DIY Father's Day Tie

I'm working on a fun post about this last weekend that I got to spend with my mom! It was really fun, but in the meantime, I'd like to talk about an upcoming event. Father's Day! I don't know about all of you wonderful people out there, but buying gifts for this special day can be really tough! There's always the classic (and kind boring) tie gift. I propose, we take that boring tie, and turn it into awesomeness! ;D

Here's what you need. 

SUPPLIES

an old/ugly tie

Fun new fabric! This can be anything. We are working on the bias so we are going to need 1/2 a yard and that will be plenty!

Scissors

Iron

Hand sewing needle

Step one: find an old tie

You can get these cheep at any thrift shop!

Step 2: gut it!

Carefully unpick all of the seams. Don't do too much damage here, we are going to use the old tie as a pattern! With that said, unpick every single seam! We need each piece to be separate for the pattern. As a quick note, seam rippers work like this! The little red ball goes down into the seam! It seriously works like magic!

Once finished you should end up with a pile that looks like this. 

This tie had two main body pieces, two body linings, and one small triangle lining. Keep the linings for later!

Step 3: cut out the fabric

Now that we have our pattern, let's get snipping! Press the pattern pieces and fabric flat first, so you get an accurate shape. Remember, place the pattern at an angle! I'm using an old Hawaiian shirt for fabric. :)

Step 4: sew the body

First stitch the two body pieces together. 

Next up stitch the lining on the point. Make sure to put right sides together. 

Once you've pressed the seams open, lay the tie out on your ironing board. Then place the inner lining centered on the wrong side of the fabric. 

Step 5: pressing

Press the fabric around the lining. 

Once the fabric has been pressed over it will looks like a tie! Tuck one of the sides under to hide away the raw edge.

When you fold the edge under, make sure the points line up. 

Proceed along the length. Once complete, we are now at the point where you can put on a movie, and  hand stitch the tie closed!

Step 6: hand sew 

Hide the knot in the fold of fabric then proceed with a blind stitch or any kind of hand sewing technique .

Since this is a tie, it's not going to see a lot of heavy use. That means you don't have to go crazy on your stitches! Just enough to keep it from coming apart. =D 

It's done! Wrap it up, give it away, then watch their faces of delight! =D 

Or you can keep the tie to use on your stuffed animal collection! 

I think it looks great on Mr. Grouchy, don't you?

If you make one, post the pictures in the comments!