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Hey Youtube World. It's me, Evelyn. Look at my brown hands! Anyway, I am finally here
with my DIY Ankara bow tutorial.
I made that one and y'all was like "ooooh! tell me how to make that one!" And then I
had worn this one in a video and y'all was like "oooooh! tell me how to make that one!",
so...
There are many bow tutorials on Youtube, but they all colonized, so let's get this started.
You will need a pair of scissors. Fabric scissors are preferable, but I aint got those. Then
you'll need a ruler if you like measuring things -- I don't.
Then you'll need these clippity clips, these snap clippies -- get 'em at the dollar store.
Then you'll need a glue gun. Make sure you actually have the glue sticks though. Or you
can use fabric glue. I prefer glue guns, but just giving you another option.
And now for the most important part -- the fabric!
Holla at yo auntie Tolu, your one Nigerian friend Femi, you know just holla at Oluwaseamstress
somewhere, and get scrap fabrics. I got these all from my friend Gloria.
Step #1 -- select your fabric and cut a rectangle shape. I don't measure, but let's say this
is about 12 x 6 inches.
Next, you'll cut a little skinny piece, maybe 4 x 1.5 inches. So now you have two scraps
of fabric that we will work with.
Next, you're going to fold one of the long edges into the middle of the fabric, so maybe
fold it 3 inches up, and glue it down.
Next, you're gonna do the same thing to the other edge, except instead of meeting it in
the middle, you're going to overlap it slightly so that it's on top of the first edge that
you folded up.
Now do the same thing to the two short edges of the rectangle. Fold one part over halfway,
and fold the other one, overlapping it a little bit, and glue them down.
We do this because we don't have real skills like sewing, so we need to make clean edges.
I know I can't sew, so my bride price is significantly reduced, but listen - I went to college, so
we gon' figure something out.
Alright. So this is the front; and that's the back.
Now, we're going to pinch the center of the rectangle to make our bow shape!
You can either glue the folds together in the front and the back of the bow, or you
can holla at these little hair ties. If you have natural hair, don't nobody use these
heauxs, so just get one from your friend Becky or something.
And you're gonna tie it around the bow to secure it.
You might call this ghetto. I call it resourceful.
Now that we're done with our bow for the most part, take that smaller piece of fabric and
fold it over and glue it like we did the first time so that it has clean edges.
Woo! Eeeez time foh a break.
*various gyrations*
CHAI!! We have ovacome deee majoreeteee of deeeees craft in deeee name of Jeeeesos!
Now all that's left to do, Youtube, is take that center piece, now that it's ready and the edges aren't frayed,
and wrap it around the middle of our DIY no-sew ankara bow.
And glue it down!
If there's fabric that's overlapping or left over, you can just cut that off. And of course,
glue down any parts that are sticking up. Just clean it up, polish it up!
And the main structure of our bow is complete! Now take these clippity clips, and you can
either glue them directly to the bow, or you can just slide it underneath the center and
pin it directly to your hair. No one gon' know the difference cuz yo hair so thick!
Absolutely no shame in needing the jumbo size clippity clip. You can also just bobby pin
the bow directly to your hair.
And that's it, Youtube. We're done! We've come to the end of this tutorial.
I'd show you what the bow looks like, but my hair is in afro puffs, and that doesn't
really go with this bow.
Please read the video description box, because I have provided a Spotify playlist of Moddaland
Jamz that you can listen to while you create your own bow.
And I got my sweatshirt from: LLULO.
See you on the internet somewhere. Bye!!