Marty's ties and other stuff

I finished Rotem's quilt and my next project is Marty's ties quilt. There were 92 ties (I thought there were more). I washed them in lingerie bags in the washing machine in cold water on a delicate cycle. They came out untangled and I air dried them on a drying rack. None of the ties disintegrated in the process, so that's good. (I have another 5-6 of his ties previously washed and ironed open for a chuppah which didn't materialize). I now have to "cannibalize" the ties, i.e. remove the lining. Then I have to decide whether to use the ties "as is" (retaining the folds and shape and appliqueing it to the background) or iron the fabric flat. I have received conflicting reports on this. If as is, I will have two layers of each tie. If ironed flat, it is recommended that I use iron on stabilizer so the fabric doesn't shift/stretch while working with it.
I'm not sure which method I will use, but for now I need to cannibalize and that should take a while.

Today Menachem was off so we figured we'd do some errands, including buying paint for the family room. We decided to go to the Home Depot near my mother's house so we could visit with her and hear about her trip to England. I called before we left the house but there was no answer. We went there anyways because we had to pick up some stuff from her basement. Then we went to the store. We really didn't want to spend a lot of money since we probably won't be staying in the house that long and are really painting it for selling purposes. We chose a contractor's paint which has four available tints -- two are white and two are off-white. We chose an off-white called "bone white" which leans slightly to the beige/taupe and isn't quite as stark as plain white. We also looked around a bit and then I called my mother who still wasn't home. (That ruled out "gone shopping"). So I called Yunkie to ask if he knew where she was and she was there. And they invited us for lunch. We rarely refuse an invitation... And we always have a good time with them. We had a nice visit but didn't get home until close to 5 p.m. So much for getting stuff done today...

But it was a good and relaxing day so it doesn't matter.

Tomorrow is my FAT group at Laura's place. I think I will take some ties for advice and some other handwork and see what everyone else has been up to. I also finally figured out, sort of, how to do a piece using a circular needlepointed dove (formerly from my late father's kippah). I'm thinking of also using one of his ties and some machine/bobbin stitching and hand embroidery and beading. I'll see how that goes.

Off to measure the walls for baseboarding for the family room.