Last week I decided to enter some projects in a contest over at
Ruffled a Vintage Wedding Blog. The projects had to be made by me, have a list of supplies and instructions, have photos and have something vintage in them. We were encouraged to enter more than once and it was implied that all the entries would be posted. The first place prize is for $500.
I ended up entering 6 things but was pretty disappointed when they just posted one. They also chose to post the goofiest project that I entered. Oh Well!
This is the project that made it into the running-
a bow tie made out of vintage fabric modeled by my super handsome Aaron boy! Anyway.... Would you mind doing me a favor?
Would you be willing to go and vote for my project? Pretty please? Go to here: To Ruffled and vote for project #22 the DIY bow tie. Thank you so very much!Here are the other projects I entered: (And since they didn't post them, I will post instructions for them soon!)
A branch and candle centerpiece using vintage books.A floral headband using vintage ribbon and button.
A boutonniere using vintage buttons.
Petal baskets.
Thank you so much for your help! Voting is open through Thursday April 8th.
This post is linked to:
Reinvented's Trash to Treasure Tuesdayand
A Soft place to Land's DIY day
The whole fabric was like this. Lovely! 
It was too lovely to be cut up. So I decided to just divide the fabric in 3 segments and put a 2.5" dark moss-green fabric all around it as its first sashing.
Wanted a mustard color fabric as its second sashing but couldn't find any. So this yellow-ish fabric in my stash looked alright. Ended up with a 5.5" lovely dotted fabric.
A matching green with cream colored flower as backing fabric and returned to the moss-green tone on tone fabric as binding.
Lovely in its simplicity.
