Tie it up

My brother is doing rounds at the moment as part of his teaching degree and where he is he needs to wear a tie. Being a bit of a fashionista himself, he did have ties but they were more for special occasion. He actually needed some 'boring' stuff to wear to school, so today mum and I whipped up these three ties - based on the pattern from pearlbee. I say based on because we made a few adjustments to whip them up quickly.

Firstly, we downloaded their pattern (joined it and split it into two equal sections). This pattern fits into 70cm of fabric and you could easily make two ties from this amount of fabric. We had about 10cm of lining fabric and 70cm of iron on interfacing (shapewell)

Rather than adding the stablizer as suggested, we interfaced the whole tie with shapewell (which is a woven interfacing). Then we sewed the two pieces together with a bias seam.

Next step was attaching the lining at the top and bottom of the tie. We did this with the machine, placing the lining and the tie end with their right sides together, and sewed the two sides of the point. (not the edges.)

Then, we turned turned the lining in the right way (so the seams were hidden inside) and pressed it ensuring the tie had a nice sharp point. We also pressed the joining seam open.

Seriously, almost done now. Simply fold the tie in half lengthwise, with the right side inside and pin along the edge. Sew the seam right through from end to end.
Once completed, lightly press this seam open, taking care not to crease the edges.
Then you need to turn the tie inside out, by pulling the slim end through the thick end. I have a tool, but if you don't, tie a long string or ribbon tightly to a safety pin. Thread the safety pin through the tie and attach it to the end, ensure you keep hold of the end of the ribbon. Then simply pull the end of the ribbon which will pull the safety pin up and turn the tie the right way through. These are are really easy and make a great gift. We whipped up these three while one boy slept and this cheeky one helped!!