Everyone seems to be going a bit barmy about bows recently - the coveted, wish wish wish and of course, I can’t speak of bows without mentioning flying saucer. Though I am rather partial to the bow (I should show you the massive bow clip I found a few months ago in my house) as a slight deviation, I thought I’d make some roses.

One of the [not pictured] items I bought from that car boot sale last month was a book called Practical Ribboncraft by Christine Kingdom. Within this, were tutorials on how to make roses, rosettes, bows; weaving with ribbon; ribbon embroidery and some other ribbon related crafts. The roses are rather simple to make, though a little tough to sew in place due to the many layers (a thimble would be useful!). I would very much like to try the wire edge ribbon method as it looks quick & even easier, but both methods yield results of course.

From Practical Ribboncraft book - click for full size!

As you can see at the top, I made one from ribbon (red) and I tried one in a strip of fabric (stripey) which was quite successful really. I’m not entirely certain what I’ll use them for as yet, but I’m sure some kind of adornment can be fashioned!