Silk Tie Christmas Vest

The front of this vest is made entirely from Talbots silk ties. At one time there was a Talbots outlet near my house and my friends and I would go over to the store and buy silk ties just for the fabric. The ties were sold by the bag! I made a few ‘tie’ vests but it took a while to collect enough Christmas ties to complete a Christmas tie vest. One side of the vest is crazy piecing and the other side is strip piecing. This vest is vintage 1990s!