Print your template and place it on a self healing cutting mat.

Use the exacto knife to cut out the templates. Being so small, it's pretty hard to cut using craft scissors so an exacto knife is a better fit for this project.

Place the patterns on a piece of interfacing and trace around the patterns using a fabric pen or chalk pen. Cut interfacing for each of the bows you're planning to make.

Take the scrap fabrics and place them in pairs, right sides together.

Place the interfacing on the scrap fabric, sticky side down and press until the interfacing adheres well to the fabric. Pin fabrics together.

Sew slow, just outside the interfacing, using a small stitch and a small length. This will help you go slow over tiny curves so you don't mess things up as I did lol

Leave a gap in the bottom of each butterfly piece.

Cut around the butterfly with 1/8" allowance, leaving a bit more fabric around the gap.

Turn butterfly pieces right side out through the tiny gap. You might find a bamboo skewer is a pretty good help here. Just remember to use the blunt end or else you'll pierce through the seam.

Push the gap in then press well.

Cut a small strip of fabric of about 1 1/2" x 5" using your pinking shears. this will prevent the strip from fraying.

Fold the sides in, lengthwise, and press well with your iron on steam.

Pinch both butterfly pieces and join them in the middle then wrap some thread around to keep them together until you move to the next step.

Place a dot of hot glue on the wrapped thread and press one end of the pinked strip until secured.

If you're using these butterfly bows as hair ties or hair clips now is the time to add those in the middle of the butterfly.

Wrap the pinked strip tightly around the butterfly until you reach the end of the strip.

Secure the end with another drop of hot glue and you're done! Your butterfly bow is now complete.