Friday Focus- Tie The Perfect Bow With Kittie

The Friday Focus today will be three different tutorials on working with ribbon. They are short and simple and may even seem elementary to many of you. But, I want to share a few hints with those of you who struggle to create nice ribbon embellishments for your projects. I get comments and questions all the time from people wanting to know how I tie such nice flat bows. I have to admit that is comes very easy for me as my mother put ribbon in my ten year old hands to keep me busy when I "helped" her in her flower shop. I learned how to work with ribbon from mother and it is second nature for me but you can learn as well. Feel free to write any questions you may have in the comments area of this post and I will be more than happy to respond.

The first tutorial shows two techniques for creating a tied knot on your project without all the struggles of trying to tie it directly onto the cardstock. Do you think Sherry tied the ribbon directly onto this darling card? Only Sherry knows for sure.

 

 

I love this perfectly tied single loop bow by Linda. The two toned ribbon shows how perfectly her bow was tied.

 

This is an example of a multi loop bow and shows off how much more those few extra loops can add to your project.

 

I hope you have found these tutorials helpful. I had lots of fun recording them but it didn't take long for me to realize that I was never going to be asked to do my own show on HGTV. Talk about needing speech therapy!!!!!

Comments

[Carol Seeman]

Thank you for sharing these tutorials.
I love these kind of step-by-step instructions. I would like to see you do more of these - especially with some of your beautiful cards.
Carol

[Lisa Foster]

Oh Kittie!!!!!!!!!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!
These videos are wonderful! You demonstrated and explained each step perfectly! I am picking up the phone and calling HGTV right now! (After I practice my newly-learned bow-tying techniques!)
You are the BEST!!!
((BIG HUG))

[Anne Giblin]

No speech therapy necessary for you. You were clear, and so helpful.

[Pinky]

Kittie, thanks for the tutorial...great job by the way! Love it.

Pinky

[Candy aka cwilliams]

Wonderful Kittie, I even learned a few tips!!

[Patti]

Thank you for these videos. I have not been happy with my ribbons, and now I nkow why. Off I go to practice!

[Conniecrafter]

Thank you so much for doing these, it is so helpful to be able to see them done then by trying to figure it out with step by step pictures!

[Starla(star)]

Thank you Miss Kittie!! Being SEVERELY ribbon challenged, I'm sure that I will return multiple times to these VERY helpful videos!!

[Penny Wessenauer]

perfectly explained, beautiful photography! Thank you so much for these tutorials!
xxooxx Penny

[Holly]

Kittie, you did great! Now I just need to practice. Thank you so much for sharing your know how with us!

[Konnie]

Thank you so much these tutorials are just fantastic!! You always have such wonderful bows and thank you for sharing with us.

[Jennifer E.]

Awesome! Thanks so much for taking the time to do these! I'm sure I'll be referencing these tutorials alot & I hope to be able to practice this weekend!

[Candy]

The videos were very, very, helpful. Thank you for taking the time to teach us.

[judy ptacek]

great job and was very helpfull. you make it look easy . will practice . thank you so much for doing this. very helpfull.love your work.

[Fran Gumprecht]

These are awesome, Kitty. I think it is so wonderful that you share your creativity with everyone.

Thank you so much.

Fran

[dee]

thank you soooo much Kittie ....when do we get more Kittie stamps I love mine!DD

[Sheryl Hengen]

Thanks Kittie -- you did a great job with these videos!! And yes, all are going to be very helpful to get my ribbon bows tied nicely.

[rebekka]

Thank you so much for the tutorial on tying a bow, ribbon. It is one of my weakest area's, and this helps so much.

[Michelle Adams]

Awesome tutorial! Thank you so much Kittie!!!

[Miss Boo]

Kittie.... Your ROCK!

[Miss Boo]

I'm back... and totally laughing at myself. It was a good thing I started with a triple bow, because somehow I ended up with a double bow! ROFL
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1151767?cat=14801

[Sandy K]

Fabulous tutorial. I've never been good making ribbons. Thank you!

[laura]

awesome

[Linda Barton]

Kittie,
Great tutorial. I got a lot of tips.
Thanks for the information.
Linda

[paula]

great job, kittie - i think hgtv will be calling you soon!your cards are lovely. tfs.

[Kathie]

Thank you so much for your tutorials, Kittie! I don't think you need speech therapy at all, by the way, but I was surprised by the sound of your voice - just because I guess I had a different idea of how you would sound! You may say that "nothing is perfect", but your projects always look perfect! I love your multi loop bows - they add so much to your already gorgeous creations! Now if I can only coax my arthritic hands to do those tiny bows...I can sure tell you have been in a floral shop! Thanks again for sharing!

[Gail Moore]

Kitty - thank you, thank you. Great tutorial and so easy to follow. Thanks for sharing your tips. Much appreciated.

Gail

[Linda V]

Kitty, thank you for sharing you bow tying technique with us. Your cards are absolutely beautiful and inspirational. I'm so glad you have a blog and share with all of us.

[rainey1]

Kitty,
Thank you for sharing bow tying with us.
I really have a problem with doing bows so this was very much appreciated

[Gabriela Divine]

Marvelous tutorials, Kittie. You really outdid yourself. Thanks so much!

Gabriela

[Lynda Hidalgo]

Just love the bows and different ways to do them. Got my ribbons out and giving them a try. Ty for sharing and showing me how to add a wondreful finishing touch.
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PS...the bunny with the star..too cute!

[Debby]

FABULOUS TUTORIAL! Thank you so much!

[Debby]

I am SOOOOOOO bow challenged. :-)

[Mary Anderson]

Your bows are anazing. Thank yu very much for making and sharing this tutorial. I have a lot of trouble making bows so this will be very helpful to me.

Mary

[Wendy Gorton]

Thanks so much Kittie. Your very clear instruction was so helpful to me. I'm forwarding your videos to all my crafty friends who are stingy with their ribbon when tying their bows (LOL). Thank you again for your patience and generosity towards your fellow stampers. Wendy

[Charlene Merrick]

I'm off work today (woo-hoo!) and finally found some time to come to your blog to see if you had a ribbon tying tutorial and, Voila!, you do!! Thank you for these great tutorials, Kittie! All of your tips are wonderful. The multi-loop ribbon is a little challenging for me with my arthritis, but I'm going to keep trying because I love that multi-loop!

[Mel aka merniebug]

Kitty: How can I ever thank you enough for leading me to your fabulous tutorials. While I may not be an expert at this bow thing yet, you've lead me in the right direction and I'm sitting here typing and looking my first ever decent bow. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I have to admit though, I was talking to God about it the whole time. Niow I need to know, do you tie it to your ribbon on the card, or do you glue it?

[Betty aka ZacksNana]

Thanks soooo much Kittie!!! These are fantastic tuts! I really appreciate you taking the time.