Let's Fork!

OK, before you go yelling..."hey that Di chick is cursing on her blog, call the blog police!!" please note the spelling.  Now go get a dinner fork and about 8" of ribbon, and  meet me back here.  I'll eat a bit of chocolate while I'm waitin'....

...OK good you're back......so I had my 10/10/20 Birthday class today and one of my customers Geri, that drives from Tucson with her sister Di for classes (Hi girls!!) asked me if I knew how to tie a bow with a fork?  I said "what the fork?" ok I didn't really, but I did say "no, I don't, I will go get a fork!"

Added since original post:  I have made a PDF file on the fork bow, please see this post.

And this is what she taught me...now she admitted she learned how to do it on-line somewhere, but she did not know where, and well Geri taught me so it's Geri's forkin' bow! Ha! I can't quit...sorry ok here we go..

You will need a dinner fork and about 8" of ribbon.  You can use less but till you get the hang of it, it is easier to learn with a long piece.

I used the striped ribbon cause it is easier for you to see, to show how it is done.

 

Fold the ribbon in half to make a loop.

 

 

Put the fork in the loop and pull tight.

 

 

I hope I don't lose ya now.  Take the ribbon end that is behind the fork and bring it above and over in front of the ribbon in the front and stick it down in the center of the fork in between the tines.  The picture probably makes more sense then my words.

 

 

Now take the front ribbon that you crossed the back ribbon over, and bring it up and stick it in the front of fork in the middle hole in between the tines.

Again the picture is probably easier to follow...I hope...hey ya took forever to find a clean fork, I ate about 10 chocolates while I waited...I'm buzzin'!

 

 

This is what it looks like from the back. (this is the back of the fork!)

 

 

Now just tie the ribbon in a knot and that will hold the center piece tight.

This is what it looks like from the back.

 

 

This is what it looks like from the front...see the cute little bow?

 

 

I trimmed the tails a little and there it is!  Cute eh?

 

 

 

Here is the card that I put the bow on.

You can do it with any of the ribbons, the gingham looks so cute too.

Thanks for stopping in!

Hugs, Di

Manicure compliments of Nails by Terry! - Hee! Hee!

Comments

[Shelly Schmidt]

This is great- I can never remember how to do this, even when I have done it before.....Glad to have the pictures- Thanks!

[Nancy Gavlak]

Thank you so much! I could never tie a nice bow before but now I can!

[ComputerSherpa]

Thanks for posting this excellent tutorial! I made a vectorized version here: http://computersherpa.deviantart.com/art/How-To-Tie-a-Bow-Using-a-Fork-212944362 Thanks for the inspiration! :-)

[Tammy]

Thanks for the tutorial - a neat technique and great help for bow-tying challenged people like me!

[Tricia Conner]

Thanks! I used your tutorial today during a workshop!

[kate]

Perfect! I learned how to make a bow like this about 20 years ago, but by having someone hold up their 2 forefingers...I kept thinking about trying with 2 sticks, but using a fork certainly never popped up as an alternative! Now I will go dig up the BBQ tines and try it.

thanks for showing the easy way!

Your blog is the bomb, too.

[Laura]

Hey, it worked!!! Awesome thanks!!
Laura

[Tina Sieben]

this is actually much easier with a two tong meat fork. I made 240 prom invitations a few years ago, and each one had a tiny bow tie on a tux. It saved me many hours of work using the fork!

[Peggy B]

Speaking of FORKS!!! Yes..I am a Twilight Addict too!!! I would love to be a Cougar to Mr. Cullen!!!! hahahaha

[Peggy B]

You have no idea how much you have saved my sanity!!! I am positively the worst bow maker in the world...except when using tulle. Thank you so much!!!!!

[lemiecosefavorites]

Thank you for the wonderful tutorial. My husband thought I was crazy when I went to the kitchen to get a fork to tie a bow. It's great!

[Clare D]

Thanks so much! For years I have said I am bow challenged. Can't tie a bow that looks nice. This is perfect!

[PapaSue]

I don't know which please me most, your wonderful writing style or the way to make a ribbon. Both gave me a lot of pleasure.

thanks so much! Your sight is wonderful and your humor even better.

SusanE

[Annmaree (EmuUpAGumtree)]

Thanks for the great tutorial!

[BarbP]

I tried this, and it does make the cutest little bows! Took me a couple of tries, but once I got the hang of it, it was so easy.

Thank you!!!!