I made these little ties for Arlo (the long one) and my baby nephew Leo (the bow-tie) to wear to a wedding. My youngest sister is getting married this weekend, and A will be her page-boy while L will have the important job of smiling and looking cute (it comes naturally to him) and getting his cheeks pinched by aunties. They will match their flowergirl-cousins (all six of them!) who have dress-sashes sewn from the same cotton lawn print.
One of my bridesmaidly duties was to organise the table decorations at the reception, and for this I collected some vintage glassware over a few weeks (as you can imagine, there were no complaints about this job) and these will be arranged with garden and wildflowers inside some, and tea-light candles inside others. I'll try and take some pictures at the wedding to show here next week.
To make the miniature tie, I used a vintage Simplicity pattern from the 1970's, but then later I found this one online which looks better, actually. (The Purl Bee also gives directions for a handmade man's tie- check it out.) To make the bowtie, I used a method quite similar to this tutorial for a double-fold bow tie, but I made it a bit smaller, and I threaded it onto an elastic loop for ease of taking on and off.
Thank you for your support of my fundraising efforts yesterday. There are still a few things left in my shop as part of the Crafting for Courage sale, as well as items on the CFC blog, too.
Hope you have a great weekend, blog-friends.
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