Although there are a ton of patterns that you can pay for I searched the Internet for free tutorials on making hair bows and found very few. Turns out that it is kind of hard to "show" someone how to make one with pictures and words. This tutorial has 17 pictures and I still feel like looking back I could have added a few to make things more clear. Please ask questions if something doesn't make sense. Remember this is my first time so hopefully they will be cuter as I practice a few times.
Bow Recipe:
Alligator Clip
Hot Glue & Gun
Straight Pin
Threaded Needle
29 inch piece of 7/8'' grosgrain ribbon
4 1/2 inch piece of 3/8'' grosgrain
Start by measuring and cutting your ribbon.
For this bow I wanted to have the traditional "bow" ends. To make them somewhat even I folded the end of the ribbon in half and snipped the end.
You know that the ends are heat sealed when you see a little edge of wax form on the very tip of the ribbon. This keeps the ends from fraying. Make sure to heat seal your smaller piece of ribbon as well.
Now you are ready to start making your bow. To start lay your ribbon right side down. Fold one end of the ribbon to the 3 1/2 inch mark. Place your finger in the middle of the loop to hold in place.
Now bring your other end of the ribbon back over and move your finger to hold the new layer in place. Make sure that when you bring the ribbon back over you just wrap over the end of the ribbon to make it even.
Continue to wrap the ribbon around. You should have three loops on each side of the center where your finger is. Stick your straight pin to hold the bow in place.
Now spread the three loops out.
Now take your threaded needle that has a knot at one in and sew the three loops together.
When you are sewing the bow together you are trying to scrunch up the middle. It doesn't have to be perfect because we are going to cover this anyways.
I then wrapped the rest of the thread around the center of the bow to secure it. Once your center is secure use your best judgement and arrange the bow as you like.
Now using your hot glue and smaller piece of ribbon you are going to cover your alligator clip. Starting on the inside bottom add a small amount of hot glue and secure the piece of ribbon.
Now glue and secure the ribbon around the outside bottom.
Continue wrapping it over the back and glue to the top.
Finish gluing to the inside top of the clip. You will want to hold the clip open just for a few seconds until it finishes drying. Remove any stray glue strings.
The next few steps is where I start to feel like I didn't take enough pictures. This is probably because I was trying to figure it out as I went. Essentially what you are going to do is use the last little bit of your smaller piece of ribbon (you may need a third piece) to secure the ribbon to the alligator clip and around the center of the bow.
I have not had a chance to have Emily model the bow for me and though having one of the boys do it would not go over so great with their dad so I will wait until she gets home from school and add the last picture. Have fun bow making!!
2 comments:
Great Tutorial. Thank you! I am also in a bow making phase. CHheck them out at:http://alsattic-allison.blogspot.com/2011/02/busy-weekend.html
what a great tutorial. Thank you.
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