Making bows is not really my forte in crafts. I mean, I can barely even cut in a straight line. How am I supposed to make those fancy shmancy bows you see in magazines adorning perfectly wrapped presents? How am I supposed to make those teeny tiny bows for cards and scrapbook layouts? Oh, by the way… I want my tool to look pretty. And then I ran across the Zutter B0w-it-All by Susan Nicholas at Winter CHA 2013. It was everything I could ever want in a bow maker. I’d say it’s even Sara-proof… and that’s saying a lot! Take a look at the video below and let me know what you think!
February 13, 2013 at 9:41 am
This is very cool!! I would like to have seen her make a simple small ribbon for card though! With the little tight spaces it might be a bit more tricky! I still think it may be a tool i”d like to get.
February 13, 2013 at 9:41 am
I don’t use a lot of bows or ribbon, but this thing would be indespensable for someone like a florist.
February 13, 2013 at 9:43 am
I have a couple tools that make bows already but this one looks like it would be more versatile because of the increased size and also because it looks a bit easier to make multi-loop bows. However, I really like the one Susan uses in her demo rather than the all-pink one. Was that just a prototype? I’ll be disappointed if the answer is yes!
February 13, 2013 at 11:38 am
Great for making consistent bows,i use them for sewing and for card making so this would be handy.
February 13, 2013 at 1:49 pm
Last year at CHA in Illinois I found a lady that had a tool for making bows, she did a tiny one when I stopped by her table, really simple and easy to use tool, that somehow is similar to this one. http://craft-deebowz.blogspot.com/
I really like the ruler on this pretty pink one.
February 13, 2013 at 9:20 pm
it always looks easy when they do it.
I’d like to see a review.
I mostly just tie by hand or use a fork
i have 3 bow makers I never use, and i will be sure to try this one as well. LOL!
February 14, 2013 at 9:25 am
Like Robyn says, it always looks easy when they do it! My daughter makes fabulous bows without any kind of tool, and she has tried to teach me, but I just cannot “get” the part where you pull out the loops and fluff them. That’s the art of bow-making and I cannot do it. I’d really like to try the Bow-It-All some day, but I don’t have any high hopes that it’d improve my bow-making klutziness.
February 14, 2013 at 4:13 pm
Hmmm, still not sold. I got a bow maker that is collecting dust because even with that I don’t make great bows.