St Patrick's Day :: Hair Bow

As seen this morning on Red Tricycle!

When I was a little girl we had big hair bows that we wore all the time.  I think a hair bow never goes out of style for a little girl, and whether she loves them or not, everyone wants something fun to wear on St. Patrick's Day.  And if you are feeling a little old for the hair bow option, simply glue a pin back on the ribbon instead of a barrette and you are ready to go - and quite festive.

You'll need
6 inches of 2" thick green stripe ribbon
4 inch squares of green dupioni silk (4 dark green, 2 light green)
4 inch square of white canvas
Fusible Web (available at the fabric store)
Hot glue gun
Barrette base (available at craft stores)

Step 1 :: Using the Fusible Web, iron together two pieces of dark green dupioni silk.
Step 2 :: Cut out a shamrock shape from the fused silk.  The Fusible Web stops major fraying and allows a perfect shape without stitching.  To make a shamrock draw three hearts touching in an arc and a stem from the bottom.
Step 3 ::  Fold the ribbon over to create a 90 degree angle in the middle - as if the ends of a tied bow.
Step 4 :: Hot glue ribbon to barrette base.
Step 5 :: Cut each remaining piece of fabric into 3 inch diameter circles by folding the fabric in half three times and cutting an arc across the top of the folds.
Step 6 :: While fabric is still folded, cut a small slit into each fold and once in the center of the 'triangle.'
Step 7 :: Unfold all fabric circles and layer them on top of each other - white, dark green, light green.  And re-fold in half three times.
Step 8 :: Stitch the base of each fabric 'triangle' to secure it's shape.
Step 9 :: Hot glue triangles to ribbon base on the barrette with the center of each triangle touching and the wide ends fanning out.
Step 10 :: Hot glue the shamrock to the center of the triangle pieces and fluff the fabric triangles.