Tip 1: How to make an American bow

Tip 1: How to make an American bow

Lush, beautiful and unusual bowsmade of reps and satin ribbons, very like little beauties. They can decorate the bandage or bezel, attach it to a hairpin or a simple rubber band.

How to make an American bow

American ribbon ribbon

To make this original bowyou need: - Rex ribbons with a width of 2.5 cm - Ribbons of different shades 0.9 cm in width - A ruler - Scissors - A lighter - A hot-melt gun - Threads - A needle - A decorative button, a brooch or a bead. Prepare ribbons of different widths. Very beautiful look bows made from materials in one color, but in different shades and with the use of rep ribbon with a picture. Make a basis for the American bow. Cut 2 pieces of wide strip of 50 cm and 40 cm long ribbon. From thin ribbons with a width of 0.9 cm in different colors, make 2 pieces of 30 cm length each, 2 pieces of 26 cm and 8 pieces of 12-13 cm long. To prevent the tips from hurting time of work and socks and looked neat, burn ribbons on both sides with a lighter. Measure out the middle of each ribbon and mark it with a simple pencil. Take a 50 cm long rep ribbon (this is the largest detail). One of its ends is looped and attached to the mark. Similarly wrap the second side. Get a detail that resembles the number 8. Place the joint edges of the tape grind with a pin. Then, in the same way, fold a ribbon 40 cm long. Place the "eight" next to it. And Sew them in the middle with stitching stitches. Remove the pins, remove the seam and wind the center with threads on top of the stitches. The thin ribbons 30 and 26 cm long also fold with "eight" and grind the joints with pins. Connect them together, folded in 2 pieces, and gently sew in the center. Least the ends of the narrowest parts with the corner. Put them on top of each other in a circle, connecting the central mark. Rock the ribbons with a pin. On them put the biggest bow, on it - a detail of smaller size, on top of it elements from narrow ribbons. Kick all with a pin, sew all the elements together in the middle and wind the bow with a thread in the center. Using a hot-melt gun, decorate the center of the product with a beautiful decorative button or bead.

American bow of spiral

Naughty and cute model of the AmericanThe bow of spiral is done quite simply. To produce it, you need: - Reprint ribbons of different colors 0.9 cm wide, - Wooden sticks (pencils, sushi sticks, skewers for shish kebab), - Scissors, - Lighter, - Threads, - Needle, - Clothespins, - Oven. Repsovuyu ribbon attach to one end of a wooden stick and press it with a clothespin. Use must be clothespins made of wood, because plastic can melt when heat treatment spiral.Nakrutite tape on the stick. Cut and fasten the second end also with a clothespin. Heat the oven to 180 degrees. Put the chopsticks on a baking sheet covered with foil, and put in the oven for 10-15 minutes. After this, take out the baking sheet and let the parts cool down. Then remove the clothespins and remove the spiral. Dissect the parts into the elements of the required length, usually 8-10 cm. To prevent the edges from fraying, light them with a cigarette lighter. Fold the details down the hill and pull the spirals in the middle with a thread. Fasten the connection by making a few stitches.

Tip 2: How to make bookmark-bows

Unusual bookmarks look great in any book or notebook. They look festive and pleasing to the eye of anyone.

How to make bookmark-bows

You will need

  • -Polishing cloths
  • -Large staples
  • -Scissors
  • -Iron
  • -Wire
  • -Hot nails

Instructions

1

Pat the fabric (you can also starch, so the bow will be hard and will not crumple) and cut out pieces of the future bow: 11 by 2 cm for the bow itself, 8.5 by 2 for the tail, 3.5 for the center 2.

How to make bookmark-bows

2

Fold the longest strip of fabric and press in the middle to form a bow. Wrap the wire to hold.

How to make bookmark-bows

3

Inside, glue the tips for a future bow. Take a strip for the center and wrap it around the middle of the bow, inserting a paper clip. Glue and wait a few minutes for the glue to tighten firmly. The bookmark is placed in the book where they stopped to read. Now certainly we will not lose the right page!

How to make bookmark-bows