I have been looking for a cute way to store all the girls' hairbows, and here it is!
A very simple project, using cardboard, fleece, fabric, tulle, ribbon, fake flowers, and A LOT of hot glue! This one took me probably 3-4 hours over two days, but that was because I was re-using tulle from a tutu that I made for my daughter (that she wore for pictures, ONCE and then refused to wear again because it was "itchy") So, I had to take apart the tutu. Takes longer than making one, I think!
So, you can find the tutorial HERE but basically, you cut out a form from cardboard, glue down a layer of fleece or quilt batting or something like that, glue down your top fabric (pull really tight here, and be careful on the curves to avoid wrinkles) glue on the criss-cross ribbons (if desired) glue bunches of tulle (you will need a lot. I tied mine in bunches of 6 strands) Glue on the ribbon that will hold the hairbows- you will want to use grossgrain ribbon, anything else and the hairbows will slide off. Then glue down the flowers to cover all that glue up! I finished with a flower on the shoulder (great for covering those wrinkles that you couldn't quite avoid) and gluing a solid piece of fleece on the back to cover up all the loose ends. I put it up using command strips, we will see how that holds up!
The pic on the left really shows the color better, on the right shows about 2/3 of the ribbons that we own. I have a bunch that I am saving for the second holder I am making for Baby B.
After I put most of the bows on and took the picture, I moved things around, and put all those plain clips that bend to snap on up on the top part, so that I could just hang them there and leave them open- much easier in the long run! I still need to figure out a good storage solution to the millions of headbands, ribbons and hair ties that are cluttering up the kitchen!
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