How to Attach Tassels to Cording

How to Attach Tassels to Cording
Written By
Jenni Wiltz
Jenni Wiltz
Published: Apr 12, 2010
Updated: Nov 20, 2021
2 minute read

You can buy tassels separately and attach them to any cording you like with a piece of coordinating ribbon and a skein of embroidery floss. It’s as simple as making a loop around the neck of your tassel and attaching that loop to the cording.

  1. Decide how far you want your tassel to dangle from the cording. Cut a piece of ribbon that measures twice this length. Martha Stewart recommends using double-faced satin, silk, or satin-edged ribbon.

  2. Use a hot glue gun to secure one end of this ribbon to the head of your tassel. Don’t worry about making it look nice--this seam will be covered by the embroidery floss.

  3. Loop the ribbon (with the tassel attached) over your cording and hot glue the loose end to the other side of your tassel’s head.

  4. Dab a bit of hot glue onto one end of the skein of embroidery floss. Press it in place over the ribbon and hold it down until the glue dries.

  5. Wrap the skein of embroidery floss around the head of the tassel.

  6. Dab a bit of hot glue onto the remaining loose end of the skein of embroidery floss. Tuck it beneath the rest of the skein.

Things You Will Need

  • Tassel
  • Ribbon
  • Scissors
  • Hot glue gun
  • Skein of embroidery floss

References

Photo Credits

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Jenni Wiltz

Jenni Wiltz's fiction has been published in "The Portland Review," "Sacramento News & Review" and "The Copperfield Review." She has a bachelor's degree in English and history from the University of California, Davis and is working on a…

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