13. Bows!!

I had been wanting to come up with something I could make for my good friend Steph who is having a baby girl this summer! Talking to Jill one day I found out she knows how to make little hair bows and bow holders, so I asked her to teach me how to make them!
One of the things I have always wondered about is how they make ribbons curly.
Turns out it's a really easy thing to do. All you have to do is wrap a ribbon around wooden dowels and bake at 250 for 20 minutes. ANY ribbon will work, regular straight ribbon, detailed ribbon, sheer ribbon, I have tried lost of different ribbons, the only thing I haven't tried yet is wired ribbon.
So here is my guide to bow making:
Bake ribbon around wooden dowels. I tape the ends and then just cut them.
After they cool you just pull them off and they keep their shape.
You will need to attach the bows to alligator clips. To cover an alligator clip you will need just under 7 inches of ribbon
You then hot glue the ribbon to the clips
Once your clip is covered you are ready to make your bows for the curly bows I like to use 8 pieces of ribbon (I'll get to regular bows a little later)
You then tie the ribbon together
Attach them to clips with more ribbon and hot glue
And you are done!

For regular bows you will need a little pattern to keep your ribbon from moving. Wrap around the ribbon as many times are you like, I like to wrap it 3 times. You then need a clip to hold it together
Next you will remove the pattern
then tie the ribbon together
You are now ready to attach it to the covered alligator clip with more ribbon and glue gun

And you are done!


For the ribbon holder I went with pink ribbon (about 3 feet) and attached it to a little picture frame. I but the baby's name in the frame as I don't have any good pictures of baby Nicole yet.
Thanks for reading!