OMG! Bow ties

OMG! Bow ties

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• 6.07.2011

Men... ties... a realm of wedding planning I don't know as much about.

I have been back and forth about what our groomsmen will wear, but I was entertaining the idea of bow ties!! Here are some examples in the general attitude of our wedding...

From Green Wedding Shoes:

From Ruffled:

From Style Me Pretty:

So anyway, I had this vintage tie pattern, Simplicity 9400, and while there are probably tons of online patterns and downloads on how to make bow ties, I figured I'd use the pattern.  There are some pretty funny ones in the photo!

I also had a very small piece of bright iridescent purple dupioni silk that I found in my mom's silk scrap stash.  It was just barely enough for three, one for my fiancé and each of his two groomsmen!

Here they are... funny-shaped!

I had to learn to tie them online!  They are sort of tricky.

Haha!

Not sure if we'll use them, but there they are if we need them!  What do you think?

(If you did any other DIYs for your wedding or for a friend or loved one, I'd love for you to share them in the Adventures in Dressmaking DIY Weddings Flickr group!!)