Easy Peasy 5 minute Bowties

Making this made me feel like Julie Andrews from Sound of Music except I wasn't using curtains I was using a dress thats too big.  I have been wanting to cut this dress down to a smaller size and finally the sewing machine was out when needed.  Now that it was smaller I had small remnants of this fabric and then the idea came. 

So why not bowties for the boys? I was wearing this dress to a Mothers Tea put on by my sons class. It took me 5 min. I didn't have a lot of time because like most of my ideas they pop into my head when I can't possibly manage to fit another thing in my hectic day. You and I both know we mothers have lots of practice at squeezing one more thing in, so I did.
You need:
Fabric
Ribbon
Velcro

1. You need to decide  how big you want the tie. Cut a strip of fabric fold in the outer edges then gather both ends down the middle. Cut gray ribbon the same length and then some for the width.

2. Sew around the rectangle and down the middle where the ends of both side came together. You can do it by hand but I used a sewing machine since it was out.

 3. Gather your fabric in thirds like here and that is how your bowtie will gather.

 4. By hand I put a couple of stitches in the middle to keep the gathered material in place.

 5. Then I put a couple of stitches on the ribbon going around the bow.

I sewed this lone on to his onesie!

Everyone thought I made this dress since my kids had matching bows to go with it.  I didn't bother to inform anyone that this was not the case.  My older son got  his bowtie around his neck. I measured his neck and cut ribbon that size and stitched the ribbon on one side and velcroed the other end.  I wouldn't use adhesive velcro. I tried it  because I was in a hurry and it didn't work quite right.