The quilts are lovely! I imagine they are a good remembrance to the owners too.
Somewhere... (in storage) I have a trunk full of ties waiting to be stitched together for someone's quilt. I hope it can be mine.
When I was a small girl, a neighbor made a beautiful comforter-type quilt from her late husband's ties, and I have wanted one ever since. Hers was unusual in that it only had the ties and no borders or sashing. Somehow she criss-crossed the ends to make them come out even--wide end matched to a narrow end.