Hi all.

How do you get those perfect little bows? Two perfect rounded bits and the tag bits sitting perfectly at the bottom?

I cant remember which one of you clever cookie artists has it nailed to a perfection, but I need help. My tag/hanging bits at the bottom are always twisted etc.

Anyone any tips? They are so tiny I think I must just be too much thumbs?

thanks

Well, you want to start with a long ribbon. Make your bow, then snip off the excess ribbon.

I like to use a spring action hair clip (pin curl clip, for those of you over 40 ) to hold the bag closed while I'm tying. Sometimes I'll also trim the excess from the top of the bag.

Thanks, what a dumb moment I was having !

I have no problem with pretty bows, but the little ones..... der, I can pull the ends and make it smaller.... and Now I wake up... betta have another coffee.

thanks again DianeLM

Ooh! I like the pin curl clips idea.

I have to use a long piece of ribbon and then trim it. I gots big, clumsy, man hands. LOL

There's 3 bows here:

http://www.marthastewartweddings.com/article/three-perfect-bows

And another one here:

http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf27108304.tip.html

To get a bow that is even and doesn't twist to the side you need to tie a square knot (right over left, then left over right), and leave the loop it makes in the center a little loose. Then you run the ends back through the middle loop and tighten it up. It always makes a perfect, straight bow.

Thank You, Imagenthatnj you are always so good with supplying links to everyone, how do you do it? I did google, but did not come across either of these. thanks again.

Ruth0209 thank you also, that is something that I did not know.

Cheers
Leanne

[quote="grozzie11"]Thank You, Imagenthatnj you are always so good with supplying links to everyone, how do you do it? I did google, but did not come across either of these. thanks again.

A lot of stuff I already have downloaded into my hard drive...information hoarder, lol.

Typed on google: how to make a tiny ribbon
and I got one of the articles.

Then I thought that Martha Stewart MUST have directions for this, so I typed: Martha Stewart how to make a bow.

Gotta love Google.

Maybe I should learn how to make a bow...I haven't tried it.

you do that, I will practice getting what I want when I google! Not that you ever get the same thing twice when you do.

sounds like you are pretty organised. sure know I am not. My email and pc are allover the place ! Maybe thats a tutorial you can start
thanks

Explaining is harder than doing, but here goes . . . After the first over - and - through of a knot, make a loop the size you want for the bow on BOTH sides - you are now holding a loop in each hand. Now tie a regular knot, putting the loop in one hand around the loop in the other hand just as though the loop was a single piece of ribbon. That's it. With a little practice, the loops will be the same size, the streamers the same length, and those streamers will lie flat to each side. I learned this trick years ago when retying bows that were sewn in place on baby clothes and always came undone in the wash.