a few that are very specific and some that come in handy for non-craft related things. Like when I want to take a picture of my dog with a bow on her head.

They may be piggybacking on the trend of sewing on cards. The stitching dies that Spellbinders and others offer seem to have been more popular than I would’ve expected, or maybe I just follow too many people in the DT! I’m skeptical that most papercrafters will use these supplies long term or that it will become widely popular.

I imagine some people still have big stashes of ribbons and it does seem to add nice texture, but I think it would be something I did a couple of times and then forgot about. Or that seemed like too much faffing. I wouldn’t buy any new tools or supplies to do it, personally, but it could be fun to play with if you already have punches or dies or a craft knife.