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Hi, I’m Laura from Hair Hardware and today I’m going to show you how to make a pinwheel
bow like this little tiny brown pinwheel bow I have right here.
The materials that I am using a glue gun, a pair of scissors, a needle and thread.
And the thread I usually use something like upholstery thread, so that it’s real strong.
And I make sure that I triple knot it at the end so that I have a nice strong knot.
For the ribbon I’m using 7/8 grosgrain ribbon, this is a pink heart print. And for the center
I’m using 3/8 pink grosgrain ribbon. T
o make the bow, you’re going to need to make something like this template right here.
This is just made with card stock. It measures 3 inches across, and let’s see, it’s about
6 inches tall.
And this of course you are gunna wanna vary the size of this depending on how big you
want your pinwheel bow to turn out.
A three inch template will yield you a 3 inch pinwheel bow. You’re also going to need
two alligator clips to hold the ribbon on the side. And I’ll show you how that’s
done in just a second.
So, what you’re gunna want to do, first I’m going to remove the alligator clips
from this template, and this opening that I cut in the middle is important, because
you are going to need to sew up through the middle of the ribbon.
So just make sure that you measure exactly half way in between the template and just
cut this opening probably about a quarter of an inch wide.
So to start, you’re going to put the ribbon that I’m using for the center off to the
side and I’m just going to use the 7/8 ribbon for the bow.
I’m going to lay it across the bottom of the template on an angle, not much of an angle,
but not completely flat like that, or you won’t be happy with your bow results. Make
sure it’s angled just a little bit.
Take your alligator clip and put it right there so that you hold it in place.
Then you’re going to take your ribbon, and I’m just going to cut a piece off of here,
so that my spool is out of the way, and you’re going to wrap the ribbon around the template.
Now this part right here is kind of important.
You don’t want to over lap the edges of the ribbon. Just make sure that they lay flat
right next to each other and you don’t even want any spaces in between. Just lay the ribbon
flat, right next to each other. And make sure it looks the same on the other side. Just
lay the ribbon across.
And then I’m going to stop right there, so that my bow has two loops and then two
tails on the side.
So I’m just going to take my other alligator clip and clip it on there, first I’m going
to trim it.
Then I’m going to take my other alligator clip and place it on the side like that.
Now what you’re going to wanna do is take your needle and thread, and you’re going
to stitch up across the center. So just start at the bottom, pull the needle and thread
through, and you’re going to want to make stitches that are about,
I’d say, about three eighths of an inch, just a simple stitch, nothing fancy. Try to
make the stitch so that, definitely you want it straight up the center and you want to
make it so that you stitch together the seams of the ribbon.
Just do a few stitches up the center like this. You don’t have to be real exact with
those.
Ok, so hopefully you can see where I’ve stitched across the center there.
Now you can remove the alligator clips on the side, and you’re gunna want to slide
it off the template.
Now what you’re going to do, and this is why I use the strong ribbon, and I make that
nice big knot at the end. Cause you’re going to pull the thread and you’re going to slide
the ribbon down, and let it fold like this.
And you’re going to take your excess thread and you’re going to wrap it around the center
like this.
Just wrap it around a few times, and then you’re going to take your needle and thread,
and you’re just going to reinforce it on the back of the bow. Usually just do a couple
stitches. Should hold it.
Now we’re going to trim that.
And now you’re going to take your bow and you’re going to separate the loops creating
that pinwheel pattern like that. Like this
You can see how the pinwheel has taken shape. These loops have not overlapping and sitting
on top of each other. They are just staggered across the bow like pinwheels.
So now what you are going to do is you’re going to take your scissors, and you’re
going to trim these tails on an angle, and I’ve seen these done a number of different
ways, you can angle it the other direction, you can angle it with the bow, you can make
the tails longer than the bow,
it’s really up to you.
And once you cut those threads, you’re gunna want to do something like a wood-burner, to
heat seal those ends, make sure it doesn’t fray. You can also use fray check or you can
use a lighter, just be careful you don’t burn yourself or anything.
Now before you attach the center, you are gunna to want to make sure your loops are
exactly the way you want them to be. And these look pretty good.
So I’m going to take my pink grograin ribbon, 3/8 of an inch wide, I’m using for the center.
And for this bow I’m just going to do a simple knot. Like this.
I’m going to put a dot of glue, right in the center, and then I’m going to press
the knot exactly where I want it to be. Going to let it hold for about 5 seconds there.
And then you can bring the ribbon around to the back of the bow, like this, and you’re
going to hold it so it’s straight back, like that. You’re going to trim it.
You’re going to heat seal that edge.
You’re going to take your glue gun again, add just a little bit of glue to the back.
Press those sides down.
And now you have your little pinwheel bow. That I made just the same size as this plain
brown one.
You can adjust this template to any width that you’d like, And you can also add more
loops. My bow just had the two loops and then the tails, but if you keep wrapping it around,
just make sure that you start, where you put your clip, you start and end on opposite sides,
and then you’ll have that perfect pinwheel look.