Using up tartan scraps...How to make a Tie?

**Andrew Breecher** · 24th August 14, 06:17 AM

If you're running low on fabric you can also make the blade of the tie in the tartan, and the tail in another cloth - since it will be beneath your collar and behind the blade no one will see.

**Creag** · 5th September 14, 08:01 AM

I had a sample swatch of MacPhail red in 13oz. Hemmed the edges, and even though it is a rectangle and a bit small, it folds into a respectable pocket square. I can't do a pouf or a peak with it, but it looks good flat.

**Creag** · 5th September 14, 08:05 AM

Originally Posted by Andrew Breecher

If you're running low on fabric you can also make the blade of the tie in the tartan, and the tail in another cloth - since it will be beneath your collar and behind the blade no one will see.

And if the ratio is right, you can tie some knots (trinity and eldridge, for example) with the body of the tie being the tartan and the knot being the contrasting tail.