I have this incredible friend in Hawaii who is gifted in everything she does. She's been like this from the time we were in kindergarten. If she wasn't such a good friend, I might have been jealous of her talent. After my husband retired from the US E.P.A., he decided to just donate his work ties. I knew that Mavis was doing all kinds of different crafts since she had sent many of her beautiful works of art to us for the holidays. I e-mailed to ask her if she'd like the ties to use for a project. Imagine our surprise when this arrived the following Christmas! It's hanging in our diningroom here in Illinois and will certainly hold a place of honor once we move to Hawaii.
Aaack! The movers are coming next week!!!
The EPA? Wow..what an interesting job. My husband had so many ugly ties that I wonder what they would look like framed. Your friend is very talented.
ReplyDeleteWhat a clever idea! You obviously have a very creative friend.
ReplyDeleteDo you already have a home in Hawaii? You know where you're going to put things It's not easy to put a household in one large box. I feel for you.
love the tie quilt, i have many of my dad's old ties in box. good luck with the move, take a deep breath now and then try not to get overwhelmed. new experiences await you and family ties to strengthen in hawaii. best wishes, lin
ReplyDeleteThat's a brilliant idea - I shall certainly keep that in mind for when my husband retires in a few months time. You must be getting very excited about your move - or are you just too anxious to be excited?
ReplyDeleteThat is an incredible quilt. That's so great of you to lift up your friend's talent!
ReplyDeleteTHAT is clever, and it's pretty, too. I must rummage through Ken's old ties...
ReplyDeleteI'll be thinking of you as you make the big move and waiting to read your posts from Hawaii.
Good luck with the move, love the ties and the work that went into the making of a great feature.
ReplyDeleteI have bought a waistcoat made out of off cuts of ties, near where we live is a shop who has a lady who works in a tie factory and she buys all the off cuts and makes waistcoats out of the pieces, they are great and very colourful waistcoats.
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Wow! Your friend really does have an eye for art. This is beautiful. Lisa
ReplyDeleteWhat a nice thing for your friend to do! Good luck on your move to Hawii. I can't wait to read about how the move went. Pretty soon, you'll be settled in a new, beautiful place. Big change from Illinois to Hawii, how exciting!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea. And very nice too.
ReplyDeleteGreat idea. After I retired, I donated about 100 ties to Goodwill. I hope they got some good use out of them.
ReplyDeleteNice post,
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This is so beautiful. What a clever idea. I love it! Thanks for sharing it & commenting on my sky Watch last Friday.
ReplyDeleteWell, I certainly have more than enough ties to try this, but do I have the tallent. My husband is a retired kindergarten teacher and his tie collection is quite bold, bright and fun, and is still hanging in the closet!
ReplyDeleteThanks for bing a regular reader of my blog. I finally got back to checking yours out. Good luck on the move.
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ReplyDeletei do love wacky art, which we simply don't have enough of here in Hania, where i live.