OT show your bows :D

FamousxMindset said:

Do you use a rotary cutter for the lines?

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Nope. I just use regular scissors.

Hawaii808 said:

Well i'm glad that i could have help, it looks great!

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You really did! Thanks!

remake in green...

I'm in the same situation as some of you were before. I'm debating between 3 machines and they all cost the same and none of the stores around my are offering a discount or coupons to use on them. I've read so many reviews on all of them and still can't decide lol

If you have a cutting machine please let me know what you like best about your model. I really need to buy one within the next week or 2 and I don't want to settle for something that I'm not 100% sure if I'll like it

Thanks in advance!

I have a cricut. I do not like it for cutting fabric...but maybe it's because I've only tried a few times and haven't been too patient with it!

MissBee said:

I have a cricut. I do not like it for cutting fabric...but maybe it's because I've only tried a few times and haven't been too patient with it!

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That's one of the machines that has been having the most mixed reviews. Some people say it works great as long as you put interfacing on before and some people say they don't like it and thinks the quality is terrible.

The other 2 I'm looking at is the Sizzle brands and then also the slice machines.

Bow Maker said:

How do you attach your layers? If I do more than three on mine it becomes impossible to fold.

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When I do up to 4 layers I just heat my ribbon and fold it quickly. Not sure if some have other options

Bow Maker said:

My problem is I pin the bow before to make sure that every bow looks exactly the same. Sometimes I heat up the center with a blow dryer and it helps somewhat.

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I fold mine and then use ribbon wire to hold its shape and then adjust the bows before wrapping the remaining wire around it then I finish off the centers.

I find it saves sometime instead of pinning

CoachC2 said:

That's one of the machines that has been having the most mixed reviews. Some people say it works great as long as you put interfacing on before and some people say they don't like it and thinks the quality is terrible.

The other 2 I'm looking at is the Sizzle brands and then also the slice machines.

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I've tried using the interfacing, to give it more stability. Perhaps I just need to use a brand new blade!

MissBee said:

I've tried using the interfacing, to give it more stability. Perhaps I just need to use a brand new blade!

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Maybe it was the blade. Def helps knowing that if the blade is dull it won't work that great. I think the other machines use a die instead of a blade which makes me wonder how well it works since I've never seen one of these machines work in person.

Bow Maker said:

Is interfacing just another name for heat n bond?

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Heat'n'bond is an actual brand but yes its pretty much the same thing. You can go into a store and buy interfacing by the yard and its really cheap like $1 per yard but sometimes its a different consistency than brands like heat'n'bond. It doesn't normally have the paper on the back of it. You just take the piece and put it in between what your gluing together and heat it all together. I find it works better for quilts instead of bows.

all star bow:


high school bow:

Emily Stalions said:

all star bow:

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hey that bow looks familiar haha

CoachC2 said:

hey that bow looks familiar haha

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hmmm weird...idk where you would have seen it before

I wanna make bows so bad but I don't want to get myself into an expensive hobby haha