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What you need:
Sharp Knife
Rolling Pin
2 colours of your choice modelling paste (250g sugar paste mixedw ith 1 tsp gum tragacanth, leave overnight in a bag to settle)
or you can use just sugar paste, I prefer modelling paste

roll your colours into a sausage shape and then flatten/stretch a bit with your rolling pin about 5mm thick, can be thicker if you like, these were about 10cm long and 3cm wide, the wider and longer the bigger the bow - tip, try and work fast with your sugarpaste or modelling paste so it stays 'warm' and a little tacky so it sticks together and you don't need glue

start layering 1 colour at a time

Your stack of icing - make however many stripes you want and press downa little on it to make it all stick together

using your sharp knife, trim the edges, you can see the icing is pretty well stuck, if your icing is too dry this won't work too well

cut strips from your block, these are about 5mm thick

roll it out with your rolling pin and trim the edges

bring your edges in and fold and pinch them in the middle and stick down trim off the excess between the bow to give you the bow shape

add some more stripey icing to the middle and glue it on - set aside to dry. This was a smallish bow so I didn't need to add anything into the bows to get the shape. but if your bow is bigger, just use some bubble wrap, kitchen paper towel or rolled cling film to place inside the bow to shape it (see my other bow tutorial in my albums)

to make the ribbons roll out more icing and cut in the middle and cut each edge at an angle

fold and pinch the straight sides

I made extra ribbons here to make a big statement bow ;-) the bottom 2 I cut a 'V' into the icing for a different finish

Use some glue to layer and stick them on as pictured

Add your bow to the middle and voila you have a VERY big stripey bow with ribbons