Tutorial Tuesday: Girly Girl Bows

Tutorial Tuesday

Girly Girl Bows

Just when you thought there couldn't be another bow tutorial in blogland here it is! Much to my suprise I have had several requests for a bow tutorial so why not! I can't take any credit though as my friend Chantae {See her newborn Ezra's photoshoot here!} taught me everything I know!

Oh and please excuse my nasty hands...mama needs a manicure stat!

What you'll need:

Ribbon

Needle & Thread

Medal Clips

Glue Gun & Glue

Lighter to burn edges to prevent fraying.

Two Hands...

(Thank you to the hubs for taking pictures!)

Step One:

Thread your needle and tie a knot in at the end so you are threading with double thickness. Set aside.

Step Two:

Time to jump right in! Grab your ribbon and make your first loop.

Step Three:

Continue to make loops keeping bow scrunched between your thumb and finger. If you ribbon is patterened on one side you'll need to twist as you look to keep the pattern showing.

You can twist the 2nd tail up the opposite direction or down the same direction.

Step Four:

Is your hand cramping yet? I promise the more you make the easier it gets!

Now take your threaded needle and poke through the top middle of the bow. Thread back through your thread to create an anchor with the knot you tied.

Step Five:

Wrap the thread around your bow again and again and again!

Secure thread by weaving through the back a few times creating a few knots.

Step Six:

You can let go now! Your bow is complete! Wahoo! Set aside and let's move onto the clip.

Use the same or coordinating ribbon and hot glue to cover your metal clip.

Make sure you do not allow the clip to close while the glue in on there or you'll have to start over!

Step Seven:

Now that your clip is covered simply glue your bow to the clip.

Take one last piece of ribbon and start by placing a tiny dab of glue to the middle of your bow. Stick ribbon on glue and rap around glueing to the underneath/inside of your clip on the bow side.

Optional Steps:

Cut triangles out at the ends as seen in 1st pic. (The hubs insisted on taking a picture of me burning the ends to prevent fraying...boys!) You can also glue one bow on top another before wraping with your final piece of ribbon to make a double bow or add buttons to embellish!

Tada! Now you have a cute little bow for your girly girl!

And just for fun I'm giving one two THREE pairs away!!

How to Enter:

Be or become a follower of Aly&Ash

AND

Leave a comment with what three pairs you want from the pictures below!

 (you can also choose the ones shown in the tutorial!)

Winner will be drawn April 12th and announced April 13th!

Good Luck!

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