Cute Lolita Bow Tutorial

Here you can see what fabric, lace and ribbon I've chosen.

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Find the middle of your fabric 'length-wise', and draw a line that you can follow, while applying lace and ribbon. Do this on both pieces of fabric

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Sew on the lace first. I had to sew two pieces of lace together as to get both sides of the ribbon alike.

Then sew on the ribbon on top of your lace in the middle.

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Now take the big piece and fold it like on the picture, and sew about 2,5 cm at the edges of the short side, with a seam allowance of 1 cm.

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Fold out the seam allowance and iron it a shown on the picture. Try to get it in the middle as well.

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Now sew the long sides - again with a seam allowance of 1 cm - and cut the tips, so that you can get nice and sharp corners.

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Through the gap in the middle, you turn the bow inside out, and the iron it.

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Put the bow aside, and prepare your 'bowtie'. ;P

Fold it lengthwise and sew it into a tube. Be careful now to sew into the lace.

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Now turn that inside out, and iron it too.

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Now take your bow (the big piece), and fold it in the middle, so you get a nice bow form.

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Tie some thread around it, to hold it in place.

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Now put the 'bowtie' around it, and cut the excess fabric off, and sew it in hand.

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Et Voilá, the bow is done.

I chose to put on a little hairclipper, so I could use it as hair decoration. :)

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