Gros noeud

Okay so I lied. You can use a running stitch and a small needle to make a bow.

It cuts down on the time, this baby took me 45 minutes to make, mistakes and all.

I used a running stitch because it's easy to take out. Seriously where am I going to wear something like this to? Might as well save the fabric, but it was fun making it.

Compared to the other two I made this morning

Hand sewn Ankara bows

I made these bows.

Using this tutorial



I used a back stitch but I guess you could do a running stitch if you wanted to, but the back stitch is the strongest stitch IMNSHO.

These were the needles I used.

You need the huge needle to sew the middle of the bow.

It took about 1.5 hours to hand sew each bow.

Not too shabby for my first attempt at bow making.