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Originally Posted by RustysMom  OK will try if I am understanding what you need to know....if I'm wrong, tell me. Let's say you bought 1/4 yard. Wash and press the fabric. Fold the fabric in half so you have a fold. Then I use a ruler (in my case a quilters rule) to measure out 2 inches wide, and draw a line on the fabric for 2in wide. Start on the fold. Usually 8 inch long is good. So when finshed you have a 2 X8 long strip. Cut this out, and then you have a 2X16 strip of fabric.
Do another, then sew the two together, leaving a section unsewn in the center. Turn the bow from outside out to right side out and then sew the open section by hand so it will be invisible. Press.
To tie it, since my hand co-ordination is lacking, I place a infant hair rubber band in the center to scrunch it up into a bow. Then I lap it around and around like you are putting the band into a Yorkie's topknot...
THEN, after I sew it to the dress, I use STIFFY to harden the bow. Not too much..
Another way I used to do all the time was sew a simple rectangle, like the one below, and put the little band in it. I used to match a ribbon to it, and then tied the ribbon on to make streamers. Cute I think. Easy.
Because of my hand I cannot tie the beautiful bows you girls do, but they are so lovely. My little way is simple for me.
Was this what you wanted? |
Yes... the problem I am having is the bows I make seem too bulky and take forever to dry after washing. So I've been trying to think of ways to make them less bulky, or to attach them with velcro so they can be removed when the dress is washed... or to make them easy to undo and retie so the owner can retie the bow after it is laundered. Or ideally to make it less bulky as are the ones you make...
I just bought a used serger to try to make single layered fabric bows by finishing the edges....
Do you make hair bows out of the dress fabric? That's another thing I'll be experimenting with, lol. Thanks for the spritzing tip... that had me lol bc I had been trying out using potatoe starch as a stiffener.
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Originally Posted by IWAY Could the original manufacturer point you to who carried the fabric?
How about fabric.com? |
I searched all day yesterday.... I'll email the manufacturer... thanks.