Memory Items from Old Ties??
#21
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Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Florida
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Check your library for a book on making quilts with ties. When I made one, I hand washed, line dried, and used fusible on the back of each one to deal with the bias stretch of ties. Most of mine were polyester. I used the book Daddies' Ties by Shirley Botsford? She had a teddy bear pattern that I wanted to attempt.
#22
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Join Date: Apr 2018
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I don't know if this comes too late to help you, but Nancy's Notions has a free apron pattern made with men's ties:https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/02...f?v=1697137667
#24
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Here is the thread with one that you started last year -https://www.quiltingboard.com/vbulletin/pictures-f5/christmas-presents-t319782.html with the quilt at https://www.quiltingboard.com/attach...223_170437.jpg
#25
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I don't know if this comes too late to help you, but Nancy's Notions has a free apron pattern made with men's ties:https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/02...f?v=1697137667
#27
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Join Date: Aug 2010
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Finished the tie apron and I like it. But I'll never do another! Too much work! I was just about finished when I noticed a big stain on one of the ties. Hence, the pocket. I think the recipient (who gave me the ties in the first place) will enjoy it, though, and that's what really matters.
#28
A few years ago my quilting group had a tie challenge. I collected tie’s from everyone I knew. Took them apart and washed them. They washed up pretty good. Made a crazy quilt wall hanging from them. Used the tags to decorate each block. Lots of fun.