{"id":5813,"date":"2013-02-14T20:29:15","date_gmt":"2013-02-15T00:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork?p=5813"},"modified":"2013-02-14T20:29:15","modified_gmt":"2013-02-15T00:29:15","slug":"diy-africa-african-print-bow-tie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/diy-africa-african-print-bow-tie\/","title":{"rendered":"DIY AFRICA: African Print Bow Tie"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Just follow these steps and you can make a bunch of different bow ties all day long!<\/p>\n

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\u00a0piece of african print fabric (9 inches x 4.5 inches)<\/div>\n
\u00a0piece of african print fabric (15 inches x 3 inches)<\/div>\n
\u00a0piece of african print fabric \u00a0(1.25 inches x 2.5 inches)<\/div>\n
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\u00a01.The measurement for the large piece is 9 inches x 4.5 inches. You’ll also need a matching tiny piece that is<\/div>\n
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2 Fold the long edges in towards the middle.<\/div>\n
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3. Fold both open ends in toward the middle. At this stage iron it in the rectangle folds for extra crisp edges!<\/div>\n
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5. Pinch your rectangle in the center to create a bow shape and stitch it at the folds.<\/div>\n
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6. Fold the tiny piece of fabric just like step 3, iron it, then wrap and stitch it on the center of your bow tie!<\/div>\n
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7. Now, take the measuring tape and measure the length around your neck so that you can create the strap.<\/div>\n
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8. With the 15 inches x 3 inches piece, fold the piece of fabric just like step 3, then stitch the center.<\/div>\n
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9. Then take the same piece of fabric and stitch it to the center of your bow tie!<\/div>\n
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10. Done! Time to dress up!<\/div>\n
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Just follow these steps and you can make a bunch of different bow ties all day long! Materials: \u00a0piece of african print fabric (9 inches x 4.5 inches) \u00a0piece of african print fabric (15 inches x 3 inches) \u00a0piece of african print fabric \u00a0(1.25 inches x 2.5 inches) \u00a0Needle and Thread Fabric Scissors Ruler Pins…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5704,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[72,73,75,1],"tags":[83,298,1658,94,1612,1659],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5813"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}