Making Fabric Bow Tie Hair Bows for Little Girls Tutorial

Sometimes simple bow tie hair bows can be distinctive if you add some creative embellishments. A layered bow made of two pieces of cloths is the major role in this fabric bow tie hair bow. I picked these two cloths for a long time in order to make sure the collocation is perfect. The colors of beads are also light and bright to make the hair bow meet little girls’ desire.

What do you need for making bow tie hair bows?

Cotton Cloth, Check Pattern, Pink
Cotton Cloth, Flower, White
6mm Colorful Acrylic Beads, Round (Yellow and Pink)
6mm Colorful Acrylic Beads, Oval, Faceted (Green and Pink)
4mm Acrylic Beads Imitation Pearl
15mm Shell Bead, Flower, White
Sewing Thread, Pink
Hair Barrette
Needle
Scissors
Hot Glue Gun

How to make fabric bow tie hair bows?

Step 1: fold cloths

1st, cut out a rectangular check cloth measuring 16*17cm, a smaller rectangular flower cloth measuring 13*14.5cm and a strip of check cloth measuring 7*2cm;
2nd, fold both long sides of two rectangular cloths to the middle respectively;
3rd, fold both ends of check cloth 3.5cm from the edge and flower cloth 3cm from the edge as the following third picture shows;
4th, turn the cloths over to see their right sides.

Step 2: make bows and add beads

1st, lay the folded flower cloth on the folded check cloth in place and fold a bow with these two cloths. Secure the bow with glue;
2nd, fold both long sides of the cloth strip. Wrap it around the middle of the bow and secure with glue;
3rd, sew some faceted and round acrylic beads at left bottom of the bow and then sew some imitation pearl beads above them neatly. Glue a shell flower bead in the middle of the bow;
4th, glue a hair barrette at back.

Done!

Though this fabric bow tie hair bow is specially designed for little girls, you can change the cloths and beads to make a hair bow which suits you if you like this pattern.