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I promised a little while ago that I would make a video showing how I made this neck
tie, and a few people have been asking where that video is - I kind of forgot about it.
So [laughs] here’s a really short video of how I made this necktie!
Now this is a slightly different style necktie to the standard neckerchief that you see that’s
just a square, with hemmed edges, folded into a triangle then tie around your nice. You
probably don’t need me to show you how to do that.
So where has this style come from? Well about 5 years ago there was this Etsy
business called Lady Ties that made ties like this, which this, along with some Korean fashion
outfits inspirations that I found on Pinterest, is the inspiration for the type of necktie
style we’re going to be making in this video.
So I used scrap fabrics for this, because it doesn’t use up much fabric!
So from my Scrap Box I pulled out this light green gingham fabbric, a remnant you might
remember from THIS top. This is the fabric we're going to use for
this video.
So what I did first was to cut out a narrow rectangle from this fabric that’s 4 by 32
inches.
I also cut out some light-weight woven fusible interfacing of the exact same dimensions as
the fabric. Because the gingham is lightwight, this will make the neck tie a little bit stiff,
giving it a good shape when worn, and it will also stop the fabric twisting when we sew
it into a tube in a second.
I layered the interfacing on top, adhesive side facing the wrong side of the main fabric…
And I ironed the fusible interfacing to the fabric.
Then, with this piece right-sides up, I folded it length-ways like this, right-sides together.
I clipped it in place all the way along the two edges, and then I sewed this into a tube,
like THIS, with a straight stitch and a 3/8ths of an inch seam allowance.
I then cut some of the seam allowance away, with some pinking shears just because this
fabric frays really easily.
If your fabric doesn't fray really easily you don't need to do this.
And then, I pulled the tube the right way around – which just by the way IS easier
if you use a bodkin or a loop-turner or even put a safety pin at one end to help you pull
the end through – I can’t remember why I didn’t choose to use any of those techniques
here, myself, but hey, it is possible to turn a tube without using any extra equipment!
It just takes a little bit of time.
With it turned the right way around, I gave it a good press with my iron, making sure
the seam stayed on one side of the tube and didn’t twist around. If you are using a
lightweight fabric like I am here, the tube can be prone to twisting, so this is an important
step.
Now I have a flat tube, it’s time to shape the ends and make them angled.
So I cut off both ends off the tube at a roughly-45 degree angle, like this.
To make it even on both sides, once I’d cut one end off I folded it up over to the
other end, and then I used it as a template to make the same angle of cut.
Then, I folded the raw edges at the angled-end of the tube inside itself about half-an-inch.
This can be a little bit finicky to ensure that you fold it in evenly, because you want
to make sure you maintain the angled-edge there, so take your time!
Because of the angle of that cut, there will probably be a little bit sticking out – don’t
worry, we will cut it off later.
When I was happy with how this was looking, I clipped the end in place. Next, I sewed
over it with a straight stitch, ¼ of an inch from the edge like this.
Then I cut off that little end of fabric that stuck out, like this…
And that’s the tie done!
Now there’s a few ways this necktie can be worn…
You can just tie it in a knot, although it CAN be hard to undo this knot - I know from
experience - so I would advise to instead do one of the following:
Find a small ring, it can be metal or recycled from a plastic container… about half an
inch diameter is good. What you do is match up the pointy ends of
the tie, and slip the ring over the top, and then pull the ends through.
You can also attach a press stud or a button, in the middle of the tie HERE to hold the
two ends together.
You can also make a small fabric loop to hold the ends together, like this. To do that,
cut a piece of fabric 4 by 2.5 inches. Fold it in half length-ways, right sides together,
and sew up this edge with a quarter-inch seam allowance.
Then turn this tube right-sides out. Then iron it much like we ironed the tie at
this point. Then, fold the tube in half again, like this,
and sew across here. Cut the seam allowance with pinking shears
or zig-zag stitch over that raw edge of the seam to prevent fraying.
Then turn this fabric ring right-sides-out
and you now have this to hold the necktie
in place!
So I made another one of these from scrap fabrics, which I actually ended up wearing
a lot more because I just tend to wear pink a lot more in outfits. So here's some examples
of how I wore that in some outfits!
Thank you all so much for watching, I hope you enjoyed this quick little tutorial and
I'll see you all in my next video.
Stay crafty everyone!
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