Tutorial on Making a Big Lace Bow Hair Clip with Ribbon

Big hair bows are fairly popular at present, but are quite expensive to buy and there are very few places selling them. The best way is to make your own. Following this tutorial on making a big lace bow hair clip, you will find it actually very quick and simple once you get the hang of it.

Materials and tools for making a big lace bow hair clip:

7.5cm Lace Trim
22mm Satin Ribbon, Check Pattern, Blue
6mm Colorful Acrylic Beads, Round, Mixed Color
8mm Acrylic Beads Imitation Pearl, Round, Mixed Color
25mm Plastic Cabochon, With Rhinestones, Ivory
Sewing Thread
Hair Barrette
Needle
Scissors
Hot Glue Gun

How to make a big lace hair bow?

Step 1: make three bows

1st, cut out a section of lace trim measuring 32cm and fold both ends backwards to the middle, then sew the ends for securing. Fold the middle of the lace trim into a bow and secure with thread;
Pay attention that you need to fold the bottom side upwards to make sure the bow is drooping instead of folding both sides to the middle as usual;
2nd, fold two bows with two strips of satin ribbons measuring 8cm in an usual way mentioned above. Secure the bows with thread;
3rd, sew the middle of two ribbon bows to link them together, then sew them at the center of the lace bow;
4th, glue a plastic cabochon to the center of two ribbon bows.

Step 2: add beads and hair barrette

1st, glue two imitation pearls and two acrylic beads in a row at each inner edge of the lace bow;
2nd, glue a hair barrette at the back.

This is the final look:

Or you can change the way of adding beads, like this:

When making your own hair bows, one of the greatest things is that you can make them just the way you want. It’s totally your style, your way! Are you ready for making this big lace bow hair clip now?