Men's Tie

I'm not sure if men enjoy receiving ties as a present, but whatever the case, that is what I made for M. I used my brother's old tie as a template and followed these instructions for a men's tie on Craftsy.

End result: fancy tie!

Hand stitched contrasting bar tacks :)

One thing I need to work on is the lining of the tie. For the life of me, I couldn't get it to line up properly so that the tip of the tie was just the black tie fabric. I got the concept of where to put my stitches, but the alignment is still off. At least you can't tell from the front side?

Happy holidays!