#104885
May 12th, 2004 at 04:07 PM
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So yesterday I was taking Stephen's suit to the dry cleaner's and got this awesome idea for a quilt. I want to use old ties!! I don't mean old as in stale and falling apart....just as in ones that people just don't use anymore. I can remember my dad throwing out trashbag fulls of them when I was younger, so I have an idea that other people have a whole bunch of them also??? So what do you say? Would anyone be willing to send me ties that they or they're husbands don't need anymore??? If you do, I'll give you credit on the quilt label and take pictures of the quilt when its all done.
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#104886
May 12th, 2004 at 04:50 PM
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I saw "Calling All Crazy People" on the header of the post, and man, I was HERE!!! But, Andy doesn't have any ties, new or old! I bet my dad has enough for 50 quilts, though. I'll make sure to find out!
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May 12th, 2004 at 05:15 PM
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Cindy, that title also attacted me here too.....I'm a little crazy....lol Aren't we all? Jennifer, that would be a good idea I think.....my hubby owns one tie, and it's a clip on.....lol My dad has tons of them though, I'll see what I can do.
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May 12th, 2004 at 06:19 PM
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Crazy people,yep that describes me :rolleyes: I have seen a quilt made with old ties and it was gorgeous!!! I know my husband has some ties hidden somewhere(he would rather die than wear one), I'll look and see if I can find them. Karen
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May 12th, 2004 at 06:28 PM
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May 12th, 2004 at 06:37 PM
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heard you were callin' me, Jenn!
Ties....great idea! I will ask around and I am sure I will be able to send you some.
Barb
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May 12th, 2004 at 06:59 PM
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#104892
May 12th, 2004 at 11:44 PM
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I'll check my hubby's tie collection. He used to have to wear them an eon ago. My uncle and dad did too so I'll check with them as well. You might want to check in on church rummage sales and garage sales, I bet you could get a bunch pretty cheap. That is if we don't all inundate you with 'em.
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May 13th, 2004 at 03:07 AM
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May 13th, 2004 at 04:39 AM
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You know I just checked this post, just to see who answered it Sure Weezie, Likely story!! Drawn to it Like a moth to a flame
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#104895
May 13th, 2004 at 06:30 AM
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gardengal has a great idea! love the church, yard,garage sales, flea markets, your loco hand me down stores! had a couple of ties for my hubby & son but they keep disapearing,
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May 13th, 2004 at 06:50 AM
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I was planning on going to Goodwill to look for some also. I can't wait to see all the different designs and stuff. I hope I can find some really crazy ones also!! Who likes a totally serious quilt, anyways? The one that I'd like to make from Batiks has all these awesome swirlies that you applique' onto the background (which is 9 different shades of a color!!!) I'm going to use pinks for the background and then blues, lime greens, purples, and yellows for the swirls. But like I said, I need to find the $$ for that one first. :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
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May 13th, 2004 at 11:44 PM
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lol the crazy people thing got me My friends have ties, but they use them all i guess *shrugs* I also have a bow tie, but i really don't wana give that up lol. Mum gave it to me as a present ^.^ But i wish you all the luck in your quilt! ~Phoebe
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#104898
May 14th, 2004 at 02:20 PM
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YOOHOO, Jen..... I looked through my husband's tie collection...boy does he have some ugly ones!! I'll ask him to go through them this weekend and hopefully get rid of a couple!
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May 15th, 2004 at 02:26 AM
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May 15th, 2004 at 06:29 PM
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May 22nd, 2004 at 12:09 AM
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Sure Weezie, Likely story!! Drawn to it Like a moth to a flame Phil...you are a character. The title got me here as well ....but the part that got my imagination going was when you said: I was taking Stephen's suit to the dry cleaner's and got this awesome idea for a quilt .... my mind wandered and thought for sure you didn't like the suit so you cut it up for a quilt. Catlover
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May 22nd, 2004 at 01:08 AM
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Man, when I saw "Calling All Crazy People" it WAS like a moth to a flame for me!!! Guess that pretty well sums my bio up, huh?
And if you have any ties left over, send them to me so I can make a dress like I had WAY back when!
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#104903
July 21st, 2004 at 08:52 PM
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hisgal2....can't help you out with the ties.... but was just curious if you had received any ties and if any progress has been made on the quilt!
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July 22nd, 2004 at 07:39 AM
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This is a great idea! (Must confess, I too thought you were going to make the suit into a quilt ) My husband had ties he doen't like/use. But he's funny about getting rid of clothes, for some reason. He even hates to pack away his off-season clothes. I think he thinks the clothes will disappear, or maybe he's just a packrat (Sorry, getting off topic here - it's that stream-of-concious writing Phoebe mentioned an another thread) Anyway, I'll still ask him about the ties. Should be able to get at least a few. Then I'm PM you for your address.
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#104905
November 16th, 2004 at 09:52 AM
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Hi "Crazies"
It's amazing how many people have responded to this subject! The idea of a tie quilt is great, but if that doesn't work out, make it a real, ole-timey CRAZY quilt. The material is rich like the Victorians may have used and you could do all sorts of embroidery stitches on it.
Of course, all that embroidery would probably keep me going on it for 30 years or so. I've got some embroidery now that I started 20 years ago and it's not close to being finished!
Ann1
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November 17th, 2004 at 03:53 AM
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I went to a thrift store and bought several ties in different designs but matching color tones so I can make Maxi a suit vest out of them. They were only pennies each and in very good condition.
And you know, you can make your own Batik fabric? Just put your piece of background fabric into a large embroidery hoop, paint your design with wax, then dye....A quilt made of handmade Batik would be lovely.
Merme
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#104907
November 20th, 2004 at 08:59 AM
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I am just SO tickled that there were so many responses before ME!!! (re: alling all crazies) I am gathering a bunch of oldies but goodies for you....my father ~in~law has been a Pastor for 48 years....trust me...he has ties!!!!! And NEEDS to get rid of most of them! Unfortunately I just got rid of about 3 boxes of ties that were my dad's........didn't realize they could have kept us toasty warm!
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#104908
December 13th, 2004 at 07:03 PM
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but was just curious if you had received any ties and if any progress has been made on the quilt! I was given a paper shopping bag full of mostly silk ties that someone didn't want anymore. They are pretty nice. The man is a wealthy person who didn't wear them too often. He even had the dry cleaned before I got them!!! I just started trying to piece them together the other day, but it is not my main prject right now. Remember that batiks quilt that I said I wanted to make?? Well, I started it a few months back and the top is almost complete. The swirls have been fused to the main top and now I am stitching around them with a blanket stitch. Each swirl is going to have glass bead work on it. The first one I did took me 5 1/2 hours to complete the bead work. For every blanket stitch I did, I put a bead on it. All of the swirls will be different. Here is a couple of pictures of the quilt top. More pictures can be seen in my webshots under "Noel's Quilt".
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#104909
December 13th, 2004 at 08:47 PM
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That's a really really nice lookin' quilt!!! I love the colors and the swirls, that must have been tricky doing' that!!!! The beads look neat, but that looks like alooooot of work....I'd be cross eyed by the time I got done with that!!! But very nice indeed!!! Thanks for sharing that!!!! Weezie
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