Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Hair Bow Tutorial: Pinterest Challenge
On girly girl scale of 1-10 with 1 being "toothpaste is beauty supply" and a 10 being "I sleep in lip gloss and ruffles," I am maybe a 7. Except on Saturdays. An 8 would do their hair before going for a run.
This being said, I am forced to wear scrubs or (..shudder...) a POLO to work 5 days a week. Sometimes 6 or 7. I'm looking for something different to do with my hair and love some of the cute hair bow ideas seen on Pinterest!
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For this winter edition of the Pinterest Challenge (a challenge to do something you've pinned), hosted by Katie Bower at Bower Power Blog, I chose to make my own hairbow! I own and love my sewing machine, but this method is pretty light on the sewing :) Let me know if you try it!
Making A Simple Raw-Edge Hair Bow: (1 inch of sewing required)
Step One: Cut 2 strips of cloth, 2"x8" and 1.5"x5". The first is your bow, and the second is your center.
Step Two: Sew the short ends of your 2"x8" strip together to make a loop, wrong side out. (The front side of your fabric should be facing the center of the loop.) Turn your loop right side out.
Step Three: Taking the 1.5"x5" strip, finger press each rough edge in towards the center.
Step One: Cut 2 strips of cloth, 2"x8" and 1.5"x5". The first is your bow, and the second is your center.
Step Two: Sew the short ends of your 2"x8" strip together to make a loop, wrong side out. (The front side of your fabric should be facing the center of the loop.) Turn your loop right side out.
Step Three: Taking the 1.5"x5" strip, finger press each rough edge in towards the center.
Step Four: Line up seam to the center of the loop.
Step Five: Scrunch into a bow shape.
Step Six: Line up center stripe over the bow.
Step Seven: Tie the center stripe in a knot at the back of the bow, and trim the loose edges.
I made a three different varieties. To make the one with a lace front, I just laid a rectangle of lace cut slightly smaller than the bow on the front before tying the knot.
Use a bobby pin to secure the bow in your hair.
Come back later to see some more ideas for how to wear your bow! Update: See this post for how to wear your hair bow!
Step Five: Scrunch into a bow shape.
Step Six: Line up center stripe over the bow.
Step Seven: Tie the center stripe in a knot at the back of the bow, and trim the loose edges.
I made a three different varieties. To make the one with a lace front, I just laid a rectangle of lace cut slightly smaller than the bow on the front before tying the knot.
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| Hair bow with half up style |
This is my second Pinterest Challenge -- check out my previous undertaking, DIY Powdered Laundry Detergent.
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| Make your own unscented powdered laundry detergent |
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