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“How To” Make A Perfect Bow 1. Measure and cut the length of ribbon needed to form the tails. 2. To make the center loop, hold the remaining ribbon face side up between your thumb and first finger ( Drawing 1 ), wrap it around your thumb. Now the “Wrong side” of the ribbon is facing up. 3. Holding the ribbon tightly between your fingers, twist it once so the face side is up. Twist the ribbon as close to your fingers as possible. Make the first loop and gather the ribbon back betweenyour fingers. Repeat on the other side ( Drawing 2 ). Continue to twist and make loops until you have five loops on each side ( Drawing 3 ). Cut the rest of ribbon off for tails. 4. Gather the midpoint of the ribbon for the tails, ,together with the bow and slide a piece of wire through the center loop. Pull both ends of the wire to the back and twist tightly ( Drawing 4 ). It is important that the wire is tight before you shape your bow or the loops may pull out. 5. To shape the bow, pull the corresponding loops on each side of the bow in the opposite directions, leaving the top loops in the center.