How I made fabric bows for my place mats

I put a little bow in one corner of each place mat, I think it really made them look finished.  I used the same ribbon as the trim that goes around near the edge and stitched it in white too so it would match.   I didn't have much of the ribbon as it was given me so I had to make sure I saved enough of the ribbon to make bows by calculating how much I would need to trim each placemat and still save some for bows.  The bows are not actually tied, they are made from two strips of ribbon, a long piece for the loops and tails and a smaller strip to wrap around the middle.

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