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8th December 05, 11:33 AM
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 Bright Idea, Old Ties to Flashes
So I'm chatting with my boss about how cool it is to live in the West and not wear neckties and how we both have all these old neckties from our city days...
Realized I have a LOT of old wool tartan ties...like 30 years old that are now too short/small or motheaten that I could cut up into flashes!! :grin:
As soon as I dig up those how to instructions and find the time...but dang...should add significantly to my flash collection....really getting to like them and see how they can spiff up the look of solid color kilts.
Like today, I'm wearing my X Marks tartan flashes with cream kilt hose and a navy blue Utilikilts mocker.
Gonna check, but I also probably have some solid color ties I'll never wear again that could make good flashes.
Fun Fun Fun...
Ron
Ol' Macdonald himself, a proud son of Skye and Cape Breton Island
Lifetime Member STA. Two time winner of Utilikiltarian of the Month.
"I'll have a kilt please, a nice hand sewn tartan, 16 ounce Strome. Oh, and a sporran on the side, with a strap please."
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8th December 05, 05:18 PM
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I plan to do the same with my youngest son's Gunn Modern tie. I guess a moth ate the big hole in it, & my repair job just doesn't cut it--the hole is, of course, right in the front of the tie. I figured it would be best to recycle it into flashes & just buy a new tie for my son.
Sherry
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8th December 05, 05:46 PM
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Great idea! I was actually thinking about converting an old tartan tie in Red Robertson that's much too small for me into a bow tie for more formal wear, but had absolutely no idea how/where to start . . .
Is there a pattern, instructions or the link to same somewhere here for making hose flashes? Seems to me I saw something earlier . . . Just doing a "search" should suffice, yes?
Thanks for the inspiration.
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8th December 05, 05:59 PM
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8th December 05, 06:03 PM
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 Originally Posted by Sherry
You beat me to it!!
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8th December 05, 06:32 PM
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That is an awesome idea! I have a number of old ties, in patterns and solids, from my consulting days. Cutting them up would provide intense satisfaction (can you tell I hate ties), and actually provide a useful kilt accessory at the same time!
The kilt concealed a blaster strapped to his thigh. Lazarus Long
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8th December 05, 08:12 PM
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Thanks for that thought KCW...
Was so focused on finding a cool use for the old ties I forgot how much I hated them too!! 
Looking forward to some satisfaction from cutting them up for flashes....making a "silk purse out of a sow's ear!"
Ron
Ol' Macdonald himself, a proud son of Skye and Cape Breton Island
Lifetime Member STA. Two time winner of Utilikiltarian of the Month.
"I'll have a kilt please, a nice hand sewn tartan, 16 ounce Strome. Oh, and a sporran on the side, with a strap please."
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9th December 05, 08:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Riverkilt
So I'm chatting with my boss about how cool it is to live in the West and not wear neckties and how we both have all these old neckties from our city days...
Realized I have a LOT of old wool tartan ties...like 30 years old that are now too short/small or motheaten that I could cut up into flashes!! :grin:
As soon as I dig up those how to instructions and find the time...but dang...should add significantly to my flash collection....really getting to like them and see how they can spiff up the look of solid color kilts.
Like today, I'm wearing my X Marks tartan flashes with cream kilt hose and a navy blue Utilikilts mocker.
Gonna check, but I also probably have some solid color ties I'll never wear again that could make good flashes.
Fun Fun Fun...
Ron
Ron I think recycling your old clothes is a excellent idea, turning what is now junk into a re-usable item once again.
Oh and you know we wanna see pics..Right!
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