Butterflies for men with their own hands: size, photo

In recent years stylish butterflies for men have become extremely popular. They are usually worn for social events, opera and theater, as well as when attending official events. In addition, butterflies for men are considered a common addition to the daily business suit. Depending on the dress code allowed in the company, these accessories can be extremely strict or have a pretty hilarious coloring.

Who wears a butterfly

Just like traditional neckties, butterflies are a great gift. Women and girls often present their expensive men with such accessories, buying them in specialized stores, at handicraft fairs or making their own.

For those who own basic sewing techniques on a typewriter, this work will not seem complicated. Butterfly for men with their own hands is made in a few hours, often it is the main "highlight" of the photo session. There are already no restrictions for the wizards about the choice of color or texture of the material.

If an office worker is a pink striped bow tie that is most often considered unacceptable, then for a fun pastime - just right.

Following Sarah Bernhard, who discovered the convenience and comfort of trousers for women, the girls adopt more and more elements of the men's wardrobe. They successfully use butterflies to give their image of mischief or, on the contrary, sophistication.

Preparatory work

To quickly and effectively make a butterfly, you need to prepare the workplace, materials and tools in advance. Recommendations regarding the fabric from which butterflies for men are made will be given below.

Below you can see the pattern for sewing accessories. It can be copied on thick paper or simply printed.

The drawing consists of two parts. After cutting, you need to combine them on the dotted lines. This will be one detail. Each side of the product will consist of two parts, so you only need to cut four.

The figures on the bottom of the pattern indicate the size of the butterfly for men in centimeters. He is determined by measuring the circumference of the neck of a man. This is important, since a butterfly of the wrong size can not be properly tied up.

How to make a butterfly for a man

First you should choose the material. Butterflies for men are rarely sewn from woolen cloth, except that this is necessary for the master's intention. More often, silk, satin, cotton or artificial fabrics are used.

It is desirable that the material is rigid, then it will be easier to cut and sew. In the case when the selected fabric was too soft, it should be glued with non-woven fleece.

This is done as follows:

• Four pieces are cut from the fabric in a pattern.
• From flizelin prepare two identical elements.
• Flizelin is applied to the underside of the parts and glued with an iron. To prevent the material from sticking to the sole of the iron, it should be covered with a cloth or ironed from the front of the fabric.
• Check to see if the interlining has been densely glued to the part (try to separate the layers).

Butterfly stitching for men

If the interlining is glued well and does not fall behind, you can sew two parts of each side (four out of two turned out). Then the resulting canvases are folded inwards, fastened with pins and bent. Then they spend it on the typewriter. The seam should be laid carefully, keeping the same distance from the edge.

Otherwise, you can get asymmetrical butterflies for men. The photo below shows how the correct line should look. Also here you can see that along one of the seams a gap is left. Its length should be about 3-4 cm, it will come in handy in order to turn out the finished butterfly. It is not necessary to work the edges with an overlock.

The secret of correct product eversion

There are several techniques that will allow you to quickly and accurately remove such a narrow product, like a butterfly. However, before proceeding to this stage, it is necessary to cut off all the corners, without touching the line. This is necessary to form the correct geometric shape of the bow.

On the folds, you can make shallow incisions.

Next, take something stiff and long (knitting needle, an uncoated pencil, a Chinese hairpin) and set to the widest area of the butterfly. Putting the butterfly on the object, gradually turn the product out.

Alignment

The resulting "sausage" looks rather unattractive, but it has not yet been leveled and not ironed out. To see the real shape of the product, it should be straightened using tweezers. Then the iron is ironed with sewn parts, achieving an ideally flat fabric.

Now you can sew the gap, through which the butterfly was turned. To do this, use a secret seam. Also, you can sew it on a typewriter, since it still remains under the collar.

That's all, the work is finished. Now, knowing how a butterfly is sewn, you need to understand how to tie an accessory for men. A butterfly of suitable size to fix with a knot is not difficult. It is enough to understand everything only once. The next photo will clearly show how to tie an accessory for men. Butterfly for girls tied exactly the same method.

Alternative version of butterfly making

It's not at all necessary to make a classic accessory that you need to properly wear. You can simplify the task for yourself and for a man in the future.

The following paragraphs will describe how to sew a butterfly for a man with a sewing elastic band.

To work will need the same tools and materials plus an elastic band.

Open the fabric

It is necessary to cut out three rectangles from the material that is chosen for work. Dimensions of parts:

1. 30 cm x 15 cm.
2. 20 cm x 15 cm.
3. 6 cm x 10 cm.

The first two segments need to be glued with non-woven fabrics or dublerin.

Now from all the cut out rectangles you need to form the ribbons:

• Pieces of fabric are folded in half.
• Press the crease line.
• Then unfold and fold one side so that the open edge touches the ironed line.
• Fix with iron.
• The second side is similar.
• Fold the fabric so that all the cut and untreated edges are inside.
• Chamfer.

Now it turned out a neat tape. Similarly, the remaining rectangles are converted into tapes.

Assembling the Butterfly

Two large ribbons are folded with narrow ends in the middle and sewed. Here you can not try to carefully perform all the seams, because they still will not be visible.

Again we get rectangles. A detail of medium size is superimposed on a large rectangle and their centers are combined. Then fix the thread (sew) and tighten the seam.

It turned out a two-layer bow-shaped butterfly. The smallest tape will serve as a disguise for the ugly middle.

It must be sewn into a ring along narrow edges and drag into the center of a butterfly. When the tape is placed, it is firmly sewn to the product from the wrong side.

Cutting an elastic band of the necessary length, it is passed under a narrow tape, and the edges are folded and very firmly sewn. If the fastening is insufficient, an awkward situation may occur when the butterfly flies off the collar at the most inopportune moment.

If desired, you can use both methods to make several accessories for different clothes.

Butterfly for children

The craftsmen who were fortunate enough to be mothers know very well how difficult it is to find suitable accessories for their children. If you can find the right size, there is no color or texture of the fabric.

Here they are helped by the ability to create jewelry by their own hands. Butterflies serve as an excellent addition to a festive school suit or used as a props for decorating a masquerade image.

As an alternative to a variety of "bears" and "bunnies", the suit of the "little gentleman" looks great. He usually includes strict dark trousers, a white shirt and a vest. Of course, here you can not do without a bow tie, which becomes the main highlight.