The 12 Step Program Bow Tutorial

I'm not making fun of the 12 step program.  I just thought that it was interesting that while I was working with the pictures for this tutorial, it ended on the 12th step.  I'm not sure, but this could be a message to me from the great beyond.  Cue the loud booming voice:

"Kathy!  You need to clean your house, do laundry, and STOP with the crafts, already!!"


Ahem...  Here is my tutorial to make a really cool star bow out of vintage, yellowed, books.  Read that as: asthma inducing, inhaled dust particles creating a sinus "situation" and an altogether toxic, allergy causing substance.

To start of with, you need only 3 things.  An old book, scissors, and doublestick tape.
 Maybe a box of tissues for your nose.


STEP ONE  (You say we need to talk)
Oops. I was channeling The Frey.

STEP TWO

Cut 8 strips.  They need to be 7 inches by 3/4 inch.

Looks like the beginning of Star Wars in this shot doesn't it?

Sorry.  I digress..

STEP THREE

Fold the strips in half to find the middle.

Unfold. 

Put a piece of doublestick tape 

 on the middle of the strip where the fold was.

Turn the strip over so that the tape is on the back side.

STEP FOUR

Make a loop with the strip folding towards you to the middle.

Twist it to where the tape is on the back.

This is hard to explain in print.  

Hopefully the pictures will help.

STEP FIVE

The back side where you taped it

should look like this.

STEP SIX

Repeat with the other side of the strip.

STEP SEVEN

You should now have a piece that looks like this.

Another view.

STEP EIGHT

The back side should look like this.

You can trim the little hangy bit off if you want.

STEP NINE

Make eight of these babies.

STEP TEN

Now.  You start stacking 'em up.

Using the double stick tape layer the loops

one on top of the other. 

 Turning 180 degrees each time.

Remember, it's a Star bow.

STEP ELEVEN

Continue adding the loops.

STEP TWELVE

TA DAH!!!

These take ten minutes to make.  I can make 6 an hour.

I was thinking of selling them for  .50 a piece.

That is, until  my husband pointed out

that I'd only

be making $3.00 an hour.

My husband figured it would take me about

14,000 days to make a million dollars.

I haven't checked his math on that.

I'll get back to you 

and let you know 

how it works out.

My husband thinks he's funny...

I'll get back to you

on THAT, too.