Sandrea

What a unique idea to show off the ties and have a lasting remembrance of Dad. (Love the design)

nms

What a beautiful memory for them! I made my friend a quilt made from her son's Jerry Garcia ties-her son passed unexpectedly-so very sad. She loves to nap and cover herself with the quilt. It makes him feel close. Makes me feel that I can give her some comfort in a small way )

sewdamncute

Great ideas! He had some cool ties, huh?

QandE2010

What a cool way to repurpose the ties. Nice!

mimiknoxtaylor

What a neat idea. And how sweet of you to do this for them

mimi=17

Memory quilts they will love this.

thebossbab

How wonderful! Very clever. What a great feeling you must have to be able to do this for your friend and her sisters to remember their beloved father by.

maxnme01

Soooo clever. That's the first time I've seen this idea. Great job!

sewellie

I would love to know a little more about how you made them. Did you cut them in any way, are they whole and how big is the finished piece. I have a lot of ties and this one I really like. Any other info. would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time.

moreland

I think the finished pieces were probably 18" x 20-21 inches. I simply cut off 7/8 inch piece from the wide end of the tie. I left all the facings, etc in the ties. I put 2 ties together at an angle and sewed the angles (edges closest to the middle of the finished design.), then I cut off the left over ends even with the tie. Then I arranged three "sets" together to form the flower design. The stem is the small end of a tie--I looked for "silky" pieces for these so they would bend easily--i.e. had some bias in them. The butterflies/floral centers were some I had on hands. I used them to cover the center of the flowers. I used my applique/blanket stitch on the sewing machine to sew everything down. Oh, yes. I put together the back/batting/ and foundation first. I spray basted them together, then arranged the ties to make the flowers. I just used straight cut (2 1/2 inch wide) fabric strips for the bindings. Then I cut 4" pieces from the backs of the ties used in the flowers and made the hanging loops at the top. I just straight stitched them on (in the ditch of the binding.)
Good luck with your ties. My friend seemed very happy with the hangings.