{"id":283,"date":"2007-11-28T07:35:03","date_gmt":"2007-11-28T11:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/?p=283"},"modified":"2008-05-01T15:22:30","modified_gmt":"2008-05-01T19:22:30","slug":"embroidered-necktie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/?p=283","title":{"rendered":"Embroidered Necktie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src='http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/necktie.jpg' class='contentimg' alt='Skull Necktie' \/>Here&#8217;s another neat commercial product that could easily be <del datetime=\"2007-11-08T15:41:52+00:00\">stolen<\/del> adapted for the home game.  These <a href=\"http:\/\/cogandpearl.com\/store\/product_info.php?cPath=30_24&#038;products_id=82\">ties<\/a> are freehand machine embroidery, and I like the loose, casual look of the finished skulls.<\/p>\n<p>There are all kinds of embroidery patterns and clip art that are there for the googling, or if you&#8217;re artsy you could draw a design yourself.  Be sure to keep the lines relatively simple, since you&#8217;re going to have to follow them with a sewing machine.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re sufficiently comfortable with your sewing skills to attempt a freehand design, get a blank silk necktie or scarf (psst: Shadow Manor <a href=\"http:\/\/shadowmanor.com\/store\/product.php?productid=16221&#038;cat=273&#038;page=1\">sells these<\/a>) and either draw the lines lightly on the tie using tailor&#8217;s chalk or transfer the pattern to tracing paper and pin the paper securely on top of the tie.  Then, moving slowly, follow the lines with your sewing machine.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re no good with a machine, hand-stitch the pattern using a contrasting color of thread; the stitches won&#8217;t be quite as tight, so you&#8217;ll need a contrasting color for the design to stand out.  Either way, you&#8217;ll have a unique and fashionable accessory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s another neat commercial product that could easily be stolen adapted for the home game. These ties are freehand machine embroidery, and I like the loose, casual look of the finished skulls. There are all kinds of embroidery patterns and clip art that are there for the googling, or if you&#8217;re artsy you could draw [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-doom-it-yourself","category-needful-things","category-paint-it-black"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}