Bow Tutorial - Sheer Ribbon

Hi again! In the February newsletter, we did a segment on "Last Minute Valentine Idea" that included our super easy Cheater Bow. Well, here is the tutorial on how to tie our famous Cheater Bow-

To make this bow, we used about 16" of our 7/8" wide Sheer Asiana ribbon, 10" of the silver tinsel cord and a light pink boa bow.

Form the ribbon into a loop that resembles the Breast Cancer ribbons. Then bring the loop down until it touches the centre where the ribbon crosses itself. Place the tinsel cord vertically down the middle of your bow.

Take the ends of the tinsel cord and tie a loose knot. As you begin to tighten up your tinsel cord knot the centre of your sheer ribbon bow will also begin to gather. Be sure to make a double knot with the tinsel cord to secure the bow. Once you've finished the tinsel cord knot you may need to adjust the sheer ribbon so that the bow lays properly.

Then I trimmed the ends of the bow tails on an angle to give the bow a nice finish.

Lastly, add the boa bow to the centre of the sheer bow. You've made your Cheater Bow (and isn't it lovely?)

Ok, you're not totally done - you have to tie it onto the Valentine cello bags (with the yummy Rice Krispie hearts in them!!)

The hot pink and lavender bows on either side of the middle one are in fact the same Cheater Bow, just in a narrower width of sheer ribbon.

Hope you enjoyed that tutorial and are now ready to make your Rice Krispie Valentine treats!

Take care,
Anna

Bow Tutorial - By Anna

Almost everyday at the Essential Packaging Store, we get asked,
"How do you tie a nice bow?"
Well, today I'm going to do a tutorial on how to tie a bow! There are many different kinds of bows you can make but today I'm going to do a very simple one that I like to call The Cheater Bow. I call it this because technically we're not tying the ribbon into a bow. Follow this tutorial and see how really easy it is to tie a bow!

Start off with a length of ribbon. In this sample I'm using about 18" of single face satin ribbon.
Form the ribbon into a loop that resembles the Breast Cancer ribbons.

Then bring the loop down until it touches the centre where the ribbon crosses itself. You should now be able to see your bow starting to take shape.

Using a small length of tinsel cord, about 8" long, place the tinsel cord vertically down the middle of your bow.

Take the ends of the tinsel cord and tie a loose knot. As you begin to tighten up your tinsel cord knot the centre of your satin ribbon bow will also begin to gather. Be sure to make a double knot with the tinsel cord to secure the bow. Once you've finished the tinsel cord knot you may need to adjust the satin ribbon so that the bow lays properly.

This is a view of your ribbon bow from the back. Note that after I tied the tinsel cord knot I turned the knot to be at the back of the bow. This will allow you to use the remaining cord to attach your bow onto something else.

Now, back to the front of the bow. I trimmed the ends of the bow tails on an angle to give the bow a nice finish.

And there you have it - the perfect Cheater Bow!! Once you have mastered this bow try experimenting- use different types of ribbon, including wired; layer two or three small bows, in different colours and textures, together to create one amazing bow!

Well, I hope this tutorial has helped take the mystery out of bow tying! Please let me know if you found this tutorial helpful or if you have any further questions, I'd love to hear from you! Until the next tutorial, happy bow tying!

Anna