Today I am back sharing one of my favourite makes from the Thirty gifts for Thirty series. I have been having a lot of fun making menswear recently, but one of the items I have found I love making are bow ties! I started making them last year when Mr. F requested one for our wedding, then I cranked things up a notch when I made him eleven for Christmas last year. I had a blast making them, choosing different fabrics, some from my stash, and treating him to some new ones in some snazzy prints!
So naturally when I came to making the birthday gift list I had to include the odd bow tie in there somewhere! The hardest part was choosing the fabrics, there are so many amazing fabrics out there, I was really spoiled for choice. I decided to go for a bit of a Maths theme... it seemed fitting after all.
I have drafted this pattern from scratch and have made a few mods to get it to this point, but I think I can finally say I am happy with the proportions and the finishes.
Here we have it gift number four.... the Algebra Bow Tie and Pocket Square.
I love this fabric so much it is Moda Elementary Equations, and it is so lovely to work with. I bought it from The Village Haberdashery and my pattern for both the pocket square and the bow tie fits perfectly onto one fat quarter. Talk about stash busting!!
I had a lot of fun with the packaging on these guys too....first up is the pocket square!
I like the wrap around packaging you get on fancy items sometimes and tried to mirror that style...
Next up is the bow tie packaging, I am kind of proud of this one...
These dapper treats went down a treat with Mr. F and I am pretty happy with the packaging prototypes too.
Thanks for visiting my blog, It means a lot that you folks stop by to visit :)
That's all for now, I will be back with more birthday related treats soon.
~HJF~
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