Friday, November 23, 2018

Guidelines For Making Handmade Couture Bow Ties

By Deborah Kennedy


Neckties have become popular over time due to their elegance and affordability. Most people prefer making the neckties for their loved ones other than buying them from boutiques. Such consideration requires one to follow through the right steps to create an ideal product. Here are guidelines for making handmade couture bow ties to acknowledge.

Get the required materials first. This procedure cannot be a success unless you have the right product at hand. You can outsource some resources such as an iron, iron board and a pair of scissors from your house. Materials that you should buy include the right type of fabric and threads made out of different shades. Look for fabric that is about a quarter a yard to create a standard necktie.

Look for the right fabric. You can choose fabrics such as velvet, cotton, and silk when making a necktie. Silk is the most common material since it matches with different outfits. Velvet and cotton add a sense of class to the wearer and match with most outfits as well. Polka dot neckties are also fashionable since they correspond well with a brighter background or black colors. Ensure that the fabric that you choose adds diversity in your fashion.

Cut the pattern. You need a bow tie pattern to cut the fabrics and the interface. Most designs have a standard size hence the need to use a hard paper or a cardstock or a thick paper to scale it to the required size. The black lines on the pattern indicate the proportion of a standard wearer. You have to approximate the size of a larger scale using the black lines as you draw them on the paper.

Cut the interface into the right size. Start by ironing the fabric to get rid of any wrinkles that can cause bubbles when making the interface. Use the pattern cut two pieces from the interfacing and four fabric pieces. Pin the two interfaces and fabrics together and iron them. The stitched fabric and interface must fit each other after ironing them. Otherwise, trim the edges until you get the desired sizes.

Sew the interface with the fabric. You should leave a one-centimeter allowance to seam the interface and fabric when stitching the materials together. Turn the material to the other side and iron it once more to maintain consistency. Fold the edges into four folds and turn both edges towards the center. Hold the bow tie at the center to create a crease that you should wrap using the additional cloth to secure it.

Create a band that can fit the wearer. One can make a fixed or an adjustable band. The adjustable band requires a long fabric since it targets different wearers. You should have accurate of the neck size of the wearer to make a necktie that has a fixed measurement. Leave the non-pointed end open since you will be using it to turn the side of your band. Iron it after turning it through to maintain a perfect shape.

Look for reliable information that you can depend on when making the necktie. First timers need much longer fabrics since they end up wasting a lot of materials due to mistakes. You also need time to create the necktie to concentrate on the task with minimal interruption.




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