Hello seven thirty three friends! I am so excited to be here!  I have read along with Kim for ages and am so excited to be guest posting here today.  My name is Rachel and you can normally find me blogging at Holy Craft, where I share tips and tricks on how to help you live well and be creative on less.
DIY Embroidery Floss Tassels
 
I’m a huge fan of this tassel trend that is happening right now, so when I found some embroidery floss at a garage sale recently I knew I had to whip up some Embroidery Floss Tassels of my own!  It’s super easy and I can’t wait to show you how!
 DIY Embroidery Floss Tassels
 

I had no idea embroidery thread existed, but I suppose since it comes on a spool that’s exactly what it is!  Not to worry…

DIY Embroidery Floss Tassels

If you weren’t lucky enough to find embroidery thread at a garage sale like I was, you can pick up embroidery floss at your local craft store pretty cheaply too!  I will show you how to make that variation as well.

DIY Embroidery Floss Tassels

Start by taking your embroidery thread and looping it around in a wide circle. It doesn’t need to be too big since you really don’t want a very big tassel.

DIY Embroidery Floss Tassels

Cut the thread from the spool and set it aside and then cut an 18 inch string from the spool and tie it twice in the middle of your loop. Fold your loop together in half keeping your long strings separate as much as you can.

DIY Embroidery Floss Tassels

Cut the end of your loop apart and you will be left with what looks like a pretty epic mustache or hair for a dolls head.

DIY Embroidery Floss Tassels

Take a long string from your spool {about 12 inches} and start wrapping it around the top to form your tassel. Tie it in place and cut off any loose ends.

Trim the ends of your tassel to make it the length that you want.   That’s it!

DIY Embroidery Floss Tassels

If you want to go the embroidery floss route, there isn’t too much of a difference.

Leave your floss wrapper on one end and find your thread end.

DIY Embroidery Floss Tassels

Cut off a length that you can use to tie in the middle like we did with our embroidery thread. Cut the two looped ends of your floss and remove your wrapper.

DIY Embroidery Floss Tassels

Separate your tied middle section and fold your ends together. Cut off a length of thread for the top tassel like I did before and secure it in place.  Easy peasy!

DIY Embroidery Floss Tassels

I really liked using the embroidery thread much better than the embroidery floss because I could make a much fuller tassel. The two tassels on the left are from floss, the three on the right are all made from embroidery thread. It’s all a matter of personal preference and using what you have on hand.

DIY Embroidery Floss Tassels

Now you can take your tassels and tie them anywhere you want!

They can find their way into a book as a bookmark, or onto a key chain, or they can hang on a knob on a dresser

DIY Embroidery Floss Tassels

or on the end of a pen cap

DIY Embroidery Floss Tassels

or maybe on the top of a jar.

DIY Embroidery Floss Tassels
 
The possibilities are endless! That’s a good thing, because making tassels sort of becomes super addicting and you will want to tassel all the things!  
 
I want to thank Kim for letting me be here.  It’s an honor to be posting on a blog that has been on my daily reading list for years! I would love to invite all of you to grab a cup of coffee {or tea}…it’s what we do in Seattle…and come visit me at Holy Craft