Tutorial: Sew an adjustable bow tie

Find out how to make your own adjustable bow tie with our exclusive sewing guide. Follow our detailed instructions to make this elegant, personalized and adjustable accessory to suit your unique style.

With this tutorial, we will show you how to sew a bow tie.

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To be on top like a true gentleman with the arrival of spring, we show you how to make your own bow tie for evenings, galas and many others...

So you will need:

• Pliers
• Son
• Swiss cotton or cotton poplin
• Sewing machine
• Adjustable bow tie fasteners
• Bow tie pattern
• Iron-on

Follow the steps using our video to clearly follow the movements to do.

Step 1: Place the three pattern pieces on your fabric then hold the fabric with needles to be able to cut out the yokes. Cut your knot pattern twice as in the video. 

Step 2: After obtaining two yokes with the first pattern and one of each with the other two patterns. Also cut your first bow tie pattern from your iron-on , only this yoke as in the video.

Step 3: After this step, place your iron-on , iron your fabric assembly in the right direction without steam.

Step 4: Following the video, take your two yoke assemblies and place the right sides together and hold them with your needles, leaving an opening. 

Step 5: Sew the two yokes, leaving an opening so you can turn it over later.

Step 6: Use a pinking scissor to cut along your previously sewn bow tie yoke. Then turn your yoke inside out and you can iron it over if you want. 

Step 7: You can now close your opening using a sewing needle and thread. And therefore close it with a small invisible stitch by hand. 

Step 8: Fold your yoke in thirds like in the video. Using your fingers press it, then for ease hold it with pins.

Step 9: You must sew the pleated middle using a thread and a needle, still by hand. 

Step 10: You take the yoke, the smallest, fold it in half, right sides together and sew it lengthwise at the edge. Then turn it over so you have it the right way up. 

Step 11: Place your small yoke that you have just turned over and place it in the middle of the previous yoke as in the video. Then close it by hand with an invisible stitch. 

Step 12: Then take the last yoke (the longest) and make a fold of one centimeter on each lengthwise edge using the iron.

Step 13: Using pliers, fold your yoke in half by placing the two edges of a previously made centimeter against each other like me in the video. Then sew along the length with your sewing machine. 

Step 14: Thread the first adjustable tie of the bow tie onto your yoke, which we have just sewn. Fold it to hold the fastener and sew everything together. Follow the video to fully understand the movements.

Step 15: Now place the second fastener at the other end of the yoke and sew to hold it on the yoke. Be careful, follow the movements as in the video for the second clip in order to thread it in the right direction. Then you can sew the inside like we did.

And There you go !! Your efforts have been rewarded, your shirt is now adorned with your superb bow tie. It must be said that nothing beats a self-sewn bow tie.

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