Scrappy "Taco Bow" Tutorial

Yes! I called it a "Taco Bow" it's a technical term! When describing it to a friend the only words that I could come up with for the construction process was "fold it like a taco", now it's officially  "The Taco Bow"! You don't have to call it that...but you can!

{fabric scraps + 2-yr-old  = independent play}

I have the kids home from school today & during some down time I decided to dress up my youngest bow collection (a girl can never have enough bows) - ok it was that or check out my sons' newly acquired & ever growing (where the H** does he find all these) rock collection, you do the math!

I wanted a rough/scrappy bow so I really just threw it together without any precision. Here is a cheap picture tutorial of the process. Along with my ever exciting & technical way of explaining just how I did it...enjoy!

1) Find something that resembles a small circle & trace it out on your fabric (I made 12 circles) 11 for my bow & 1 to fasten all folded pieces upon & to secure to the clippy. (pic 7)

2) Cut them all out - fun right!?!

3) One at a time, dab a dot of hot glue in the center of the circle & FOLD IT LIKE A TACO

4) This is the tricky part & where I lose most people: you are going to make an "S" shape by folding the right side of your "taco" towards the middle. Make sure you glue & then fold

5) Flip over and repeat. Step 4

6) In pic 6 you can see it looks like an "S" - yours should to!

7) Remember that 12th circle I mentioned in step 1 - it's time to use it! Once all your circles are now "S" glue 6 of them to the 12th circle

8) Stack the the remaining 5 "S" on top of the lower layer for more dept

9) I found a coordinating ribbon (no clue how I did that lol) and wrapped the clippy (also technical term) in it. I also "rolled" a tid-bit of the ribbon and glued it to the top center of the completed bow to finish it off.

This is my fave "Taco Bow" I've made. I stacked fabric on top of tulle then folded & glued as one. I often use this one myself & secure the clip to a headband. You can find the original pin below:

Source: thehouseofsmiths.com via Melly on Pinterest