How to make a triple layer ribbon bow
Scroll to the bottom to see how this Bella bow was made using a modified triple layer bow instructions.
Make a triple layer ribbon bow with a variety of widths. You can make these bows with both grosgrain ribbon or satin ribbon.
To make this bow you will need 4 lengths of ribbon.
The lenghts you need depend on the width of ribbon you wish to use.
Measurements for 22mm grosgrain ribbon are
2 x 12cm and 2 x 7.5cm lengths
16mm grosgrain ribbon lengths are
2 x 11.5cm and 2 x 7cm
38mm grosgrain ribbon lengths are
2 x 16cm and 2 x 11.5cm
For this bow I have used 22mm grosgrain ribbon. You can seal ribbon ends with a lighter.
Take your long length the 12cm length and fold it in half then pull one side down so you have a 1cm space between the ends.
Take the short length the 7.5cm and place it at the back. It will sit 1cm longer then the ribbon in front of it. See photo below.
Use a hair clip to hold in place.
Take the short length and fold the top left corner over and down to the right bottom. Then repeat the opposite. Bring the top right corner down to the left bottom.
Take the middle layer and tuck it behind the first. Leave about 1cm between each ribbon. Repeat with the other side and again with the last layer of ribbon.
To change how the bow appears you can place the last 2 layers in from instead of behind. The other way to change this bow up is instead of doing opposite you can do the same side with both lots of ribbon and this will also change how the bow appears. See below photo.
To stitch start in the bottom corner as per the photo. Make sure to pick up all the layers including the one at the back. There will be 4 layers of ribbon to stitch through.
Thread your needle through with about 1cm spacing.
Make sure to pick up the back layer of ribbon as you go. Below is a photo of the back of the bow.
Pull on the thread and gather the ribbon.
Once you have gathered the ribbon in close check the gathers are sitting even. Then push the needle back through and tie the ribbon. I light to push it through a few time tying a knot each time.
Cut your thread and repeat with the other side.
Hot glue the two sided together and glue some 9mm grosgrain ribbon around the centre.
If you make with 38mm ribbon you will have and extra gather at the start because the ribbon is wider. I have used a dark thread so you can se it.
Below is a photo of the Tulip bow has the folds in the back and the Jade bow has the folds in the front. You can see how the bow looks different from just changing how you fold the ribbon.
Mix it up with only the first two layers done twice on each side in opposite directions.
This 430 light orchid and 123 pearl pink satin ribbon bow is made with 38mm satin ribbon I used 4 lengths of 18cm light orchid and 4 lengths of 21cm pearl pink for the bottom layer. I put a 2 cm gap at the top.
I am going to call this the Bella bow as she is beautiful
How to make a Bella Bow
Using the instructions above I took 4 length of grosgrain ribbon 14cm and fold it with a 1.5cm gap at the top. I fold the folds to the right and then with the second length I folded the ribbon to the left. See photo
I then sat the ribbon on top of the first lot of fold so the center fold covered the bottom to give me a mirror image.
I repeated this for the other side. See below photo. If you want an extra layer like the light orchid and pearl pink bow repeat this with another layer underneath.
This is the finished bow using 14cm lengths of ribbon 38mm wide.
This is a comparison of the bow made with different lengths of ribbon.
The light orchid is using 18cm, the pearl pink 21cm and the white using 14cm lengths of ribbon 38mm wide.
Here is the 3 bows on top of each other for comparison.
This lovely white grosgrain ribbon bow would be perfect for confirmation or first communion. This is made with 2 layers, the top is with 4 x 14cm lengths of 38mm white grosgrain ribbon and the bottom is made with 4 x 16cm lengths of 38mm grosgrain ribbon.
You could bling it up a little with rhinestones or a cross.
This scarlet grosgrain ribbon bow was made with 4 lengths of 16cm and 4 lengths of 20cm 38mm grosgrain ribbon. Following the same method as the white bow. I left a 1.5cm gap between the ribbons when I fold them in half.
This mini Bella bow is made blue bell grosgrain ribbon bow is using 16mm grosgrain ribbon.
I used 4 lengths of 11.5cm and 4 lengths of 10cm
This bow again I dropped the third layer of ribbon and only did the one length folded with a 1 cm gap at the top. This bow is made with 22mm grosgrain ribbon. This one I used 2 colours of the same length and just layered the ribbon on top of each other before folding to give the 2 tone look. I added an extra layer on the bottom with one shade only.
The colours used here are 565 Celadon and 123 sherbet grosgrain ribbon
