SYS ~ Bow Brooch

Welcome back!

Today we have Kate of See Kate Sew. Kate caught my eye with her wonderful clothing lables see created (which I am still trying to perfect). She has sewn up a cute little bow with scraps that you can use as a hair bow or pin to your handbag for a sweetie-pie look

One of my favorite things to make with extra scraps is bows! You can make them any size, from any kind of scrap. I've been making lots lately! 

Let's begin:

First collect your materials:

(brooch pins or hair clips, 1 piece of fabric for the bow, 1 little piece for the tie, thread, and a needle)


For the bow shown in the tutorial, I used a scrap 6" by 12" but you can use any size. The ratio just needs to be x by 2x. 

Little scraps for the middles:

 Fold your scrap in half with the right sides together.

 Sew up three sides, rounding the corners. When you get to the side opposite the fold, make sure you leave a 1" opening, so we can turn it. Trim the rounded corners.

 Turn right side out.

 Press it flat and sew up the side using an invisible stitch.

 You'll have a nice rounded square.

 Press both sides of your little scrap over so you have clean edges on the front.

 Accordion pleat your bow with your fingers and wrap your little strip around it.

 Put it in your sewing machine just like that and sew the strip pieces to each other. Make sure to backstitch so it's super strong.

 Ta-da!

Add a brooch pin or hair clip with a glue gun.

Done! Now go make the rest of your scrap pile into thousands of bows!

The best part is you can wear it anywhere! Or pin it to a bag!

Thanks for having me here Susan! Come on over to see kate sew and say hi anytime!

Thanks Kate!

 

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