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Re: How to stitch ties - Help appreciated!

I was given a few more silk neckties yesterday, now unpicked and washed and I'm getting to the stage that I'll have to start using them soon.

What sort of stabiliser is the most successful - the books I've seen usually say fine iron-on interlining, or a fine cotton, but which works the best (I have both). I have leanings towards the iron-on, but only because I saw a silk wallhanging that didn't have a stabiliser and it drooped. Would an iron-on give more body to the whole piece of fabric and not just the sewing area? I'm tempted to hand sew but can't decide that either (lots of indecision going on here!). Would machined seams look smoother on silk and be easier to do?

It will have to be fairly scrappy because ties are cut on the cross so you only get quite short strips of straight grain and I think sticking to straight grain as much as possible might give a better result.

All advice/ideas gratefully accepted!

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Sally Swindells
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Might you get more pieces out of each tie if you used triangles as the basic shape for the pieces? I haven't really thought this through; but, if you are going to use any kind of stabiliser, surely the bias edge problem would be solved? You could do some of those wonderfully effective tapering skeins of flying geese. They are no more difficult to do than the straight ones, they can all be foundation paper pieced - the only tricky part is the drawing perhaps? If the ideal appeals, and you haven't see anywhere that tells you, just let me know and I'll send you a little 'tutorial' >gusually say fine iron-on interlining, or a fine cotton, but which works

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Patti

Thanks Pat, I'll give the gooses some thought. One thought had been a braid or braids

I wondered about the iron on - whether it would look patchy. perhaps just a very fine vilene. Perhaps I should have a play.

Sally at the Seaside ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~uk

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Sally Swindells

I know of a quilt made with ties - using hexagons and english paper piecing. So the paper acted as a stabilizer until it was all together. HTH Allison

Sally Sw> I was given a few more silk neckties yesterday, now unpicked and washed

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Allison

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