Bullet Fabric Hair Bow // How To Make A Hair Bow Using Bullet Fabric // Bullet Hair Bow

Everyone to show today, i'm going to show you how to make these super cute bullet bows. I do mine slightly different and these are sort of almost open at the sides rather than this bit because i said i think it gives it a nicer look to me personally but, like i said, there's lots of different options and hundreds of tutorials out there. So this is a version that i'm going to do and i've done this one on a clip and the other thing i've done is i've sewn mine and i've just glued my centers, because i try to do some of the knots and i'm just not at the Point where i'm happy with how flat they are like, i said they're just too bulky for me so, like i haven't done a tied version just yet i might do in the future once i've worked out how to stop them being so bulky and i've also done Them on these super cute soft nylon, headbands, and when i do mine, i just put a little strip of felt across the back so that the bumps not against the child's head. So i've done these ones i'll just move these out of the way. My little headphone stand and what you'll need is some bullet fabric, and this is the mustard version. Let me just take my clips out of the way, so i've got my nylon and my bits and pieces all ready to go, and this is called. This is 5 inches by 10 inches and i cut it down off camera because i struggled to keep my meat. Otherwise, so it's just over ten just a tiny bit in case. You need to cut it down anymore and just under five, but like so that's from where i was trying to keep my edges tidy and i sort of over cut a little bit so like it's, not a massive concern, just try and keep them as even as Possible you can, and if you're, not using a rotary cut hook, cutter and like i said, try and keep the cuts, nice and clean, but i am planning more tutorials in the future, and i've got this really pretty gingerbread and christmas tree cookies. And this super super cute nutcracker christmas fabric. So i said i'm going to do that in a few weeks when it's a little bit closer to that that time, rather than rather than now, and that's all from jolie of the craft store in the uk. So we're going to take our 10 inches by 5 inches and what i do bring this so you can see. So what i do is i take this side in almost halfway just over halfway. It'S about here, i'm going to take the other edge and i'll bring that in. I do an overlap on here, so each side equal about an inch there. You go yeah, there's an inch from where it starts there and it's the same this side. So i try to get more, it's an inch that side as well when i'm happy so it doesn't move when i'm putting my stitches in i clip here, and the other thing i do is to make sure it's all nicely balanced. I fold it in half like so take my needle while it's folded in half, and you want to go through here so that you know that's the center if you wanted to, if you've got a um erasable marker. So if you've got one of these air markers where it fades slightly, if you test it on a bit of your fabric and leave it for a few hours and it fades, then you would be safe to use this to put a line down the center. If you wanted something, there's a better stitch guide, but this is how i do it. So i'm gon na do eight stitches, because i'm gon na have four nicely even creases. So one two three four five, six, seven eight and, as you can see, you've got one two three four creases i'll pull that all the way through and i'll show you both sides. So one two three four five, six seven eight and on the back you'll, have one two three four and try and make them as even as possible the more even you can get your stitches and your spacing the nicer your creases will be, and it will give You a more uniform and nicely sort of balanced look as you can see, all my creases are the same height and they are roughly the same on the back and again that just gives you bow a little bit more structure and it will sort of stop some Of the floppiness and things like that that you can have in some so pinch that all together, like so and wrap that round, do it nice and tight, so it holds, holds tightly okay and i wrap that around a good couple of times. This is extra strength. Sorry extra strong um, polyester guttman thread. This is what i use and i use mine to board and it's really strong. As you can see, i am pulling that with some serious force, adult strength and it is not coming loose, so you won't have any issues with it so just hit around the back, because the back of the bow is where these lines are here and then just Do a little stitch off in the back there we go. You can cut that excess off pop that out of the way. So, as you can see, you've got a nicely well balanced bow here. The other thing is, as i take these off each side and again, if you're not happy with like where, where things are, you can sort of move your knot a little bit and make sure it's nicely even each side and the other thing i do now, i've Got fabric glue, but if you wanted to you could use your glue gun and all i do is i put a tiny dot of glue on here. So this is my favorite glue. This is my e 8, 000 and sorry e6000, and it doesn't um mark or stain fabrics. It doesn't show so once it's dried, you won't get any glue marks or any glue stains, and that's what you want and again before you do. Yours test it on a scrap, you've got somewhere and make sure that it doesn't leave any marks. You can't see it and it doesn't leave you any residue because you would hate to have like a glue stain showing through there. So, like i said, double check that you're not going to have that issue before you try any of these glues, most fabric, glues, don't there is the odd one that does so like. I said just check on a little bit of a scrap before you do this bit yourself, i'm just going to clip this here and i'm going to do exactly the same on this side. Just that sort of inch overlap that we did when we first folded it just there and again on this layer as well. Okay, and the other thing is, is the cleaner you cut when you originally did your bow, the less likely you are to see the edge underneath and that's what you don't want? It'S like the tighter you can keep your edges and the nicely get the cuts that you can get, the less likely you are to see the layer beneath. So that's what i play around with i'm just gon na play with mine a little bit, because i think it's a little bit off to one side. So i'm just going to move that slightly there we go. Sometimes it is my own personal paranoia. You know what we're all like we're all our own worst critics. It'S always the way, so i'm going to leave the clips on while i put the nylon headband on this is back. Like i said, that's where the edges of the inner bow is i've got my nylon headband. We want to glue it so that the curl is facing upwards towards us. We'Re just going to put a dot of glue across here just a little bit and then take this open. It up a little bit and place it on our glue, and i just hold that down there for a second careful of your fingers, because obviously, that glue does sort of come through that a little bit. And then i've got this piece, which is roughly just a little bit over an inch, an inch and a half by about four now i won't use all of this. I'Ll probably only use three inches, but i like a little bit longer just so. I'Ve got enough room to cut it down if i need to, and i'm just going to put a drop of glue across the top one corner fold that halfway fold with one third in a little bit that side and bring this one in. So it's just over we're going to do the same. The other end pop that in attach your cleaves to the top there a little bit of glue here, and this is what i do for middle instead of doing the tie because, like i said i just can't, i can't work with the bulkiness of some some of Them so and in my description box there will be a link to my facebook group if you want to try some different styles of bullet that i haven't currently made. Yet there is a lot of amazing creators out there, including some peer-to-peer tutorials. So there is a link in my group to one of the facebook group: that's just predominantly um bullet material and there's lots and lots of amazing tutorials on there so pop over and join that group and, like i said, you'll find lots of other techniques other than My own, so i'm just going to wrap this around the center, make sure that that stays closed, bring it round, make sure you've got enough over that side and, like i said once, you're sure you've got enough to wrap. You can cut that little bit of extra off the best thing about the bullet fabric. Is it doesn't fray so again just do a little bit more glue, okay and then we'll put the glue on the back and pinch that in and then all i'm going to do is take my little bit of fault, and this is just a piece that is Centimeter and a half by about five centimeters, like i said you could do smaller, you could do bigger as long as it's ov, not not this. So it's not against the child's head, and all i do is i do a bit of glue on there join here place that over there then i open up the curl of the nylon work out where that bit is going to fall, put a drop of glue And what it will do is it will curl round? Do the same, this end open it up bit of glue on the felt, and this is 100 wool felt. This is also from joe leaf and the link to the store will be in my description box as well, so just glue those sides in make sure you're, okay and then you've got a super cute bullet headband suitable for a toddler or um. From sort of these go from sort of three months up to toddler sizing, depending on the size of a child's head, but, like i said these nylons tend to be sort of one size fits all from sort of newborn all the way up to sort of two To three year olds, depending on how big the child's head is, so there we go quite simple nice and easy technique for you and that's what it looks like. So thank you for watching. Hopefully, you found this useful and i'll speak to you all soon. Bye,