Ties

Ties are easy to make. In not positive they were period in SCA clothing, maybe in some but this is a requested and non A & S judged project. Grommets are a no no. But they are useful for the quicker fun projects as well.
My friend wanted a Tudor dress which comes in several pieces. I even did a little research on the style she liked. This time I'm deciding to make ties for the sides of the bodice instead of closing sides and opening the back.
Anyway for ties, all you have to do is use the same material from the main cloth your using. Cut long strips first with maybe a width of 1 inch. Go ahead and on one end tie a regular shoelace bow. This is your check to see how long will be needed. Undo and measure. Mine came out to 16 inches and will be cutting 5 of them at that many inches. On the bodice I went ahead also and measured out where they are going on all sides. Total of 10 on left and 10 on the right. That's 20 in total. White chalk all your measures and cut. Chalk your placements on the inside of the bodice too, Just don't cut the bodice.
Next you'll be ironing and folding each 16 each piece separately. Fold 1/2 side to the middle, iron and fold in the other side overlapping. Iron and sew the overlapped part near the top. The ends will look tidier too if you overlap both ends just a little and sew those down. Try to keep all sewing on one side. That's it!
If you marked your bodice on the inside with chalk, next is to pin those ties in where they are going. You can either sew them in separately or just sew in one long line next to the edge. I'm putting mine in next to the boning and sewing a line all the way down. I'll use matching threads to blend in though. For extra support, I would suggest doing 2 lines next to each other.

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