Construct a basic long necktie with stripes to represent your favorite value of resistor – fashion inspired by the electronics bench! Learn to work with slippery fabrics cut on the bias.
Cut stripes from each colored fabric with the grain and reassemble a single piece of striped fabric.
I used a serger to keep things tidy.
Press the seam allowances towards the colored stripes.
My stripes are a half inch wide with a quarter inch of seam allowance on each edge, and I left about 5 inches at the end of the "champagne" colored fabric that's meant to represent the ceramic body of the resistor.
Fold your fabric into a triangle to find the bias-- a 45 degree angle from the grain of the woven threads.
Lay out and cut the three main tie pattern pieces along this bias. A tie cut with the grain would try to twist on itself instead of draping flat and straight.
It's less important that the two lining pieces be cut on the bias, so try it both ways if you're curious about the effects.
Becky Stern is a Content Creator at Autodesk/Instructables, and part time faculty at New York’s School of Visual Arts Products of Design grad program. Making and sharing are her two biggest passions, and she's created hundreds of free online DIY tutorials and videos, mostly about technology and its intersection with crafts. Find her @bekathwia on YouTube/Twitter/Instagram.
