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We're going to show
you a really easy

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technique to make a basic tassel.

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And using this, you can make small
and large in different materials.

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Julian's going to show you
how to make a tiny tassel,

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and I'm going to show you how
to make the really big one.

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For the small tassel, you're going
to start with a piece of foam core.

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This really determines
the size of your tassel.

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This is about an
inch and a half wide.

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From there, we're going to
take our embroidery floss.

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This is a nice pearl cotton.

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You're going to take
your embroidery floss,

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and it's going to open
up into a nice loop.

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With your super sharp scissors,
you're going to cut the top,

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and then you're going
to start to unwind.

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I like to have a paper
spool with me to help

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organize my embroidery thread.

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Your embroidery thread
can get very tangled.

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So it's great to have
a piece of paper--

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a spool-- to wrap your embroidery
floss to keep organized.

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As you can see, my spool is
getting a bit tangled down

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here, so this is coming in handy.

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So from this point I'm going
to work from my paper spool

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onto the foam core.

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Begin by taking your
foam core and wrapping

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the embroidery thread
exactly like you

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did, wrapping it on the paper spool.

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A good tip is to start taking count.

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To make the tassel pretty
thick, but not too thick,

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I like to wrap about 30 to 35 times.

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The reason I like to count,
is because this will really

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help with making all the
tassels the exact same size,

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which is very important for making
your boutineers and your cake

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topper.

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So I'm probably at 25,
26, 27, 28, 29, 30.

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You want to also end
right where you started.

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So your tassel or
your embroidery floss

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will end right at the
top of your foam core.

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From there, you're going to
cut your embroidery floss.

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And then you're going to cut
a nice line at the tip here.

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You can really dig in.

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That's why foam core is a
bit forgiving in that way.

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You're going to find
the center of your stack

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and place the embroidery
thread underneath.

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You're just going
to tie a nice loop.

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This will help to tighten and
to keep your tassel in form.

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I like to tie a double knot.

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So you can pick up your
thread and fold it in half,

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and make a nice head to your tassel.

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And this is where you're going
to take the other piece of thread

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and loop it around.

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You can loop it around
once or several times

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to make it thicker band
around your embroidery thread.

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I like to wrap it around
maybe three times.

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Make a nice knot.

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Again, you might want
to do this two times.

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And that'll straighten
out your tassel.

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This is where you're going
to trim off the ends,

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give it a little haircut, to
make it really nice and finished.

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And voila!

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Here's your tassel.

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You can make your tassel
shorter or longer,

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depending on the cardboard size
and how you want to trim it.

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This tassel is going to be applied
to the napkins that we're doing.

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But I'm also going to
share an adaptation

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of this tassel for our
hardware for the boutineer

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as well as the cake topper.

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And I'm going to show you how
to make the really big tassel.

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So we chose a nice chunky wool.

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And we like sort of the
natural texture of the wool,

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but certainly you could use
any kind of yarn you like.

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For this tassel you're not
going to use the foam core.

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You're actually going to use your
arm, because it's just easier

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and it's such a big tassel.

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Find the end of your yarn.

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With these kinds of skeins usually
it just pulls right out the center.

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So you shouldn't have any tangling.

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It's handy to just pull a
little bit out to start.

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You're going to take the end.

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Where are you, end?

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Here you are.

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And you're going to put it
right between your thumb

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and your forefinger, and then you're
going to use your elbow as the end

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of essentially your foam core.

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It looks like for the larger tassel,
we're going to need 35 to 40 wraps.

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And like Jillian
mentioned, it's a good idea

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to count just so all of your tassels
are at the same size for your wall

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hanging.

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And it's not uncommon for your
tassels to get smaller and smaller

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as you continue wrapping.

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That's really part of the process.

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OK.

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So about 40 wraps there.

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So using your super sharp
scissors, trim the end,

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and then just like the small
tassel, choose one side

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and snip right through the center.

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Snip.

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Snip.

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Snip.

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You open it up.

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Oops.

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We forgot one.

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That happens.

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OK.

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Pull another piece of yarn.

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Cut it right through the
center just like the small.

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You're going to do a
double knot on the top.

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And this just kind of gives a nice
form to the top of your tassel.

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Just definitely a good idea to
make sure it's right in the center

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so it's even.

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So a double knot.

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And then these just fall into
the long parts of the tassel.

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One more length.

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This is going to wrap
around the center.

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Fold your tassel in half
with the tie at the top.

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And then you're going to
make your tassel head.

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And again, wrapping
around just a few times

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just gives it kind of
a nice, thicker band.

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And this yarn is so soft that
if you wrap really tight,

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it's going to be kind
of a super deep tie.

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So that's just depends
on what you like,

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but probably right in
the middle is nice.

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And one piece tends to fall
nicely in line with the tassel,

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and the other one
generally pokes up.

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So I usually just
snip those right off.

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And there you have it.

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You can also, if it
gets a little straggly,

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you can certainly trim the ends.

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But you can also address that
once you hang them on the dowel

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in the wall hanging process.

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This is a basic tassel technique
that you could certainly

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use to just make a quick
tassel to wrap a present,

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but we're going to show you how
to adapt this for four projects.