How to Make a Bow

by classicS128 in Craft > Sewing

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How to Make a Bow

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Who wants to drive all the way to the store to buy a bow when you can make your own. You can use this bow for many things for example, to put on a dress, to make a hairbow, but on a headband, to make ring and many other things.

Materials

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You will need Fabric, pins, if you are using a sewing machine thread, needle , ruler, scissors.

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Messaure the fabric, make it any size you want. My bow was 7in by 10in. Then cut your fabric.

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Fold the fabric hotdog style. Then see across the top.

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Sew across the bottom

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Next turn it inside out like I did in the pictures then line the seam in the middle and sew across the top

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Here is the tricky part. Fold the fabric hambuger style and sew across the top.

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Now gather the fabric in the middle and sew. Make sure it dosent come apart.

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Guess what, your almost done. Cut a strip of fabric and wrap it around the bow. Then sew, if you are making a hairbow or puting iit on a handband then dint sew it to the bow, if you are putting it on a shirt or someting like that then sew it to the shirt(but this hard)

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WEAR IT PROUDLY :) <3