DIY: How to Make a Bow (Unfinished) + Little Giveaway!!

So I most definitely said that I was gonna post this awhile back but things have gotten a little hectic for me......I went from a night shift to a morning shift and my sleep schedule is all sorts of wacky right now. And I managed to get it figured out enough to have the energy to post it tonight.....

Lets get the first official Do It Yourself blog post going......

I'm starting with these materials:

*Fabric in two colors (most should do as long as they have a little stiffness to them)
*Ribbon in one color
*Pair of scissors
*Sewing Machine (hand sewing should work for this too)
*Measuring Tape (mines name is Trusty)
*Straight Pins
*Small Piece of string or embroidery floss
*Hot Glue Gun




Step 1:
Measure out your fabric. I'm making mine a little bit big on purpose to try something out but here are the measurements from mine - Color #1 12.5 in by 6.5 in; Color #2 12.5 in by 4.25 in; Ribbon 12.5 in by 5/8 in. As shown below......here is where I explain what I mean by unfinished.....I'm not sewing all the edges so around the loops are gonna be kinda scraggly looking on purpose. I think it adds a little bit of charm to it. I show how to make a finished one in my next DIY Blog entry.

Step 2:
Your gonna wanna fold the whole bow in half. Not during this process I tend to find that the ribbon is the worst about folding in half. but it you can get the ends to stay where you want them then you can worry about the rest later.......as a clarifier you are folding the boy in half inside out.....and then pinning it along the edge as shown below to help with the sewing process (great for beginners like me ^.^).

Step 3:
Use your sewing machine (or hand sew it) along the edge. I've just been using a straight line.....nothing fancy. It's a good idea to at this point trip any extra fabric you may have. I tend to leave a little extra just in case. And then flip it right side out as shown bellow......

Step 4:
Now put the piece you've sewn in the back right in the middle so that its not seen in the final product and tie a little piece of embroidery floss or string around the middle as shown below

Step 5:
And then you want to take a little piece of one of the two colors of fabric you had. I personally used fabric number one making fabric number two an accent color......and cut a small piece and glue one side to the bow before wrapping around and gluing the other side down as shown below.......

Now for a couple of lighted pictures ^.^ I kinda realized my mistakes a little too late but this is what the finished product ended up looking like ^.^

Now for the contest........I know its not like super fancy or anything.....I did make it in like ten minutes in my room.......But I was gonna give this bow on a headband away to the first person that comments on this post ^.^ !!! And this will be my first giveaway.......and I hope y'all enjoy it

As always thanx for reading ^.^