One lady I knew did a NY Beauty using the neckties. That would take a lot of scraps.
The Dresden plate flowers with stems & leaves appliqued on a piece on single fabric or a pieced background, are striking and whimsical. Especially, if you add a grassy bottom to the quilt and a blue sky with clouds at the top. I, also, saw a Shirt pattern, where all the blocks were shirts and each had a necktie on them. I believe it was a PP pattern.