I made a tie....and other Pinteresting things

I never thought "I made a tie" would be part of my vocabulary. 

I thought tie making was for Halloween costumes 

or if your husband really liked John Deere. 

I once saw a man with a John Deere (tractors) tie at church.  His wife made it. It was super sweet. 

Wanted to try making a tie and I saw this claim on Pinterest.

"Best Men's Tie Pattern" or something like that. 

Well, I can testify that it is the Best Men's Tie Pattern. 

Plus, you have to love the name 

Puking Pastilles, right Harry Potter fans??

 

 Who thinks of making ties for their loved one?? 

That's kind of crazy right?  

Well, call me loco.  

Or call me maybe. ;)

I made it out of cotton fabric.  Lightweight interfacing. 

And Kona cotton for the lining. 

3 pattern pieces. 

Just print them out on your computer and tape together. 

Easy, easy.  Not scary.  Great instructions.

Look at my little tabs.  How cute. 

You do need to have some hand sewing skills for the back. 

But just follow my little tutorial here for invisible stitching. 

You. Can. Do. It. 

I don't know if your loved one will wear it, but.....

mine does!!  My husband wears a lot of ties.  

He has worn the blue one so many times. 

 

The orange plaid is for my son for his birthday. 

I overheard him telling his dad what a cool tie he had. 

Music to my ears. 

Happy Birthday son!! 

A few Tie Tips if using this pattern:
*I love that I can use my rotary cutter to cut the whole thing out. 
Straight lines all the way.
 

*In order to do that, however, you need to use flat head pins.


*Pattern calls for 5/8 yard for tie fabric and the same for lining. 
That is cutting it WAY too close for me. 
I think you need at least 3/4 yard.  Plus if you lay your pattern pieces out like I do,


you can actually get 2 ties for every 3/4 yard of fabric. 
Not that you need 2 ties of the same fabric, but you just have more fabric leftover for DOLLIES!!
*Finally, I found it best to cut out the lining and the main fabric at the same time. 
In fact, I've even cut out 4 layers at a time, 2 linings, 2 main fabrics.

My next Pinterest attempt was from the Sweet category. 

These truffles look so good.  

And Our Best Bites has never let me down. 

EXCEPT, I made them with almond bark which tasted super fake-y and yucky to me. 

I didn't love the cookie dough either.  
But every single person at the party
 did love them all. 

All cookie truffles were downed.  
So not a failure and saved me many calories. 

I'd really like to try these next with good chocolate to dip in. 

And my last Pinterest love is this.....

It makes me so happy. 

Let's all buy one for our walls.

Harry and Luke is probably my favorite category!!