Last week I received two more boxes from my cousins full of fabric, clothes and other family items from my great aunt. These boxes contained a very big surprise - 197 1970's wide polyester neck ties! At first I thought "what the heck am I gonna do with a 197 funky neck ties!" Ruby had an idea that they might make a nice bed...
I've been interested in making a floor quilt and I had heard about making rugs from these things so I trusted my fate to the googles and typed in "neck tie rugs" and found a lot of really fun ideas. It seemed like the typical method was to connect them with a zig zag stitch. I've been having lots of fun working on this! Here are some picture of them coming together...
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| The center is now complete and I love it, I think I like it better all by itself than the center of the big rug. What to do, what to do? |
It's been fun to see these old styles again. I feel like I'm lost in episodes of Kojak and Barney Miller!
Hope everyone is having a great day!
Until our corners meet again,
-- Alison
Beautiful -- and what a great idea!
ReplyDeleteWow! but I don't think I could walk on those wonderful ties. I would have to have a hanging or a quilt.
ReplyDeleteThe piece is gorgeous! Great job.
glen
Thanks Glen!
DeleteI like how you did the center!
ReplyDeleteThanks Beryl!
DeleteLooks terrific! Love the center!
ReplyDeleteThanks Tudorc, It is not finished yet, I still need to tweak somethings before I can attatch the center circle. I need to decide what the center, center will be too.
DeleteWow! Those ties make a huge circle. What a fun project and a great gift.
ReplyDeleteKris this is only 70 of them. This thing is huge... 7-1/2' across.
DeleteI have been using ties to make quilts for some time, but have never considered a tie rug before. I love the way your's look, beautiful. My question is -- do you really plan to walk on them? If so, what kind of batting are you using and what to put on the backside to keep it from slipping around. I have many years worth of ties collected, so this would use them up more quickly. Love it.
ReplyDeleteDar you ask very good questions! Ties,as you know,are not the easiest to work with. I was hoping that just the weight of them would make the rug stable enough but I dont think that will be the case. I will probably double batt the center hole and then cover back with some muslin and then stitch between the ties. It's going to be very heavy and a real challange to sew on the machine. I may have to hand stitch the backing on. I would love to hear any ideas that you have, this is a "fly by the seat of my pant" project.
DeleteColorful, big, and beautiful! I don't know exactly how big it is, but could you use it as a decorative tablecloth instead of a rug? Or maybe a Christmas tree skirt?
ReplyDeleteThis project is very interesting....I have never seen this done before. I look forward to seeing how you finish this up. :)
ReplyDeleteJudy
Wow, Looks great. That is a lot of ties.
ReplyDeleteHoly cow! I've never heard of this idea, can't wait to see how it turns out.
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