Quilting Ric Rac

Add a stylish trim to your quilts and clothes with rickrack trim from the Missouri Star Quilt Company! We’ve got all of the sewing ric rac supplies and notions you need to get started on putting a vintage twist on your next project.

What can I do with rick rack? Add ric rac trim to your next project for a darling vintage touch. It's cute on the edge of a quilt, sweet on children's clothing, and adds pizzazz to practically anything you can imagine! The wavy fabric stripes of quilting ric rac can give your quilt a chic 70s vibe, or a more vintage feedsack dress look.

How do you sew ric rac on a quilt, and how to sew rick rack on a blanket? Check out our Rick Rack Quilt tutorial by Jenny Doan and follow along as Jenny teaches you how to make a ric rac quilt pattern. Or, check out our Pennant Quilt tutorial that uses the premade ric rac trim to give this quilt a fun party-like feeling.

Want to learn how to measure ric rac? You can find the perfect thickness of rick rack trim for your project by measuring from the topmost edge to the crest of the wave opposite it on the trim. The horizontal distance between these two points is the ric rac width, which is how ric rac is measured and sold.

Learn the basics of sewing ric rac right here! Want to know how to attach jumbo rick rack or how to sew rick rack by hand? You can sew jumbo ric rac or regular sized rick rack just like any other trim: make a seam down the middle of the trim and sew it onto your fabric. But you may wonder how to sew rick rack around a corner? You can fold the rick rack trim over itself at a 90 degree angle to create a precise and sewable corner, and then you can stitch right through the center like the rest of the trim.

Ready to get started on a rick rack project? Browse our rick rack trim selections here!