DIY: Hair Bow Tutorial

 In the midst of all of my tutu-making, I had a customer ask if I made bows, too. 

I replied with a "no" but then after some thought, decided to try it!

Because I'm crazy like that.

I found this great tutorial via Pinterest. 

It was super easy and really kind of fun to make!

The tutorial calls for two sets of thicker ribbon [the green below]. I tried that with a sheer ribbon and it just didn't work. However, in the KU bow at the end of this post, I did do that. I think it looks cute either way. The sheer just looked weird. 

It really just depends on how large you want the bow to be. 

Now...onto the tutorial.

SUPPLIES:

• Three pieces of ribbon (see sizes below)
• Hot glue gun/glue
• floral or jewelry wire
• Scissors
• Headband or metal clip to attach ribbon to

Cut 22 inches of wide ribbon [you can use any size but I think the wider ribbon is best].

And 7 inches of thinner ribbon [the blue below, ignore the green ribbon]

 Next, cut your 22" ribbon into two equal pieces. Again, ignore the green.

 Then stick some glue on the end and bring the other end over to form a circle. Do this for the 7" strip of ribbon as well.

 Next, bring the two pieces together and using floral wire bunch them together to form a bow shape.

 Twist the wire in the back to secure

 This isn't pictured, but do the same with the 7" piece of ribbon - bunch it with floral wire & wrap around the other ribbon to secure both pieces together.

 Next, use a super-thin piece of ribbon and glue around the middle to cover up the floral wire.

 And there you have it!

 I glued it to a headband, but you can also buy barrette clips of different shapes and sizes at HL [and probably Wal-mart] and glue those to it.

I immediately regretted gluing this one on to the headband because I later discovered that the headbands I bought at HL have little slots in them so you can use different barrettes and change them out! 

How clever!

See?!

I made a couple KU hair bows yesterday.

And one more that I forgot to take a picture of. 

I finally got to use the basketball ribbon I purchased a long time ago! 

Perfect for this because our football team is nothing to write home about. 

I have three more tutus to make, and two more on order for next week [a K-state & rainbow one].

That's all for now, folks!

Hope you have a great day.

One more day til the weekend!!! Woooo Hooooo!