You can make a fabric streamer in about ten minutes with a staple gun and a length of cotton twill. We tested it. We hated it.
The problem isn't speed. It's what staples do to fabric over time.
Stapled fabric stretches around the staple. The metal corrodes against humid Texas air. After three months in storage, the fabric around each staple is permanently puckered — which means the strand can't be reused without looking obviously second-hand.
Hand-tied takes 20 to 30 minutes longer per strand. The strand lasts indefinitely. That's the trade.
Every Ribbon and Revel streamer is hand-tied — a cotton-twill spine, a strip of fabric, a knot. About 30 knots in a 6-foot strand. About 60 in a 10-foot. The knots are tight enough to hold the strip, loose enough that the fabric still falls naturally.
It's slower. It's also why our customers re-hang the same strand for three or four parties — moving it from a wedding to a baby shower to a holiday mantel — and it still looks like a fresh studio piece.
If you've ever bought a fabric garland from a craft store and felt the difference after one use, you know what we're trying to fix. Hand-tied is the fix.
Build yours — pick 3 to 6 colors and a length, and we'll knot it for you in our Fort Worth studio.
