Baby~Take A Bow~

Hmmmm..

Don't you love words that

can be pronounced two ways?
Like sewer (she sews)
and sewer
(the toilet drain)...;>)

Am I saying

BOW or BOW?

Give up?

Well, I don't want y'all

BOWING down

so I guess I will show

you how to make a

SweetCheeks

BOW.

I think I am going to have

to do two little "how-to's"

cuz there are different kinds

of bows.

I'll start with a simple one..

and you gals that love your glue guns

will like this one.

I usually sew my own onto the

clip but you can hot glue them too.

I am just not the greatest with

a hot glue gun.

I have burned myself so badly,
so many times,

that I am surprised the skin grew back...

but that's just me.

You glue-gunners go for it.

Sometimes I let the kids

pick the colors..

When I am feeling all

Nana-ish and jovial.

Sometimes I just grab the

ribbon basket and go for it..
and hope they likes what
they gets~

For this bow

you will need two co-ordinating ribbons

(or not !;>)

You simply cut a the first piece of
ribbon twice as long as you want each
side to be -plus add an inch for overlap.
This one is about 11-1/2" long
(I use the edge of a piece of copier paper
as a rough guide)
Then you simply fold the sides in

and it will form two loops
and overlap the back about an inch.
If you are a perfectionist you can measure
to make sure you have them equal.

You are overlapping now
and will hide the raw edges under the bottom.

I thread a needle and take

good sturdy string and

sew two or three running stitches

right through the middle.

Then pull the thread tight so it

gathers the ribbon a bit

and wrap the thread around

two or three times.

Put a stitch up and down through

the layers so it holds and

cut the thread.

Cut the next piece of ribbon

about 2" longer.

Repeat the above process.

You will now have two

looped pieces.
(total of 4 loops)

Layer them one on top of the

other and take your threaded

needle from the bottom

of the first "bow" up

through the center of the

second "bow". 

Wrap the thread around them

three or four times

together to secure them.

Take a stitch thru the center

to secure it and tie it off.

Snip thread.
(or you can glue gun them
together but it is kind of a mess
to hold it till it catches and then
you have those stinking glue
"strings" flitting all over)

Cut a piece of ribbon

about 4" long.

Sometimes I cut a 4" piece of

each ribbon and tie them together.

Tie a loose knot.

Just one hand-over-hand tie.

Don't pull it too tight..
you want it to look like the one below.

Lay the tied piece over the

center of the bow.

Turn it over and cut it so

it just fits around the middle.

At this point you can sew

the ends together

on the backside of the bow

or..

you can HOT GLUE IT.

From that point you can

HOT GLUE it onto

the spring clip backing.
Ta-dah-
That's it.
The first one will make you
feel really clumsy.
By the third or fourth one you will
find a rhythm and have it
down in no time.

You can buy the barrette backings

at any craft store.

I'll post a picture of the ones I use

tomorrow-I forgot to take that shot

tonight.

They have small, medium & large ones.

Buy the medium ones unless

the kid has horse hair!;>)
OR
unless you live in the
SOUTH
Cuz SweetTea told me in
the comments yesterday that
they wear them as big as their
heads down South..
I say - SHOW ME!

The small ones are too skimpy-

unless it's for a baby-

and the heavy duty ones are

too long and you have to make

a huge bow to cover it.
(Perfect if you live down South, I guess)

That's it...just a few stitches.

Now-if you are very good

and promise not to tie ribbons

on your cat's tail

tomorrow I will show you how to

make

THIS KIND OF BOW!

That is REAL ribbon-

Not curly ribbon from the gift wrap

department.

I'll show you HOW to make

your very own ribbon curl!

Get your baking sheets ready~

WH-AT?