...bow...just talking about a bow. 
I have seen some beautiful, perfectly-formed, tight bows on this site, but can't seem to accomplish that myself. For all of you with tight ones (snicker - sorry, in a bit of a mood right now), could you tell me what I'm doing wrong? Here's the pic of my most recent cake.
http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-photo_1300850.html
TIA!
Really cute cake and nicely done! I do think I see the problem though. Maybe if you make some of them shorter they will fit in better as you get towards the top of the bow.
You should check this link: http://www.tartacadabra.nl/howtos/strik.html
I can see in your pic that you closed each loop too high (I hope that makes sense, English is not my first language). I mean, the loopy part is small compared with the total lenght of each loop.
HTH
Hey. Looks to me like you made these loops on wires? Also looks like you need to do some trimming. What I usually do is cut the strips, fold them over to form the loop then lay them on their sides to dry. After a time I flip them over to dry the other side. When they are still a bit soft I use a sharp knife and cut the blunt ends into a point so that they are not square. I find this helps the loops assemble together a little more smoothly - they fit together better. I attach them to the cake with Royal Icing. If you are making these loops on wires (that's how I first learned) you can stop now. Not necessary. Also, I find bow-making easier using a 50/50 blend of fondant and gum paste - unless I want it to dry REAL fast - then I use 100% Gum Paste. HTH.
Lovely job on the cake by the way. Nicely done!
ngfcake, thanks for the link, now, If I only had a brain!!! Kidding, that is a quote from a movie where a scare crow always complained he could not know anything because he had no brain. BTTP, since I don't even know what language is that, do you think this bow is made of fondant, or gumpaste or half and half?
ngfcake, that is a beautiful bow in the tutorial you provided. I can't wait to try something like that one! I love the disk she uses on the bottom and top of the first layer. It looks like that would give more support to hold it together.
And I totally got what you meant on dmich's bow. Her 'seems' are a little too long. Like PP said, she should have trimmed the excess off.
Can't read the language, but the pictures are perfect. I am totally going to add some flair to my next bow. I love the pipng & dots!
Try laying your loops the same way. Notice in the tutorial ngfcake gave you the bottom layer - they're all laying down. Then continue, putting the next loop in the gaps of the previous layer. Definitely make them a bit smaller and tapered. Assembling the bow in a round cake pan definitely helps. Did you look at the loopy bow tutorial here on CC? It really shows the assembly well. I don't do the dowel hanging though -- they come out too narrow for my likes. I hand form them like ngfcake's tutorial.
http://www.cakecentral.com/article17-How-to-Make-a-Fondant-Loop-Bow.html
Try adding some twisties too (wrap thin strips around a dowel until they dry, slide off) to fill it out.
Check out the Christmas present bow in my photos to see what I mean. (Ignore the pink cake, I hate that bow.) 
I love your cake!
I wanted to let you all know that I've learned something new today! I'm going to make a loop bow tonight when the kiddies are in bed. Thanks for the tutorials and I'll let you know how it went... wish me luck. 
I've made the loops but I've been so busy with making decorations for a cake that I'm making for the 23rd and haven't been able to put it together. I promise I will do it tomorrow before my lil'boy wakes up. I'll take pictures even if it looks funny...
You should check this link: http://www.tartacadabra.nl/howtos/strik.html
I can see in your pic that you closed each loop too high (I hope that makes sense, English is not my first language). I mean, the loopy part is small compared with the total lenght of each loop.
HTH
I ended up making the bow from this website. It wasn't as good as the one in the tutorial, but I figure it was my first bow. I'll get better as I make more.
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