Necktie Quilt
05-22-2010, 05:17 AM
#32
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Originally Posted by wildyard
I want to know so much more, too. Why did you have to use the interfacing? Is it washable? What happens if you use different kinds of ties, different fabrics I mean?
LOL, I think I need to do some searching on quilts from ties.
LOL, I think I need to do some searching on quilts from ties.
05-23-2010, 10:21 AM
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I LOVE this quilt.
I bought 2 BIG boxes of ties at a Girls and Boys Club fundraiser. I tossed them in the washing machine set on cold, because they were all stained (reds together, blues together etc)- and hung them outside to dry. Then I took out the stitches and threw away the linings.
After that, I treated them like any other BIAS fabric. I've foundation pieced with them - NOT paper pieced, because they need a foundation. I used some of the blocks on a robe for DGD. Unfortunately, no pictures. I still have a LOT of ties left.
I bought 2 BIG boxes of ties at a Girls and Boys Club fundraiser. I tossed them in the washing machine set on cold, because they were all stained (reds together, blues together etc)- and hung them outside to dry. Then I took out the stitches and threw away the linings.
After that, I treated them like any other BIAS fabric. I've foundation pieced with them - NOT paper pieced, because they need a foundation. I used some of the blocks on a robe for DGD. Unfortunately, no pictures. I still have a LOT of ties left.
05-23-2010, 05:06 PM
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Is there a name for the pattern? My daughter in Tx keeps sending me her husband's ties and said when I have "enough" could I make him a quilt? I am absolutely horrified to think of working with ties but I LOVE your quilt and it gives me inspiration...did you work from a pattern designed for and with instructions on how to work with the ties? I need all the help I can get.
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