Mahjong bowtie, Black and white, game bowtie, mahjong tiles

Your bowtie will be hand-made by me… Hi, I’m Michelle!

Each bowtie is cut from a different place in the fabric, so design placement will vary slightly.
On average each bowtie measures about 5 inches by 2 inches when tied.
If you would like your bowtie longer, shorter, wider, skinnier, I am happy to accommodate! Just send me a message before you order.

I use a variety of fabrics to make my bowties, check this listings materials list to see which was used for this one.

SELF TIE OR PRE-TIED
The self-tied option is the option you see in the photos. This option can be tied, untied, and retied at your leisure!

The pretied option is a self-tie bowtie that I tie for you, stitch the knot securely, and add a hook to the neck strap. This option will look just like the self-tied bowtie when you put it on. No one will know you didn’t tie it yourself! If you ever want to learn to tie your own bowtie, you can clip the two stitches on the back of the knot and it will be a self-tie bowtie. This is a great option if you are gifting the bowtie and you don’t know if the person prefers self or pre-tied bowties.

WHICH SIZE TO CHOOSE
The sizing is based on dress shirt sizes. For example: if you wear a 15-inch neck dress shirt, you will want a 15-inch bowtie so, order the 12-17 inch bowtie.
Measuring your bare neck will not result in accurate sizing as bowties are made to fit over a dress shirt collar, not over a bare neck (unless you are wearing it on a bare neck, then by all means measure that neck!)

Buying this as a surprise and don’t know the neck size of your person? As a generalization "youth" fits pre-teens and very small adults, "small adult" fits teens, and adults who wear small-large T-shirts, and "adult large" fits those who wear plus-size T-shirts and muscular-necked individuals. (Those are just generalizations, please take some time to stare at your giftee's neck and make an educated guess!) If you choose a size that does not fit, contact me right away, I’m happy to return/replace it with a different size.

SHIPPING
Your bowtie will be packaged in a plastic gusset bag and shipped in a small sturdy box (pretied) or a manilla envelop (self-tie). The bowtie strap may have creases when it arrives. If it does, you can iron the bowtie on low heat.
Priority and Express shipping is available at checkout. Keep in mind the time it takes me to create the bowtie does not change, only the shipping time is reduced with these options.

CARE INSTRUCTIONS:
-Self-tie: Dry cleaning is best. If you machine wash the bowtie use a delicate, low heat, or cold water cycle. Dry on low heat. It will need to be ironed after washing. Repeated machine washing will fade the fabric.
-Pre-tied: It is not recommended that you ever machine wash a pretied bowtie. Dry clean or hand wash only.