How to Sew Neckties With Your Kids

With our fast paced lives, it is always important that we spend enough time with our kids. Your time together can be spent creatively which would allow your kids to explore their creativity and take it to different heights. There are a lot of crafts that you can do with your kids including sewing a simple necktie.

Sewing simple neckties with your kids can be a very fun activity that does not require too much effort. After you're done with your project, you can give it to dad for father's day or to grandpa for his birthday.
Here's how to do it:

1. The first thing that you have to do is to gather all the materials that you need. For your necktie, you need silk or polyester fabric, stiff paper or poster board for your pattern (if you would use one), scissors, ruler, sewing machine, and, of course, threads. You can let your kids choose the fabric that they want. It can have loud designs in very loud colors but let them-they're kids, in the first place. You can borrow one of dad's necktie as a pattern to help you achieve your desired look.

2. When drawing a pattern, you need four pattern pieces. Ask your one of your kids to draw a like in your board that is 30 inches. Measure five inches from the first line, and then again draw another line that is 25 inches long. Obviously, the lines should angle out because neckties grew wider towards the bottom. Connect both lines at the top by drawing an angled line. Draw a triangle at the bottom and voila! Your pattern is just like dad's tie-only slightly bigger.

3. For the back of your tie, you need to follow the same pattern although this time, do not angle the lines and draw them a little shorter. The two final pieces of your tie-pattern are the tip of tie and the end of the back. The front triangle piece should be at least 7.5 inches tall and the back should be 6 inches tall.

4. Cut the fabric and this is something that you have to do yourself instead of your kids. Put the pattern on top of the fabric and cut it accordingly. Pin the tops of the two long pieces together while making sure that the right sides of the tie face each other. Sew the seams and you can even have your kids do it because these features only short and straight seams.

5. After doing so, you need to connect the two triangles at the foot of the front of the tie with the tip of the back of the tie. Here, the right sides should also face each other. You need to sew the edges together, and turn the triangles. The right side should be now visible.

6. To finish off, fold your tie halfway (in the long way). Again, sew along the edge but leave at least an inch unsewn so you can turn the tie inside out.

7. After turning it inside out, your necktie is now finished and ready for wrapping.

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Care Tips For Neckties

Whether expensive or not, proper care should be given to a necktie to prolong it's use. Here are some tips on how to properly take care of neckties:

Tip No. 1 - Always untie your necktie when not in use. Avoid making ready-to-wear, slip-on knotted necktie to avoid permanent creasing. Untie it if you're not using it; untie it before you put it back to your closet or wardrobe. Of course, doing so will require you to tie it again the next time. Quite an inconvenience considering that you could leave the tie that way and just slip it through your head again. But remember, the longer your tie is left knotted the harder it is to remove the crease.

Tip No. 2 - Reverse the knot to lighten the crease. From time to time you can tie your necktie the other way around to reverse the crease. The fiber and lining in the necktie are most affected.

Tip No. 3 - Remove your tie's knot properly. Do not pull the shorter end to avoid unnecessary stretching of the fabric.

Tip No. 4 - When storing them, silk neckties are best hanged individually but if it's unavoidable, for example, when keeping them inside your travel luggage or drawer, you can also gently fold them. Either way, make sure you move them from time to time to avoid creasing too. Fold them gently and tuck them inside one of your luggage's pocket or roll them and put them in a small box instead.

Tip No. 5 - Keep your tie rolled for 1 or 2 days to remove or lighten crease or leave it by itself for half a day.

Tip No. 6 - Do not tie your knots very tightly. Doing so avoid putting strain on the fabric that may cause permanent crease.

Tip No. 7 - Use a hand steamer. This is effective in removing tie's wrinkles where the knot is formed. But do this quickly and sparingly, perhaps once a month or every 2 months to avoid damaging your tie with heat and steam.

Tip No. 8 - Never send silk ties to dry cleaners. Yes, they can likely remove any stains but they also directly apply heat and press your tie flat, not to mention make your tie decrease its shine. Though for wool ties, dry clean is your best choice. Normal washing with soap and water may cause fabric shortening.

Tip No. 9 - When ironing ties, make sure there is no steam involved and always do it on the back of the tie. Never iron your tie's front as it may decrease the luster of your tie and even cause permanent wrinkles. For silk neckties keep the temperature minimal but you can increase the temperature a little higher for polyester.

Tip No. 10 - Keep your ties in a dry and clean space to avoid humidity, mold, and insect bites. Avoid prolonged exposure to sunlight and sweat. These will decrease the tie's strength and sweat's dampness and acidity may damage the tie. Put insecticide inside your wardrobe or drawer to avoid insect attacks. Regardless of your ties fabric, small insects such as clothes moths may chew away your ties.

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