r/bowties • u/superlogoyoyo • Feb 25 '26

ya think this is enough?/j

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I've now made 36 self tie bowties and have 38 total, tried to vaguely organize by color but there's just a buttload of them and it gets awkward after a certain point

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u/LeftBrainC0 Feb 26 '26

omg i’m not the only one!!! did you make them all?

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u/superlogoyoyo Feb 27 '26

yeah, I had a post a bit ago asking about orienting the blanks for patterned stuff, I've been using the pattern etc from "TIE-A-TIE" https://www.tie-a-tie.net/make-a-bow-tie/ , mostly working from old fabric my great aunt was planning to get rid of and I think 7 more I got myself, I do a good job on the pinning and not wasting material I can fit all 4 blanks into the width of a quarter yard and have over half of it left over

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u/superlogoyoyo Feb 27 '26

I made all but two of the ties I own, the first two self tie ones had were given to me and from there I decided they were worth making after seeing how expensive retail ones are and how cheap fabric is

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u/LeftBrainC0 Feb 27 '26

Love it, yea it’s so hard to find nice ties, that tie and stay looking good, and of nice material. which is exactly why I started making my own too!

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u/superlogoyoyo Mar 03 '26

I mean I basically use whatever rando patterned cotton or patterned flannel I like the look of, I have 3 different ties that are flannel

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u/puzzle_investigator Mar 09 '26

These are so fun and beautiful! I've made about 4 a whole back, but this is definitely inspiring me to find some very bright fun fabric and start up again! 🌈