Tick Tock cheer bows are all the rage. Luckily, they are easy and fun to make. In this tutorial, I'll show you how I make my red and black confetti tick tock cheer bows.
Choosing the Fabric
Before you begin making your bow, you'll need to chose two fabrics. In general, you'll want to fabrics that have the same finish. For example, you don't want to use a cotton fabric for one side and spandex for the other. It simply won't look good. Use two metallic spandex fabrics, two mystique spandex fabrics or contrasting cotton fabrics.
For this particular bow, I use a confetti dot fabric that comes in many colors. This way, I can mix and match my colors and the bow will still look cohesive. The problem with this material is that the confetti dots are actually glued on to the fabric - as soon as heat touches those dots, they melt off. While this is a bit problematic, there is a way to work around it so that you don't lose any dots when adhering the fabric to the
What You Need
For the first part of this project, you'll only need a few items:
- Two complementary pieces of fabric
- Two pieces of Heat n' Bond adhesive
- 3-inch grosgrain ribbon (36 inches in length)
- Iron
- Silicone Paper
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| My fabrics, Heat n' Bond strips and grosgrain ribbon. |
Applying the Heat n' Bond Adhesive
Before you apply your Heat n' Bond strips, set up your workspace. Protect your workspace by putting a piece of silicone paper over your surface. Heat up your iron to medium or medium-high heat.
Fold your grosgrain ribbon in half and set an iron down on the center to create a crease. This will help you ensure that your bow will be even when you apply your two fabrics. Your Heat n' Bond needs to be placed so that the rough side (which is the adhesive) is touching your grosgrain ribbon. You will want to apply heat directly to the smooth paper side.
TIP: If the Heat n' Bond strip is larger than the ribbon, you can trim the adhesive once it is applied. By adding heat to the back of your adhesive strip, any residual adhesive that may come off during the application process will adhere to the silicone paper that is protecting your workspace. Otherwise, the adhesive will melt to your iron.
Place one piece of Heat n' Bond on your ribbon so that it sits in the center crease and covers on side of your ribbon. In the pic below I've added my first piece. You only need to apply heat to the Heat n' Bond for just a few seconds. Make sure that you apply heat to the whole piece.
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| One piece of Heat n' Bond applied. |
Add your second piece of Heat n' Bond so that there is a crease in the center.
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| Second piece of Heat n' Bond applied. |
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| What your ribbon should look like after you trim your ribbon. |
Applying the Fabric
Peel back the paper backing on only ONE of your adhesive strips.
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| This is what your ribbon will look like after peeling off one of the backings. |
You'll want to apply heat to each part of the ribbon for about 15 seconds to make sure that the fabric is fully adhered.
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| The fabric has been been applied to one side of the ribbon. The backing prevents the fabric from being adhered to the other side of the ribbon. |
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| The backing has been peeled from the other side of the ribbon. |
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| Both fabrics have been adhered to the ribbon. |
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| What your ribbon looks like from the back. |
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| What your ribbon should look like after it is nice and trimmed. |
Tying Your Bow
I recently created an entire tutorial on how to wrap and tie off a cheer bow. You can see that tutorial here.
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| My bow after it has been folded and tied off. |
Finishing Your Bow
To add your ponytail holder and the center ribbon, you'll need an elastic ponytail holder, your center ribbon, a smaller piece of ribbon to anchor the ponytail holder, a glue gun and scissors.
Follow the tutorial here.
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| Ponytail holder and center ribbon has been added. All that's left is to cut the tails. |
Enjoy Wearing Your Finished Bow
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| Here's my bow all finished. |
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