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Here's a home-craft hint-
Make do and mend-
You know how modern ties, even if they have a nice print or pattern, are generally too 'padded'? ...don't look 'right'...too thick to cut the vintage style of the thin floppy/flappy '30s/'40s variety? Well, that's because they have a thick interlining attached to the inside of the back and sometimes a full lining but usually just the open back of the point is lined.
Well- rip out the interlining and the lining and there you go, vintage floppyness.
You may need to re-sew the back of the tie depending on how much damage you did/how the lining/interlining was attached...
Now you have a tie with a pattern that you like, that is floppy and the appropriate width. Even with a modern wide tie- 3-4", they may be contoured slightly differently to vintage, over the length but pretty much the same-
the length of course, of a modern job may be more useful to some taller folk!
I found a diagonal striped tie, Navy- red/white, that was kind of appealing but just too stiff and padded, so I ripped the guts out and the lining and sewed the point down, as you see on the old single layer, un-lined, un-padded ties.
Now I have a tie which was a 'Christmas gift', the type that sits around until it gets thrown out- which is a useful tie.
The great benefit is that it is now 'thin' and can be tied with a VERY small knot and have an appropriate 'flare' from the knot, out to the width-
not limited by the thickness of layers.
If you wish, and if you need to re-sew it and are going to give it a good, stiff re-ironing, you could even re-contour and re-sew it to modify the flare...
You now have the power to make a passable 'vintage' tie from a modern one.
Happy craft hour-
B
T
Make do and mend-
You know how modern ties, even if they have a nice print or pattern, are generally too 'padded'? ...don't look 'right'...too thick to cut the vintage style of the thin floppy/flappy '30s/'40s variety? Well, that's because they have a thick interlining attached to the inside of the back and sometimes a full lining but usually just the open back of the point is lined.
Well- rip out the interlining and the lining and there you go, vintage floppyness.
You may need to re-sew the back of the tie depending on how much damage you did/how the lining/interlining was attached...
Now you have a tie with a pattern that you like, that is floppy and the appropriate width. Even with a modern wide tie- 3-4", they may be contoured slightly differently to vintage, over the length but pretty much the same-
the length of course, of a modern job may be more useful to some taller folk!
I found a diagonal striped tie, Navy- red/white, that was kind of appealing but just too stiff and padded, so I ripped the guts out and the lining and sewed the point down, as you see on the old single layer, un-lined, un-padded ties.
Now I have a tie which was a 'Christmas gift', the type that sits around until it gets thrown out- which is a useful tie.
The great benefit is that it is now 'thin' and can be tied with a VERY small knot and have an appropriate 'flare' from the knot, out to the width-
not limited by the thickness of layers.
If you wish, and if you need to re-sew it and are going to give it a good, stiff re-ironing, you could even re-contour and re-sew it to modify the flare...
You now have the power to make a passable 'vintage' tie from a modern one.
Happy craft hour-
B
T
