The bow jig is easily produced with a wooden dowel cut into 3 1/2″ lengths and a thicker white Styrofoam than the green florist foam that I used. I think the white might work better because it doesn’t shed like the green variety. Because you need to pull on your bows, you might consider buying a wooden jig. I met David through YouTube and my need for a magnet separator. He was really nice to work with and said he has made bow jigs and was thinking of ways to make them so they can be attached to your work surface for easier use if you have more physical limitations or shakiness. He also suggested looking at this sticky pad product to attach a bow jig.

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Although my jig wasn’t a complete fail, it was definitely not as easy to use as the wood one.

If you have a woodworker in your life, here is a link for instructions to make your own wooden bow jig. http://www.howtodothings.com/fashion-…

How to use the bow jig
Place the pegs the width apart of your bow.
A. Use a large length of ribbon or leave it on the roll. Starting at the back, wrap the ribbon around both pegs with the wrong side of the ribbon facing you, ending with both ends in the front.
B. Place the left ribbon to the right of the bow jig
C. With the right ribbon, go around the left ribbon and over toward the front then back under between the two dowels
D. Then come back between the dowels over the ribbon and under the left ribbon and pull to form knot.
E. You can make a double knot by making a loop with the left ribbon by bringing the left ribbon back toward the left side of the bow jig.
F. Bring the right ribbon over and through the loop made from the left ribbon ending to the right. Pull both ends tight.
Remove from the jig.
The letters above correspond to the letters on the diagram that I hold up in the video.

Personally, I found the picture easier to follow than the instructions so I would put the video on pause when I hold up the picture and practice by using it. I found the directions a little confusing.

Card instructions:
Paper size 7″ wide by 10″ tall and score at 5″ to create a 7″ wide by 5″ tall card.
I used Stampin’ Up designer series paper in the brown polka dot that is old from my stash. The blue and green papers also came from my stash so I’m not sure of their colors but I think they are from Stampin’ Up as well.
Dimensions
Light Blue papers are 4 3/4″ tall by 1 1/4″ wide except the center piece which is 4 3/4″ tall by 1 1/2″ wide.
Brown designer papers are 4 1/2″ tall by 1″ wide except the center piece which is 4 1/2 x 1 1/4″ wide.
I made 1/2″ bows for all but the center bow and the center bow is 1″ wide.

If you have any questions, suggestions or ideas for other videos, please email me at saundralparker@yahoo.com. Thanks so much for watching.

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