Hi there all my Fellow Ribbon Loving Friends!
Misty here today sharing a fun Korker bow with you that I made to give as a gift
to a special little girl!
Just as I begin every project, I gathered all of my supplies and ribbon that I thought that I would need.
I gathered up some of my favorites that I had on handed began wrapping the dowel rods.
I use wooden clothes pins to secure the ribbon at both ends to the wooden dowels. WOODEN is vital because this goes into the oven. **I bake Christmas ribbon where most people are baking Christmas cookies! Ha ha ha!
Preheat your oven to 275* degrees before sitting to begin wrapping your ribbon.
Once you have wrapped your ribbon around the dowels, place them all onto a large cookie sheet. Do not overlap, as they will stick together. As you can see below, I like to stand them up on the clothes pins and let them lean on one another acting as spacers between the actual ribbons.
These go into the oven for 30 minutes.
Once they come out of the oven, they will need to cool completely before you begin working with them. This is not only for safety precautions to prevent you from burning your fingers, but also because the ribbon will not keep the curl if you move it too soon.
The next steps are pretty easy and self explanatory...
1. I line my ribbon up on a ruled cutting mat
2. I use a rotary cutter and cut the ribbons into 3-4 inch segments, depending on how big I want the actual bow to be.
3 gather all the segments, tie them securely and create your bow, then embellish as desired.
Below are the two bows that I created with my 1st round of Ribbon Baking this year.
For one bow, I left it as it was and only added a few jewels and embellishments.
For the other, I added in some maribou feathers to liven it up a bit...and give it some SASS!
I absolutely love making these Korker bows and I do think that the little girls that I give them to love them as well.
Maybe you can give it a try and find that you love them, too!
Thanks for stopping by the blog today.
