Sewing the Tip of a Six Fold Tie

Making the tip is one of the two tricky sections in attaching the facing to the rest of the tie in a six fold. The most important part of the tip is the point where facing is attched to the rest of the tie initially. Each seam that sewn start from this point.

Connect Facing to base section.
This is the important inital point that determines where the tip of the tie will be once it is inverted. The facing and the base section will be folded in half with the display side of the silk facing each other. The edges should line up when folded with the point of the facing touching the corner of the base section, not the folded mid point. Just sew this part by hand inserting the needle at the sew line where it will just hit edge of the facing where it is folded.

Another view of initial connecting stitch
When you open it up, this is how it will look on the side of the facing.

Reinforce hand stitch with sewing machine
On the side where the main section of the tie is, there is an extra section that you will sew closed. The stitch on the right side was done by hand just to keep it closed. I then went over it with a sewing machine. (I cant sew straight, but the machine can) Make sure you dont pull out the initial stitch you did by hand because it has the vital connection between the base section and the facing. (Ignore the fact that i already sewed the edge in this pic)

Sew edges touching the tip of tie
Now we need to sew the two edges. Fold over the extra little flap so that you dont sew it down to the rest of the tie. It needs to stay up. Then start sewing from the vital point where the base section connects to the facing. You will sew all the way until the end of the base section. The facing will be a little longer now. Repeat this for the other side starting at the same point and making sure to not sew the extra little flap down.

Sew edge until base section ends.

Snip extra fabric at the tip.
Now that the edges are sewn, you can trim down the fabric at the very tip. This will help make the tip when you invert the fabric. Just make sure you dont cut too much or else your stitches will fall out and youll have a hole instead of a tip.

Invert the tip.
Invert the section you just sewed and iron it flat. The tip will naturally want to fold down to a certain length depending on how well you sewed the edges and lined everything up. The next part will be to sew the right and left sides down. Minor adjustments can be made at this point to ensure that this section will still remain nice and flat after sewing the sides and inverting it again. Thatll be in the next post.