It often happens that a family is invited to an official event, but the husband does not have a tie or does not like to wear it. In this case, it can be replaced by a butterfly. And you can do it yourself. Before stitching a butterfly on the neck, you should definitely choose the right fabric and various accessories: lining, hooks for fastening.
For work, you need the main
fabric (satin or another), threads of a suitable shade, chalk or thin soap for marking the material, pattern and pins with which it will be attached. Naturally, you will need a sewing machine, although such a thing can be done manually, however, the procedure will need to be carried out very carefully.
Since it’s not very difficult to sew a butterfly around your neck, you will spend only half a day. During fabric selection, dense materials should be preferred. Otherwise, the butterfly will not keep its shape. Without a lining, you should not even start work. In this case, non-woven is quite suitable. It can be black or white, depending on the chosen main fabric.
Since it’s quite simple to sew a butterfly around the neck, you don’t need special skills. But still, do not forget about some of the nuances: a neat line, ironing the material. Now it’s worth taking a tie measure from the person for whom it is intended. You should also decide on the size of the butterfly. If you do not know how to build patterns yourself, find the appropriate option on specialized resources.
Before stitching the butterfly on the neck, make a pattern on the main and lining fabric. Now we put the cut out pattern on the back side of the main material and draw a contour with chalk. During the cutting of parts of the product, it is necessary to observe a slight indentation, which subsequently will need to be overcast. The allowance is usually up to 0.5 cm. Naturally, you need to make two parts of the future butterfly, which will be stitched.
Before stitching the butterfly with your own hands, it is necessary to sweep the non-woven fabric to the main fabric. Naturally, all parts must be smooth. The main line should go along the edges of the product, and then the workpiece should be twisted and stitched on the sides. After this, the tie should be ironed again. Next, you need to fix the butterfly on that strip of fabric with which it will be tied around the neck.
It should be noted that the allowance should be cut as close to the seam as possible so that it does not spoil the shape of the product. During eversion, you should also pay attention to the corners. Before final sewing, remove the basting. In order for the corners to be smooth, sharp and accurate, you should “push” them with a brush from the inside. During this process, you should be as careful as possible so as not to break through the seam.
Please note that during ironing, you must also take into account how much product you need. For example, if it should be flat, then press the iron very tightly. In order to fix the butterfly on the neck, you can use not only a strip of fabric, but also special plastic sliders.
That's the whole instruction on how to sew a male butterfly on your own. If you did everything carefully, then you should get a very high-quality and beautiful tie.