Thanks Izy for posting this site. I have been collecting ribbon for a crazy quilt.

collettekay thanks for starting this thread.

K3n I love your blocks.

I have been dragging my feet to start my crazy quilt. I have brought the books, read them. I just need to get to it. I have been collecting neckties for my fabric. I need to get them out and start. I'm thinking I want to washing them first. Distress them and let them shrink. See which ones survive. :-) Does anyone have any advise? I hope mine turn out as pretty as K3n.

Janstar I love your block. I posted before seeing yours. Did you washing your ties first? Daffy duck just is too cool. :D

Great thread with a lot of good info--thanks!!

K-I love your crazy quilt blocks--not OTT at all!!

Sewsew, no I didn't wash them. I figured it would never be larger than a wall hanging most likely. My DH and I looked at all the thrift stores to collect ties. Was fun! Thank you for the comment.

I also used scraps of velvet from some of my daughter's baby dresses, some satiny stuff (sure it's poly) and all kinds of stuff I could forage (DH kindly donated a gold silk tie!) All the usual quilting rules just fly out of the window! Any fabrics I couldn't turn under, eg the velvet, I just covered the raw edge with the next patch or a strip of ribbon. And as for the embellishments - if ever you get fed up with buying fabric (???!) this opens up a whole new shopping prospect! I've even used bits of broken old earrings, and I got a big bag of old beads for next to nothing from a brocante (French jumble sale).

Have fun!

K x

I did a few patches with ugly fabrics and a new machine using all the fancy stitches for embellishments and the pets LOVE it! :lol:
I haven't tried a really NICE one yet, but have been collecting for YEARS! LOL :lol: This might (you notice, I said might,) be a good place to use some of my treasures. They would make a nice album cover, for the scrap bookers! :lol: Or an eyeglass cover! Or something not too large and overwhelming! Have many books on the subject, but I am spending WAAY too much time on this site to get all my quilting done. Choices, What's a gal gonna do! :?

I'll ask the girl at my quilt group if she minds me taking a pic of her tote bag to post - it's a really cute way to use a crazy block.

K x

That would be wonderful if she will let you. Thanks

My favorite quilting is Crazy Quilting, You sure do beautiful work.
Enjoy your pics. Send it when complete. It will be a joy to view

Looks like so much fun and I love the idea of using ties. So many odeas and so little time.