Bow Tie Tutorial

I love bow ties on my little guys!  I made easy clip on ones here, but I like these real ones better.  They are a pain to tie, but they look so much fuller.  And I use elastic on the back so I only needed to tie them one time and just keep them tied.  Another great thing is that they can be worn on any size person.  Meaning you can make one for your baby and for your husband this father's day.

Go here to check out my skinny tie tutorial or here for a more traditional tie tutorial.

Materials Needed:

1/4 yard fabric

1/8 yard interfacing

sewing machine and thread

elastic

pattern

1) Print your Martha Stewart pattern or create your own, its very simple.  Cut out 4 pieces of your material.

2) Iron interfacing on two tie pieces.  Make sure you iron it to the back of your fabric.

3) Pin right sides together, using the other two tie pieces.  Sew around the entire thing except for the ends

4) Turn it inside out.  Now you can finish it off if you made it long enough.  But I prefer to finish the tie by folding the ends under and attaching one 6" piece of elastic to both ends.

Now you just have to tie the tie!  I used this tutorial, but there ar hundreds out there.

I totally need like 6 more!

How to make a Clip on Bow Tie Tutorial

I've wanted bow ties for Tucker to wear to church for a while but haven't been able to find any at the store.  A friend told me she made one so I though I would do the same.  This is a pretty easy project.  After some guidance from my Mother-in-law on the first one I was able to make three more in about an hour.  I really like how these turned out and they use so little fabric you can make them out of almost any scraps you have laying around.  I actually made one out of the scraps from the pillowcase dress I made a couple weeks ago.  I didn't realize before I made them that my 4-year-old son was against wearing a pink bow tie.  I should have known.  I don't know where he learned that because I am always for boys wearing pink.

 Materials needed:

11 by 6 piece of material

2 by 4 piece of material

clip on earing

tiny piece of felt

hot glue gun

sewing machine and matching thread

1) Cut your 11 by 6" piece of fabric and your 2 by 4 piece.

 2.) Fold them in half making sure the backs are showing and sew along the long side and one short side. 

 3) Turn them inside out and sew along the last edge.

 4) Fold one end about half way in and glue it there.

 5) Fold the other end in and scrunch it a little to make sure the edges do not show.

 6) Pinch the middle and glue it.

 7) Wrap the other piece of fabric around the bow and glue it on.

 8) Get your earrings ready.  Some of them have an extra piece of metal that needs taken off.  In the picture the one on the left has it.  I got my husband to take it off with pliers.

9) Glue the earring on.  Make sure you glue the right side down.  The part that moves should not be glued on.  then glue the piece of felt over the opened earring and you are done.