Thursday, December 27, 2007

Need Some Old Silk Neckties?

My husband has tidied his closet (thank you, Santa!!!) and I have eight silk neckties to give away to someone who is collecting them for a future necktie quilt. These neckties are in excellent condition, clean (no food stains) and are of recent production (not vintage). I'll put them in a U.S. Priority Mail flat rate envelope and send them to you and ask only for reimbursement for the postage ($4.60). Obviously, USA residents only and first come, first serve.

Send your snail mail address in an email to jacknox at earthlink dot net substituting the @ sign for the word "at" and the . for the word "dot" as needed. I have a spamblocker but if you put Silk Neckties or some such wording in your subject line I will find your email.

I made a necktie quilt once and it was an interesting thing to do but once was enough. I made mine in a brick wall pattern and used black sateen cotton as the "mortar" in the brick wall .... it turned out rather handsome, even if I do say so myself. LOL

Judy
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4 comments:

  1. Laura in AlabamaDecember 28, 2007 at 10:21 AM

    I think you'll find that the cost of Priority Mail has gone up to about $9.60. You might want to drop back to First Class...

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  2. Judy in OhioDecember 28, 2007 at 1:33 PM

    Laura, if you go to to the USPS website at http://www.usps.com/prices/welcome.htm you will see that the Priority Mail Flat Rate envelope (which you can stuff to bursting) goes for $4.60 ... the Flat Rate box costs more.

    Judy

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  3. Linda in AZDecember 29, 2007 at 9:24 PM

    Any chance you could post a picture of your necktie quilt?

    Also what would be the 2-3 best tips you could give someone who wanted to make one?

    I have a large collection of my late father's ties that I would like to make a quilt out of and yours sounds interesting.

    Thanks
    Linda in sunny AZ where the golfing is great

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  4. Judy in OhioDecember 29, 2007 at 10:54 PM

    Neckties are cut on the bias and then chainstitched so they are easy to take apart once you find the correct end to "unzip". I got a 3" x 6" straight of grain rectangle of useful fabric out of each necktie that I made into a "brick" for the running bond pattern I chose to use. (Just a normal brick wall.) I saved some of the lah-de-dah labels I came across and sewed those to the plain fabrics .... Christian Dior, Oscar de la Renta, etc. ... because I scrounged neckties at garage sales, etc. I backed the silk fabrics with fusible interfacing before I cut out each rectangle to stabilize the slithery silks. This quilt is backed with flannel so it stays on my Dad's lap. I made it in 1980, long before I had a digital camera ...

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