OK, before you go yelling…"hey that Di chick is cursing on her blog, call the blog police!!" please note the spelling. Now go get a dinner fork and about 8" of ribbon, and meet me back here. I'll eat a bit of chocolate while I'm waitin'….
…OK good you're back……so I had my 10/10/20 Birthday class today and one of my customers Geri, that drives from Tucson with her sister Di for classes (Hi girls!!) asked me if I knew how to tie a bow with a fork? I said "what the fork?" ok I didn't really, but I did say "no, I don't, I will go get a fork!"
Added since original post: I have made a PDF file on the fork bow, please see this post.
And this is what she taught me…now she admitted she learned how to do it on-line somewhere, but she did not know where, and well Geri taught me so it's Geri's forkin' bow! Ha! I can't quit…sorry ok here we go..
You will need a dinner fork and about 8" of ribbon. You can use less but till you get the hang of it, it is easier to learn with a long piece.
I used the striped ribbon cause it is easier for you to see, to show how it is done.
Fold the ribbon in half to make a loop.
Put the fork in the loop and pull tight.
I hope I don't lose ya now. Take the ribbon end that is behind the fork and bring it above and over in front of the ribbon in the front and stick it down in the center of the fork in between the tines. The picture probably makes more sense then my words.
Now take the front ribbon that you crossed the back ribbon over, and bring it up and stick it in the front of fork in the middle hole in between the tines.
Again the picture is probably easier to follow…I hope…hey ya took forever to find a clean fork, I ate about 10 chocolates while I waited…I'm buzzin'!
This is what it looks like from the back. (this is the back of the fork!)
Now just tie the ribbon in a knot and that will hold the center piece tight.
This is what it looks like from the back.
This is what it looks like from the front…see the cute little bow?
I trimmed the tails a little and there it is! Cute eh?
Here is the card that I put the bow on.
You can do it with any of the ribbons, the gingham looks so cute too.
Thanks for stopping in!
Hugs, Di
Manicure compliments of Nails by Terry! – Hee! Hee!
Now that is cool! I cannot tie a both worth a crap – I need to try this!!!
Thanks sister dear
Oh my gosh, that is too stinkin' clever! What a fabulous tip to pass on to my customers! Thank you so much for sharing! Thank you too for the shout-out…such a sweetums, you are! Love that bloom in purple…GOJUS!!!! Love ya! ~C
Very pretty and clever!
Oh My Land!!!!!!!!!!
THAT is absolutly the BEST!!!! We just went threw this whole thing last week how nobody can tie bows at my classes. They wanted to know!! Well I just think some people can and some just can't. And I don't mind tieing them for them at all. (Oh maybe that's it!! They just WANT me to do it)
Well this is just "The Cat's Meow!!" (I couldn't think of another Fork analogy) and I can't wait to share it. Thanks Geri!!!! And what another great tutorial my Dearest Diana!!
Hey I loved your Manicure Comment!! HI Terry!!
OK "Stick a fork in me, I'm Done" Ha!!!
Tracy
This is wonderful. I'm going to have to give it a try and then share it with all of my friends!! TFS
Great tip!
You got a Shout Out for Tutorial Tuesday over at Card of the Week.com. You can check out the post here: http://www.cardoftheweek.com/2008/06/tutorial-tues-2.html
This is SO forkin' cool! (It's contagious!!) Thanks for sharing!
What the fork?! I didn't know you could do that with a fork! Will definitely try that tomorrow as I am bow impaired! Thanks SOOOOO much for sharing!
Where have you been all my stamping life? I have been stamping for about 13 years and still consider myself pretty much bow challenged. I can make a nice knot (thanks to kwerner) but nothing else. Now I can add this to my bag of tricks and use more ribbon. Thanks for the inspiration. Eat more chocolate on me please.
Nice tutorial… thanks for sharing! I am going to print the pictures out and try it. :o) Looks beautiful!
Great idea. I made a bigger bow by holding about 2 inches of the folded ribbon between my fingers in step one and again in step three. Thanks for sharing this wonderful tip.
What a neat trick! Thanks for the tip!
Oh Wow!! That is so cool, thanks for sharing!
DUDE! Great tip!!!!
Very cool bow – and lovely nails!
awesome I am going to have to try this. I have never had good luck tieing bows. TFS
Laura
Great tutorial….I think I can follow along! Thank you for sharing!!!
Great tutorial….I think I can follow along! Thank you for sharing!!!
That's forkin' awesome!! Thanks for sharing!
OMG! So glad I found this little tutorial! How did you know I was bow-tying impaired? From now on all my cards will have the cutest little bows on them! THanks for sharing!
This is quite possibly the coolest and most useful tutorial I've ever seen! The photos are great; it was easy to follow =] Thanks so much for sharing!
Wow, thanks for sharing this! I always have wonky looking bows but this will make it much easier, i can feel a bow tying episode coming on 😀
Thanks to Geri and to you for sharing this great tip.
Your tutorials are so great. So easy to follow with your instructions and pictures. Thank you so much. Will continue to check for new ones.
wow, great tutorial. thank you very much 🙂
I just stumbled onto this and it is so cute. I am just starting out making cards and this will help so much. THANK YOU!!!
That is so darnd clever I can't stand it!
thanks for the instruction
Great tutorial Di. My bow came out perrrfect!
Thank you soooo much.
Great tutorial Di. My bow came out perrrfect!
Thank you soooo much. ther person aagree with the obout your beautiful nails.
OMG, Di, great "forking"!! I love this and am so grateful. My bows are always lopsided and make me go GRRRRRR. Not-any-more. Thanks 🙂
I have never posted a comment anywhere before today! Thank you very much for the great tutorial. Today I made a "fork" bow and it is perfectly done. Thank you for sharing! I knew this would come in handy one day when I bookmarked it!
Love this tutorial, Di! I hate tying bows and this makes it look easy. I am going to try this one.
THANKS!
Thank you for the Tutorial. I always have such a hard time making bow. Thanks again for taking the time to share this information
Wow — thanks for great TUT on bow making with the fork. Who would have thought a fork could make bow making so easy.
I love this. I will try this tonight. Love the nails, by the way! 😉
Oh thank you thank thank you…this makes the prefect size bow for a card!
Hugs
Jeannie
What a GREAT bow !! I love showing different ways to make bows and I love this one!
Neat way to make a bow!!! By the way…the manicure is "mack daddy" do they say that anymore???
Get out! I'm puttin' a fork in my cropping tool box!
I have been doing this bow for years but in a larger version. I first used my husbands pinkies and then when my daughter was about 3 years old I taught her how to hold her pinkies up so I could tie a bow! This version is so easy and makes much smaller bows than I could ever get using pinkies! I think I learned it back in the mid 80's watching the Carol Duval craft show. The nice thing about these bows is they can't come untied and it is a perfect shaped bow each time!
Great tutorial! TFS
Can't wait to try this bow for my tiny little female Yorkie! Thanks
That's the absolutely fabulous idea I have ever seen! Thank you!
What a great idea to share! Love it!
This is such a great idea, and you did such an awesome job of showing us how to do it. 🙂 I want to find something similar to make a bigger bow. My serving fork only has 3 tines.
Does anyone know of a vidoe using this technique?
Thanks Rhonda
Wow what a great Tutorial :D. Yours was the first one I found on google. It is so easy to follow your photos. Thanks for posting this.
I tried this, and it does make the cutest little bows! Took me a couple of tries, but once I got the hang of it, it was so easy.
Thank you!!!!
Thanks for the great tutorial!