Hello! I'm excited to introduce you to a cute new weekly feature DIY jr. It's a quickie DIY that you can do in an hour or less! Hair bows are one of my favorite accessories and this tutorial has been requested a lot over the past year. I hope you enjoy...
1. Supplies needed: fabric you adore, scissors, a needle and thread. You can experiment with different sizes of fabric, but use the above photo as a guide for proportions as you get started! 2. fold two outer edges of your fabric down. 3-4. fold the outer edges in and hold in place with one finger 5. scrunch the center in to create a bow shape. 6. stitch the center of your bow with embroidery thread. make several stitches so that all the layers are secure. 7. tri-fold a small strip of fabric. 8. stitch the fabric so that it creates a loop that is small enough to fit tightly over the center of the bow, but still large enough to squeeze on. 9. trim excess. 10. slip the small loop over the bow and into the center. Hooray! You just made something adorable.
Here's another fun idea. I made this bow with candy cane striped ribbon last year. This one is even quicker to create. It's the same process, with no folding. :)
XOXO. Elsie
Love that picture of you. So cute.
Posted by: Dixie | January 22, 2010 at 06:38 AM
yay, these are all so cute, and I seriously need to up my accessories. My little box of a few necklaces/errings is so sad!~ :)
Sarah M
Posted by: Sarah M | January 22, 2010 at 06:47 AM
Thanks Elsie for this great tutorial :) i just made one & planning to make more!! thanxx again!
Posted by: vera markesteijn | January 22, 2010 at 07:43 AM
This is great - thanks for staring this up!
Posted by: Ange | January 22, 2010 at 07:57 AM
Oh my I love this tutorial. I have been wanting to make these for the longest time and now I can use the tutorial. Most Excellent! Beautiful bows.
Posted by: Jenny | January 22, 2010 at 08:35 AM
LOVE this! Can't wait to make my own!
Posted by: Krysten | January 22, 2010 at 08:57 AM
Lovely, pretty, stylish...
Can't wait to try to make my own.. yay! :)
Posted by: Nicole | January 22, 2010 at 10:40 AM
Love this! I will have to make one!
On another note, you are so stinkin cute!!
Posted by: Abigail | January 22, 2010 at 10:56 AM
nice tutorial! love it and can't wait to try it!
Posted by: Bridget | January 22, 2010 at 11:09 AM
you look just like one of your paintings in that pic...too cute!
Posted by: katie | January 22, 2010 at 11:22 AM
This is soo freaking adorable!! Thanks for the tutorial! Do you use a rubber band or alligator clip on the back?? I want to plan a girl's craft day and include this in there!!!
Posted by: Sandy | January 22, 2010 at 11:30 AM
Oh so cute!
Posted by: Amy | January 22, 2010 at 11:44 AM
Hii! I forgot to mention.... I use alligator clips on the back! Xo
Posted by: Elsie | January 22, 2010 at 11:50 AM
cute and what a fun new way for me to make bows. This actually can be really helpful for my gift wrapping, thanks.
Posted by: Brandy Von Doeren | January 22, 2010 at 12:03 PM
Hey! Great tutorial, and CONGRATULATIONS on being a finalist for the 2010 Bloggie Awards! I had people nominate you from my blog, so I'll make sure to have them go back and vote for you again! :) Pretty cool!
Posted by: Amy | January 22, 2010 at 01:08 PM
ohhh this is cute.
i will have to try this.
Posted by: jessica | January 22, 2010 at 01:17 PM
OOOH! Nice DIY!! :)
Posted by: Leigh-Ann | January 22, 2010 at 01:56 PM
A bit different than I've done in the past...I like it! Thank you for a great tutorial...my girls also love bows.
Jamie :)
Posted by: A Forest Frolic | January 22, 2010 at 02:25 PM
THIS IS A GREAT TUTORIAL ELSIE! I've always wanted to make bows like this, but never figured out how. I even googled it, but yours is by far the best! Well I'm sure it will be... I haven't tried it yet, but I will let you know as soon as I do! Thank you so much!
xo, Amy
Posted by: amy ton | January 22, 2010 at 03:06 PM
OMG!! I think this is my absolute favorite diy ever!! So cuuute! I can't wait to try them and make a matching one for the bf, haha!
Posted by: Joie | January 22, 2010 at 03:30 PM