How To Add Ribbon Spikes To Hair Bows

Hi its Laura From Hair-Hardware Today, I'm going to show you how to make ribbon spikes for your hair bows.. We are gon na learn how to make tall spikes and the horizontal spikes in the back. That I showed you in the picture.. Here is an example of the finished bow., Its using 1 and 1/2 inch grosgrain ribbon and has a horizontal spike across the back and some tall spikes.. The supplies I used are a boutique bow that has been pre made. A salon clip some pieces of quarter inch. Sheer bow tying ribbon., These 2 spikes. I have already pre made.. I'M gon na use this piece to make the horizontal spike across the back. I'm going to use just an ordinary pin to keep it all aligned, while I'm tying it. Okay to cut the ends of the spikes. You are going to fold the ribbon in half and then fold it in half again the long way like that. And you are going to cut on an angle starting from the fold. And then your going have when you open it all up.. You are gon na. Have symetrical cut spikes on both sides., I'm gon na use my wood burner to head seal those edges. Just be careful to keep it nice and even and straight as you are heat sealing it because you will be able to see the ends of the spikes.. So just run the wood burner across the cut ends, so you won't have any problems with fraying. Okay. So I'm gon na put this aside for the moment.. Now I'm going to take the two spikes that I'm going to use to make the tall spikes in the back. I'm gon na lay them across each other fold them in half and then stick a pin in that folded. Area.! Okay! Now this is just going to hold them perfectly centered and symetrical with each other, while you tie them off.. So you are going to take your salon, clip and place it right in there, so that the pin sticking out the back. Just make sure the pin is centered. And then your gon na take your quarter inch bow tying ribbon and loop. It around.! You can remove the pin now.. Okay, just bring the quarter inch ribbon to the back and tie it off nice and tight.. Now you can remove it from the salon clip. And, as you can see, you have a pair of spikes here that are nice and tall. Set those aside for a minute, and we are going to tie the horizontal one for the back.. You are really just tying. The one piece of ribbon - and here I'm just putting in the pin. Just to keep it centered. The only reason to tie this is for the look.. You want it to have the cinched look in the middle.. If you try to just put this flat against the back of a bow, its just, not gon na look right., So your gon na just bring the ribbon around again, just like we did for the tall spikes and just tie it in the middle. Okay. So you can just take that from the salon clip now. And now we are going to stack the pieces together.. So I'm going to take the glue gun and I'm gon na put a little bit of glue right in the middle of the horizontal spike, which is what I want to be the piece right on the back of the bow.. Then I'm gon na take the tall spikes and lay them directly on top like that. And then I'm going to add another little dot of glue in the middle of that. And I'm going to put the bow on the top.. So you have 3 layers.. You have the bow on the top., You have the tall spikes in the middle and you have the horizontal spikes in the back.. Just make sure you lay them nice and tall on top of each other.. Don'T lay anything side by side.. You don't need these pieces. Anymore., So I'm just gon na cut them off.. Okay! Now I want to make sure those spikes stay nice and tall and exactly where I want them to be so. I'' m going to put a little bit of glue between the bow and the spike.. Then I'm going to lay the spike exactly where I want it to stay.. I'M gon na do this for every spike in the bow.. Just make sure that when you lay it down on the glue, it is exactly where you want it to be, because you will have a hard time trying to pull that off and adjust it.. I always do the tall spikes first. Just a little bit of glue and then press it to the bow.. Just make sure you pull it back so that you can't see any of the glue from the front., And now we are going to do the horizontal spike on the back.. So pull back the horizontal spike, just a little bit. Place some glue in the middle. Carefully place it down exactly where you want it to stay.. Repeat for the other side. Okay. Now all you have to do is add the center knot., The hardware on the back. And you spike, hair bow is complete.