Easy Tie Double Stack Bow

Hello Friends,

Christmas is just around the corner and it’s time to get our wrap on. 🙂

How about we start with a no-wrap box and a snazzy little handmade bow? 

Easy Tie Double Stack Bow

Nowadays, wrapping Christmas gifts is more than just whipping a Santa-covered paper around a box and finishing it off with a slab of Scotch tape and a pre-made, stick-on bow.

Nowadays, we want all the gifts to be part of the decoration. A work of art in their own right.

To make this happen, we need some easy wrapping options.

And one of my favorite ways to get my wrap on is to use a pretty box that doesn’t need wrapping paper and add a flashy, handmade bow on top.

You know what I’m talkin about, right? The kind of flashy bow that lifts a box past all of the others, like the way a most perfectly fluffy meringue lifts a pie.

And wouldn’t you know, it’s super easy to do.

Easy Tie Double Stack Bow

Preview

But before we get started, let’s take a quick look at how the bow looks once it’s fininshed. This usually makes walking through the directions easier. You have no idea how hard it is to describe HOW to tie a bow using words. LOL. Oye. 🙂

In the photo below, please notice the way the bow is layered onto the box.  

• In the center (top) is a bow tied with a very thin companion ribbon.

• The next layer (the second layer) is textured ribbon that sits on the box in an East-to-West orientation.

• And the final loops of the textured ribbon (the first layer) sits on the box in a Northwest-to-Southeast orientation.

Then, to each basic bow, long tails of ribbon are left to help fill out the layers.

OK. Now that we have a general of how this bow looks, let’s get started.

Easy Tie Double Stack Bow

BOW #1

I like to use double-sided ribbon with wire in the edges, but any good quality, stiff ribbon should work just fine.

The first bow is the easiest. It’s just like tying a shoe.

 

 

 

Notice the long ribbon tails at each end.

Easy Tie Double Stack Bow

BOW #2

The second bow is shaped from the ribbon and then tied with a wire in the center. Again, remember to leave some nice, long ribbon tails.

Then the center wire is wrapped with a thin companion ribbon.

At this point, I guess bow #2 could work alone on a package or be attached to the Christmas tree as an ornament.

But adding it to the first bow that is tied to the no-wrap box is really easy. All you do is untie the thin ribbon and slip it under the center of bow #1. Then pull the ribbon through and tie it in a bow in the very center of bow #2. From here, use your fingers and twist the ribbon into place.

Or you can do like me (below) and add multiple bow #2 steps.  This will really fill out the bow. 

And that’s all there is to it. Double stack bows in all their easy wonder.

If you appreciate this snazzy little bow, but can’t make it right now….please…

 

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