An easy way to make ribbons bows with your own hands

Recently, the production of tapes is gainingrapid turnover: in view of the fact that they can be used not only as accessories for clothing and textiles, but also are the main material for the manufacture of Japanese ornaments - kanzash. Such decorations can be executed not only from petals, but also in the form of bows. The most important advantage of their manufacture is simplicity and speed in the absence of great efforts. Bows made of ribbons with their own hands are very simple, it is enough to have a tight cord, scissors, a lighter and, if necessary, a special template. If you mean a small bow-rubber bands, then you can do without tooling. I want to note that when using a cardboard template, it is better to cover it with adhesive tape and round the edges - this will make it easy to remove the bantagon stock.

Using the template

For very neat and symmetrical bows, you should always use a special cardboard with a slot, and its width and

will determine the amount of folds on the bow. It is not necessary to buy it, because you can make several blanks of different sizes on your own. Bows of ribbons with their own hands can be stitched on the template in the center, and simply pull it with a cord, but only if no more than two turns are made. Winding the tape should be face up and necessarily at a slight angle, pre-fixing the free edge on the template with a clip or clothespin. After wrapping the tape around it the right number of times, you need to fix the second edge, and only after that cut off the excess. If in the central slot of the template make small stitches with a needle with a thread and attach, then the ribbons from the ribbons hands made with imagination, will be obtained fromuniform drapery in the central part. If you want to make a hair ornament faster, then you can just pull it carefully, trying to make the knot very dense. After that, the entire design is removed from the template and straightened, and the edges are fused with a cigarette lighter so that the satin ribbon does not crumble during the wear process.

Bows without a template

If there is not enough freetime, then the ribbons can be made of ribbons by their own hands and by the method of the eight. To do this, cut 2 pieces of 25-30 cm tape and each of them folded with a figure eight, trying to withstand the symmetry relative to the center. After that the received details are pasted one in another, creating an appearance of a bow. With this method, it is best to make multi-tiered ribbons from ribbons with your own hands - so they will be more magnificent and interesting, and if desired, you can add the product to a beautiful middle. The only condition for such a technique is that each upper tier should be slightly smaller in diameter than the lower one. Here's another interesting technique that allows you to make miniature ribbons from the tapes yourself: winding on the plug (not only the usual, but also any other, even a long-tooth machine with a long tooth). A thin satin ribbon wraps around the teeth the required number of times, after which it is pulled together in the center: a beautiful bow is ready!