In honor of Father's Day I have selected this quilt for my "quilt of the week". This is the quilt that hangs above my desk at the office. I made this quilt about a year and a half ago. I made it from Paul's ties and my dad's ties. I took the ties apart and removed the wool liners. Then I washed them (the silk washes beautifully) and then I cut them down into these smaller tie-looking pieces. I pieced the fans together on the sewing machine but I hand appliqued the fans to the wool suiting material that I used as the backgrounds. I hand quilted this one using a wool, charcol-colored batting. I positioned the fans together so as to resemble a bowtie as a secondary design in honor of Paul since he wears bowties about half the time. This quilt has been so enjoyable at the office and has received alot of comments especially from men which I think has been interesting since I always have a quilt hanging there but they are usually florals or more feminine and men have seldom even noticed them but the men like this one. When my Dad comes to the office, he loves to point out the ties that were his and accompanies it with "I remeber when I wore than tie to...". So Happy Father's Day Paul and Marv; enjoy your ties.
3 comments:
What a neat, creative idea. I love this AlMost as much as the pink beauty you quilted for Capri which I had the opportunity to see on Heidi's blog!! A
I LOVE your 'tie quilt'. What a clever lady U are. Any wonder U think about dinner at 5pm!! So did I when we lived 'in town' but now country living, I have to be more organised. The crock pot (or slow cooker) gets a 3-4 times a week work-out in winter!! Wouldn't be without it! IF you would like to email me, its kaoss@xtra.co.nz Have a GREAT weekend.
its awesome ... like mum said, you are super clever! luv c
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