Upcycled Givenchy Necktie Flower Brooch Tutorial

I purchased a Givenchy necktie for Mr Recycled, just a dollar from my local Op Shop. Sadly though, it appears Mr Recycled and I do not share the same taste in necktie’s, he didn’t really like it.

The Givenchy tie happens to be one of my favourite colours, so rather than donate it back to the Op Shop, I put it aside to make an accessory with.

My initial thought was to make a wooden beaded necktie necklace (seen here), but I changed my mind, and thought it would make a nice brooch instead.   Here it is:

This was really, really easy to make, and took less than half an hour to complete.  The project involves minimal cutting therefore minimal waste.

Materials required:

• Secondhand necktie, thrifted is fine, it doesn’t have to be silk.
• Needle and thread.  I used ‘invisible‘ nylon thread.
• Pins.
• Scissors.
• Seam ripper, otherwise you could just use scissors.
• Decorative button
• Glue gun and brooch back, this is optional, as you could also sew on a safety pin.

Step One

Remove inner lining of necktie.  To do this, either use a seam ripper or scissors to cut away the thread that holds the necktie together at the back.

Once that is done, keep hold of the necktie inner lining, you will use this later.

Step Two

Hold your necktie and start folding it around in a circle, starting with the larger end first.  Pins might help you here to hold in place as you fold.  Use your needle and thread to sew by hand and hold in place.

Keep folding and hand sewing in a circle, on top of the the previous layer.  Each layer should be placed slightly in from the edge of the last layer

Step Three

You’re just about done now, the final step is to sew a decorative button to the centre front (if you want to) of your flower brooch.