April 26, 2012 in Inspiration
Craft Class
We had so much fun at our Woven Headband Craft Class yesterday! We had a wonderful turn out, and I wanted to share a couple pictures of what we made. Click here to see our Woven Headband tutorial, and you can make your own stylish headband at home. You can even host your own craft class with all of your friends. Have a great day, and happy crafting!
April 23, 2012 in Giveaway
Susy Jaramillo!
Congratulations Susy! You have won a $50 Patriotic Gift Basket!
I’m sure everyone is wondering what the answer is to our contest question. You are directly supporting 421 jobs when you purchase American made items from Ribbons and Bows Oh My. Thank you so much for choosing RABOM as your ribbon supplier and supporting hundreds of American jobs!
April 11, 2012 in Giveaway, Inspiration, Promotions
Did you know that a majority of Ribbons and Bows Oh My’s products are Made in America?
RABOM is having a contest to celebrate our Made in America Sale and promotions. We value supporting the local economy, and we want to thank our customers for shopping at RABOM which helps strengthen our support of American products and jobs. So now it’s time for the contest!
Please email america@ribbonandbowsohmy.com with your guess to our question. You have until midnight EST on Friday, April 20th to submit your guess, and the winner will receive a $50 Patriotic Gift Basket full of RABOM goodies! We will announce the winner on our blog and on our Facebook page on Monday, April 23rd.
What’s the question? Well, here it is…
How many jobs does purchasing American made products from Ribbons and Bows Oh My directly support?
Good luck!
April 5, 2012 in DIY, Inspiration, Tutorial
Standard Adjustable Collar
RABOM is very excited to offer it’s new selection of pet hardware! Here’s a tutorial to teach you how to make a custom collar for your pet. Let’s get started!
Supplies:
Directions:
I would HIGHLY recommend practicing these instructions (minus the sewing) a few times before your make your first collar. It is very easy to thread an item on backwards!
| Collar Size | Finished Size | Webbing Length |
| Xtra Large | 28” | 35” |
| Large | 24” | 31” |
| Medium | 18” | 25” |
| Small | 15” | 22” |
| Xtra Small | 12” | 17” |
| Mini | 10” | 15” |
Once you cut your webbing you will need to seal the edges immediately, Nylon Webbing frays very quickly. You can do this by holding a flame to the cut edge of the ribbon. This can be done with a lighter or Candle lighter is most preferred by crafters.
2. Cut your Ribbon approximately 3 inches longer than the webbing. Heat sealing the ribbon is not necessary.
3. Attach the Ribbon to the webbing with double sided tape or fabric tac. . It is not 100% necessary, but will make sewing the ribbon on straight a breeze. Leave about 1.5 inches of ribbon over hang the webbing and fold over to back side.
4. Thread your sewing machine with coordinating thread. The Bobbin thread should match the webbing color and the upper thread should match the ribbon.
5. Change your Thread Stitch length to 3.5 and sew the ribbon onto the webbing using a 1/8 inch seam guide.
6.Lay your webbing/ribbon on the table with the webbing side facing up/ ribbon side facing down. Starting on the Left, take one side of your buckle and thread your webbing through the loops like picture shown. Thread through approximately 1/4 of the webbing.
7.Thread your Collar loop through both layers of webbing
8.Thread your Triglide onto the TOP layer of webbing as shown.
9. Now fold under the webbing and sew together using a Box with an X through it shape. This will give extra durability to the collar.
10.Now take the Loose end of webbing and thread through the triglide on top of what you just sewed.
11. Time to add the D-Ring. Thread your D-Ring onto the webbing and thread the other end of the buckle onto the webbing.
12. Now Use the same Box pattern to Secure the D-ring and Buckle.
Now enjoy your new Collar.
All Instructions are copyright by Ribbon and Bows Oh My, 2012
Elizabeth
