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NS1976
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Crafty people..HELP!
Does anyone know how to make a simple bow with wired ribbon???
Please dont move this to crafts..Ive looked up sites on it and I am so not crafty, it just doesnt make sense to me?????!!!
Can anyone explain it to me in simple terms?!?!? I am getting so frustrated!
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Posted 10/14/07 1:58 PM  |
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MissJones
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Re: Crafty people..HELP!
Picture of your idea??? I'm not sure what you need. I have about 4 ideas in mind.
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| Posted 10/14/07 2:12 PM |
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NS1976
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Re: Crafty people..HELP!
Just a bow..
A simple bow.
I have wired ribbon with fall leaves on it. I want to put it around my lightpost outside.
Right now, said ribbon is lieing in a heap on the floor. 
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| Posted 10/14/07 2:13 PM |
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smdl
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Re: Crafty people..HELP!
Just do a tie like you are doing shoe laces.
Then "push" up the looped to give them a shape.
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| Posted 10/14/07 2:14 PM |
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MrsMessina
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Re: Crafty people..HELP!
For a real bow--- you leave enough ribbon for 1 tail then pinch there w/ your fingers. then you let however much ribbon out and then turn it and curve it back in- then flip the ribbon over (only at that point) then do the same thing the other way back and forth until you have as many loops as you want. Then I usually take a piece or plain old ribbon or wire and fold it in half then bring the tails up thru the middle and hook it around it - then pull it tight. sorry if it doesnt make sense- it's not as hard to do as one would think though.
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| Posted 10/14/07 3:07 PM |
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Little-J-Mommy
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Re: Crafty people..HELP!
Posted by MrsMessina
For a real bow--- you leave enough ribbon for 1 tail then pinch there w/ your fingers. then you let however much ribbon out and then turn it and curve it back in- then flip the ribbon over (only at that point) then do the same thing the other way back and forth until you have as many loops as you want. Then I usually take a piece or plain old ribbon or wire and fold it in half then bring the tails up thru the middle and hook it around it - then pull it tight. sorry if it doesnt make sense- it's not as hard to do as one would think though.
no offese, but I KNOW how to make a bow....and this was confusing
I would just make it like you tying your shoe and then "poof it up"
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| Posted 10/14/07 5:05 PM |
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Anniegrl
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Re: Crafty people..HELP!
I'm pretty sure Michael's has a bow maker thing.
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| Posted 10/15/07 1:05 PM |
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MrsMessina
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Re: Crafty people..HELP!
Posted by Little-J-Mommy
no offese, but I KNOW how to make a bow....and this was confusing
I would just make it like you tying your shoe and then "poof it up"
None taken- I said it could be confusing and I didn't have the time to sit down and figure out how to make it sound right in plain english--- i have an infected tooth that has to be pulled and am in excruciating pain.
Anyway, I was offering the 2nd option since I saw someone offer the shoe lace option and thought that might not be the type of bow she was looking for...
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| Posted 10/15/07 2:20 PM |
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MrsMessina
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Re: Crafty people..HELP!
Posted by Anniegrl
I'm pretty sure Michael's has a bow maker thing.
They do- it's called the bowdabra.
It's really not hard though- you just have to keep going back and forth in a figure 8 shape and leave enough for a tail on both sides...
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| Posted 10/15/07 2:20 PM |
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