How do you get the tails?

[amandakerr]

I make my boutiqe bows the figure 8 method.. I hope thats the right way. They dont have tails... Is there a way for them to have tails when I make them this way? mine are more spread out looking instead of all perky and have the "x" look in the middle. What can I do to fix that? And when I look at boutique bows it looks like one set of loops is a little large than the other. Which is the actual top part of the bow, the larger or smaller loops? Does that actually make a difference?

Thanks in advance!