We have four cats. Which is a lot. And one of the things common to all of our cats is that they can remove themselves from a breakaway cat collar in record time. They're all indoor cats, with very little interest in the outside world, so this wasn't a huge deal, but having four naked cats running around wasn't really ideal either.

Enter my mother in law, who is an awesome art quilter. Before our wedding, she made all of our cats seersucker bow tie collars, so that they would be appropriately festive and theme-appropriate for our big day. Since then, we've gone through a number of collar iterations, which the cats seem more or less indifferent to, and thus take them off much, much less frequently. Here's the skinny.

Bow Tie Cat Collar Tutorial

This is a pretty straightforward process. Start by measuring your cat's neck (or a previous collar), and gathering your materials.