I had to make three ties out of a very skimpy strip of heavy fabric - for costumes, and so I made a template and cut out three fronts with a seam allowance, then folded each one into the right shape and sewed on a lighter weight backing, like a lining.

I was quite pleased to have made them, but over time and washing they stood up very well. The backing was sewn on by hand, so it took a while to do, sewing through three layers of cloth with my finger underneath the third one so the top, visible layer was not involved. I sewed around each piece using a triple zigzag machine stitch to minimise fraying before I started to join them together.

I was quite pleased to see one a couple of years later being worn as a normal tie and it seemed to be in good condition.

The fabric was a shiny knobbly one so the pattern was not important, it was probably upholstery stuff, with a tartan the placing of the pattern will be important. You can, however, get away with far more with straight grained fabric than bias, as it is much less easy to distort, but once shaped it tends to stay where it is put.

Anne the Pleater :ootd: