.. And I can not lie. What's up y'all! Today I'm
showing you how to make a big bow for the top of your tree! I LOVE making
these. I usually make a new one each year and have made a few for the tree at
my office. This could be scaled down to a smaller bow if that is what
you're needing.
Let's get started...
First you need your ribbon. The key here is
WIRED EDGE RIBBON. If the most perfect ribbon that you've ever seen doesn't say
its wired then put it down and walk away. I'm not kidding! Without the wire
your bow will fall flat and be a sad sad bow...
This year I stuck with two colors, a red and a
glitter gold, but I usually do three.
For this next part it is helpful to have an
extra set of arms. It isn't necessary (I did it last year alone), but I promise
you it is much easier and quicker. Have your helper hold their arms out to
their sides - isn't Hubs just the best helper? Don't go any wider than this -
been there done that. It makes a floppy bow, even with the wire, and like we said
earlier floppy = sad.
Laying the ribbons on top of each other
begin wrapping around and around. This part is personal preference - you can
wrap as many times as you want. As you see in the picture I wrapped somewhere
between six and eight times and have a nice full bow. You can wrap all the way
to the end of the ribbon if you want, I've done it before. You end up with a
tighter bow because there are more loops.
Once you've wrapped till your heart is happy,
you're ready for the next step. If you didn't use the whole roll cut the ribbon
to where it's even with the loops. In the picture above I cut it by Hubs hand,
you don't need all of that hanging off the side.
Now take it and fold in half.
There in the middle, cut a slit on each side.
Not too deep or it will fall apart!
With the left over ribbon cut a strip about
eight inches or so. It'll need to be long enough to tie around your loops and
then to tie it to the top of your tree.
So like I just said - tie it (and knot it!)
around the middle where you just cut the slits. This is the point of cutting
those slits so you can tie it good and tight.
Now for the fun part! It is time to start
fluffing! Start by grabbing the top loop on one side and pulling it out.
Continue for each of the loops and then do the other side.
See?
Once you have all your loops pulled out work
your way through the bow moving loops around and shaping it until you are happy
with it!
Now you're done! Just tie to the top of your
tree and start decorating!
I hope you loved this tutorial as much as I
loved making the bow.
Did you make one? Send me pictures - I'd LOVE to
see it!
xo Courtney
