OMG. My Necktie Quilt.

by Sister-Diane on April 6, 2009

in Crafty Community, Fabric Crafts

I’m recovering today from the most amazing crafty weekend ever. Handmade Nation premiered in Portland, which created a great opportunity for a lot of crafty internet pals to come to town and play.

I’ll write more about all this soon, but for today, wanted to share this wondrous fact: the necktie quilt I was coveting a couple weeks agonecktie quilt I was coveting a couple weeks ago is all mine!

This is due to the kindness of lovely friends: Susan was with me when I saw the quilt, and promptly emailed Sarah, Rachel, Leethal, Jen, and Michaela. They chipped in, and then surprised me this weekend. I was blown away – the thought of that moment still makes me forget to breathe.

It’s a blessing to have such thoughtful, supportive friends. And it’s a joy to have gotten some all-together time. Thank you, ladies!

I’m looking forward to giving my new baby some TLC. The tie squares are backed with muslin squares, which are then sewn together – so it would be very easy to make some new blocks to swap out.

Or, I could add some necktie appliques over the rips. So hard to decide. And so awesome to have the decision to make!

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Tagged as: necktie, vintage

  • OMG is right, now that is a quilt I might actually finish!
  • If you don't already know Jude then you should head over to her blog
    http://www.spiritcloth.typepad.com/
    to see how she celebrates wear and tear in cloth.
    Make sure that you also look at the right hand site of her webpage and click on her "What if" blog or visit it at http://spiritcloth.typepad.com/what_if/
  • um ok this is just too awesome for words! it's soooo perfect for you. can't wait to see how you mend it. :)
  • If there is any one person on this earth who should have this quilt, it is you! You are, after all, the neck tie godess!
  • That is so sweet. It reminds me of when Tangereen was in kindergarten and the classroom auction project was a quilt made using children's artwork. The parents who worked on it secretly made a second, identical quilt, which they presented to the teacher after the "real" quilt had been auctioned off. It was such a surprise for her, you could tell she would never forget that moment.
  • I share your joy! That is fabulous. What lovely friends. :)
  • This is a FANTASTIC story. Congrats to you! I didn't start at the beginning because I was looking at the quilt and I thought you made it, and I got confused and sent you a wacky email. But now I see what happened! Are they the best friends?!

    I had a dream about you, that you were laughing and talking with bunches of friends. No kidding. That's all that I remember about the dream, that you were just smiling and talking and everyone was all around a table. Is that freaking weird? And I haven't been here for a week!
  • aww!! Your friends rock. That quilt has YOU written all over it. It was meant to be!
  • queenofsheba
    squee! I think some trade out and some applique is in order, myself. I mean, when you've already got the cow, you can have the milk, too.
  • What great friends! I love the quilt.
  • yay! necktie quilt!!!!
  • That was such a cool moment!!
  • what great friends! :D Its a lovely quilt. Really neat idea for ties that are not needed
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