What would I do without Pinterest? (Besides clean my house, read, etc). I mean, I would never know that Ike needed a bow tie…

How hard can it be to make a bow tie? With a little experimentation (I did major in Biology) on a rainy Sunday, I came up with this…

Would you like to make your favorite canine a bow tie? Here’s how I did it. I, however, should probably stick to give advice about your medications but here’s my attempt at a sewing tutorial. I wish I knew how to use our DSLR…

Gather your supplies:

Two 4”x12” pieces of your fanciest fabric. Dogs totally know the difference.
- I made a couple before I got the size right. Ike weighs about 24 lbs so you can probably guess from there the size you may need.
- One 3" x 4" piece of matching fabric
- A sewing machine.
- Thread and needle.

Step 1: Grab the two 4”x12” pieces of fabric and place them right sides together. Sew around the edges (I don’t remember what I used for a seam allowance. Small.) Leave a small opening on one of the short ends. Turn ride side out. You might need to shove your scissors or a pen in there to get the corners.

Step 2: Sew the two ends together (tucking the unfinished edges under). I got crazy with the zig-zag stitch. Why did I use a zig-zag stitch. Because I have never used this option and it looked fun. I used white thread because I wanted you all to be able to see my awesome sewing skills…not because I didn’t have black thread at on hand.

Step 3: Fold this piece in half and sew a small line (~1 inch) in the center-ish. This will help the bow tie bend. Ike is a great sewing assistant.

Step 4: Grab your 3”x4” piece of fabric and fold in half (right sides together) and sew along one edge. Turn right side out. Again, grab that pen or scissors.

Step 5: Hand sew these ends together. Unless you are smarter than me and can figure out how to do this with a sewing machine.

Step 6: Slide the larger piece of fabric through this newly created loop. And voila, you have a doggie bow tie…

I slid Ike’s collar through the back of the smaller loop. I suppose you could get fancy and sew a collar but I already felt ridiculous spending 30 minutes of my Sunday making my dog a bow tie for no apparent reason. He loves it though…totally worth it…