How to make a Ring Bearer's bow tie out of an old neck tie

Here is my first DIY post. I have no reason for this post other than I was excited to do a DIY post. I will make one of these for my ring bearer, but not using this tie, I have another tie to use. This one is for experimentin'

Supplies:

• An old tie (or any piece of fabric)

• Stich remover (optional)

• Scissors

• Needle and thread (or a sewing machine, whichever you prefer)

• Iron (optional)

That's it!

Step 1: Find an old neck tie that your future husband doesn't like anymore or that your dad has discarded. If you like the pattern...use it! This can also be substituted for any old piece of fabric, but I like the idea of using a neck tie that is no longer in use.

Step 2: use the stich remover to open up the tie (you can also use scissors for this).

Step 3: lay the opened tie flat down on your surface. You can iron it now if you wish.

Step 4: cut a 6 in x 4.5 in rectangle out of the tie

Step 5: fold the piece of fabric over LENGTHWISE with the inside being the side you want to show out at the end. Sew all the way around the edge, except leave a 1 in hole so you can turn it inside out.

Step 6: Turn it inside out and sew up the small hole (or mine just tucked in nicely, I didn't even have to sew it) Then find the middle and scrunch the top and the bottom together and sew! I went around it a couple of times to make sure.

Step 7: Now, you need another piece of fabric to go around the sewed part in the middle. You can either use some more of the fabric from the tie or another color. I chose to use the fabric on the back of the tie for mine, which was brown. Cut a small piece, about 1 in tall and 2.5 in wide.

Step 8: fold the fabric over and sew (either with a machine or by hand)

Step 9: this was the most time consuming part...turning that little piece of fabric inside out. But I did it. Then take the little fabric strip and wrap it around the middle of your bow tie and sew it to the back.

That's it! you have a little ring bearer bow tie! Depending on how you want to do it, you can use an elastic band or a clip or even a ribbon to get that bow tie on. Yay!