Male speaker: Hi! Time is a variable of DIY plus back to school equals ThreadBanger's, Back To School Threads.
Rob Czar: Hey, what's up ThreadHeads! So, each and every Friday we show you how to take all little crappy cloth lying around and make something cool and new out of it.
Corinne Leigh: And this week's since a gazillion people wrote in asking about Back To School stuff.
Rob Czar: Really, one gazillion.
Corinne Leigh: We are going to show you how to make a classic back to school accessory for the guys plus answer a bunch of your questions.
Ties are traditionally made from silk but you can them out of almost any material; old sheets, left over fabric and old curtain but first you need a pattern. I got mine by sacrificing an old tie that it seemed better days in tracing around it. If you want to bypass that process, you can download the complete pattern from the ThreadBanger blog and print it out.
Once you have your pattern, decide what fabric you want to use for the tie, the inner lining and the tipping. For the tie I am using a big cotton plaid, for the lining I am using two layers of muslin and for the tipping I am using a brown satin light crape.
Once you have your fabric picked out, take out the larger end tie pattern and place it on your fabric at a 45 degree angle. Use a tracing wheel and tracing paper to trace all the lines of the pattern onto the fabric. Repeat with the smaller end tie pattern and cut them out along the outer lines. Seam allowance is already included.
To make it easier to see what I am doing, I traced over all the lines with white chalk. Now pin the two pieces together at the middle, right sides together and sew with a straight stitch. Use a pressing cloth to press the seam allowance to one side.
Next, take out the lining pattern and place on your fabric at a 45 degree angle. Trace around the pattern with tailor's chalk and place the second layer of fabric under the first and pin the two layers together. Cut along the chalk outlines. Keep the layers pinned together and sew the pieces together at the middle with a zigzag stitch. Then sew the two layers together with a straight stitch.
Now take out the two tipping patterns and use your tracing wheel and paper to trace all the lines of the pattern onto the brown side of the fabric. Then cut them out along the other line. The next part is a bit tricky. Fold the tie piece in half at the large end length wise. Fold the large end tipping in half the same way and place the two pieces together making sure the right sides of the fabric are touching on the inside. The fold at the tipping should line up at the seam line of the outer shell. Use a needle and thread to make a quick stitch to keep the two pieces together.
Now lay it out flat and pin the pieces together along the seam line. Sew along the line of both sides of the folds, stopping before you get to the fold. Next, fold the pieces in half again and sew a line from here to here. Turn it all right side out and it should look like this. Use a pressing cloth and press that end. Then do the same process to the small end of the tie. Now place your lining on the inside of the tie and use a pressing cloth to press the folds of the tie starting with the seam allowance then moving to the other side and lastly returning to the first side.
Next pin all the layers together without pinning through the front layer. Then take out a needle and thread and sew it closed. Start by inserting the needle into the inside of the seam, then into the other side going through the layers of the lining but not the outer layer. Now insert the needle onto the other side going about a fourth of an inch then out again. Make sure to only sew into the seam allowance and the stitching will be undetectable. Repeat this stitch until the whole tie is sewn together and you have completed a one of a kind tie.
Rob wears his tie with the short sleeve buttoned out under a printed T. It says, I am refined, but not really at all and girls, you can totally rock a tie as well. We will be right back with the answers to all your burning Back To School question. Don't go anywhere!
Female speaker1: Guess what? We are back. Tune in every Wednesday for a new Decor it Yourself, right here on ThreadBanger.
Rob Czar: Hey, hey we are back and time for those questions.
Corinne Leigh: First on the agenda, school uniforms. Crazy pajama antiques, the clumsy ninja and countless others are really upset about having to wear a school uniform.
Rob Czar: Hobble (ph) in Vogue had a pretty good suggestion writing, "Make or buy a used jacket that has an awesome lining and can be turned inside out the minute you get out of school (just seam rip out the lining of the jacket and copy the pattern). Or, as I do sometimes, wear something under your uniform that is crazy and wild, but only you know about it. It can give worlds of confidence and you can secretly break the uniformity."
Corinne Leigh: You can also do your hair really cute. There is a bunch of tutorials on You Tube like this one we found from Dulcecandy87. Also try buying your school uniform just a bit smaller than you normally would. This definitely creates a more appealing silhouette and don't forget about hair bows, high heels, jewelry, socks and tights.
Rob Czar: Hey and if you have got a tie that you got to wear with that uniform, common people make your own.
Corinne Leigh: GaBiHeNgel, metamorans10 and Sc8terKn18 asked how to make skinny jeans. Well you are on luck. We did an episode while back featuring your viewer tutorial on how to do just that, link is in the side bar.
Rob Czar: And one of our most frequently asked Back to School questions is how do you spruce up an old bag pattern. Well for that matter, how to make one. Ninjabunnies, Skwisklok, alritrath and Demonerat all wrote in needing help in this very area. Well guess what, there is a slew of information on the ThreadBanger forums and in past episodes. Here's some of our favorites.
Divymode posted a cool reversible messenger bag tutorial as did TomSawyer and zombied has a tutorial on how to make a bag out of old t-shirts. glass_onion decorated her bag with tons of buttons she made out of old plastic bottle caps and 741hightop is kicking at old school with this etch a sketch messenger bag.
Talking about school uniforms, luv_is_all<3 made this bag out of a school uniform. Evilbuni implicated a tree onto her bag pack, retrohead01 made these awesome bags and momma2many put together this needle bag for her daughter's first day at kindergarten.
Hey that's it for this week. Good luck in Back to School everybody and remember, if you got any first day horror stories, nightmare stories or even some good times, leave them in the comments below.
Corinne Leigh: And remember, just be yourself and rock your own style. We will see you next week.
Rob Czar: True that.
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