I was approached by a young woman who's father passed away, when she told me her idea of turning her Dad's ties into a quilt I couldn't wait to get started.
Truthfully I haven't turned ties into a quilt before, but I got some amazing advice from Mamaka Mills who helped me get over the fear of ties simply by interfacing them with a light weight fusible web made it easy to sew. You would never know there was so much fabric in a tie! I was surprised.
We used a Robert Kauffman dimensions fabric which is a beautiful weight and weave.
My friend Denise let me hijack her long arm and helped me quilt it up last weekend.
It turned out beautiful and I can't wait to hand it over this weekend. I'm so pleased with how elegant it is.
It turned out so beautiful!!!!
ReplyDeleteit's gorgeous! i know it will be so well received! well done! and really, what a beautiful way to preserve something of someone you love and miss. xo!
ReplyDeleteJust beautiful, Sarah! What an inspiring idea.
ReplyDeleteIt looks beautiful, Sarah! Thanks for the shout out too :)
ReplyDeleteThis is absolutely stunning! And I love your blog! Especially the quote under your page name :)
ReplyDeleteI really want to re-quote you in my online posts ... I'll link up to your page asap.
Well done!
Mimi (www.mimiscraftyworld.blogspot.com)
This is just beautiful! My daughters father-in-law has worn a tie to work forever and mentioned to me that he wants a quilt made of his ties when he rettires-
ReplyDeletethis would be perfect! Hope you don't mind me using ypur design.
Thanks
Cathy
Oh thanks everyone!
ReplyDeleteCathy it's a great design steal away! It's nothing too original I just based it off a coin quilt.
I found that the ties were about 3 x 5 cut if that helps your calculations.
You did a great job Sarah! Love it!
ReplyDeleteCathy,
ReplyDeleteYou did a beautiful job. I just got a commission to do a neck tie quilt for a lady who's
husband died. I hope I can do a good job, your's is superior.
J.
Thank you! I really enjoyed making it!
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