- Add uniqueness to your design by adding your own hand made bow.
- Dress up your designs with finishing signature touches. E.g. A rose in the middle of your bow, a rattle in the middle of your bow for a newborn basket.
- Always finish off the tails of your bow to avoid fraying, and to give your bow a professional look. A great way is by cutting a chevron (V shapes) at the end of the ribbon.
- Designate one pair of scissors specifically for cutting ribbon only. This will ensures neat clean cuts.
- Grab the attention of a corporate account by using their corporate colours when making a bow for them.
- Change the look of a plain bow by snipping slivers of ribbon on one side of each loop. Feel daring...snip slivers from both sides of the loop. The cutting will give your bow a sunburst effect.
- Add variation to your plain bow by making it using two colours of ribbon or even three.
- An easy and economical ribbon to work with is a polyester 'satin' ribbon, or an acetate florist's ribbon.
- There are beautiful printed cotton ribbons on the market. To use them more economically, combine the cotton ribbon with a matching polyester ribbon to make your bow.
- The finer and smoother a ribbon, the more difficult it is to work with. It will tend to slip, and your loops will flop.
- The stiffer your ribbon is, the more defined your bow will be.
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