well, until recently my ties were stored in bins, bags, and piles on the floor. not very efficient, i know. it would take me *forever* to find matching ties for projects and i’d have to make new piles in the middle of the floor and then throw them all back in the bin when i was done. i never had a way to keep them organized and they tend to wrinkle badly when left in piles! what a nightmare, i know. a friend of mine came over, looked at my sewing space and declared “you should just build strong racks that come out from the wall to hold your ties”. what a brilliant idea! we quickly sold the little couch that was taking up valuable storage space in my sewing studio. then, we went to home depot, bought a drill, some pre-cut hardwood, and elbow brackets to make this simple, yet oh-so-functional tie rack! donovan did a great job building it and so far, it’s holding about 1/3 of my actual inventory of ties. we are thinking of putting some cross pieces of wood on it so i will have more space to hang more ties. we even left room at one end to keep adding arms (in case my tie collection is growing faster than i can sew). it’s such a pleasure to have them in plain sight and grouped by color or design. it takes the frustration out of picking ties for a project, keeps them relatively wrinkle free, and frees up much of my time that is better left for creating. am i allowed to be this efficient???

**if you, or anyone else you know are interested in donating neckties to me for my art, please email me at micheLLe@sewisyourface.com. i will happily reimburse you for any shipping charges!