Would like creative non-destructive ideas to display sentimental, retired ties.

So a long time ago my grand father died. He always wore ties and he had a whole bunch of them. After he died, I got all his ties. I was wondering if anyone knew of a creative way to display his ties or to re-use them or something. It could be made into something artistic or part of something functional.

Any ideas?

 

What a great idea. I googled and found this, could be considered wall art. With meaning.





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My wife quilts. By hand. Yes, actually makes her own quilts from her own designs (usually). She enjoys the piecing process (putting together the top, decorative piece), but hates the actual quilting (putting the batting in and sewing on the bottom piece). She has the top done for one using old ties... she asked at work for old ties and got several hundred, from which she selected complementary colour patterns and arranged them into a pinwheel sort of circle. I think there are 4 of them in the entire quilt. Granted this is destructive in that they can no longer be used as ties, but it does make for a very nice effect.

 

This was going to be my suggestion as well when I saw the thread title. A friend of mine lost her dad just after she graduated from college. She spent the last 2 years of law school sewing exactly this kind of quilt out of his ties while studying.

 

It's not so creative but I've become partial to the shadow box for memories like this. Find a nice picture of your grandfather wearing one of the ties you have and put it in a box with that that tie. It's so simple and respectful enough for a memorial.

 

make a jacket out of ties and then go to goodwill and get a jacket for 5$ and shred it into a tie-shape just so you can wear around all of your grandpa's ties at once (don't actually do this)