Hello Kitty Tulle Bow

When I started making this I was going an entirely different direction. I had intended to make this:

WIRE RIBBON tutorial

Some zealous pinner must not have know what they were talking about as this was NOT possible with tulle. AND, tulle and wire ribbon are two very different things. N-E-ways . . . 

I did end up with something that was really easy and that I really liked. I started with a roll of tulle that was about 4-6 inches wide. I folded the end in half and stuck it in a book. Then I started wrapping it around the book.

Next, cut a piece of tulle about 6 inches long. Then I slid my wrapped tulle off of the book and tied the short piece around the middle so that it looked like a bow.

It was at this point that I realized 1) the fan step from the tutorial above was not going to work and 2) I liked it how it was. It reminded me of Hello Kitty's bow. My mom and I have a recent obsession with Hello Kitty so I was actually quite happy about this.

 At this point I snipped my loose ends and glued it down to a piece of felt. I glued a hair clip to the back of that and I was done.

This would be the perfect bow to use to re-create this sweater. I might make it a T-shirt instead as I'm not too big on over-sized clothes. We shall see.

What do you think of Hello Kitty everything? (Just take a look in the small appliance department at your local Target if you don't know what I'm talking about.)