A brown paper bag of mysterious neckties and a challenge to create something totally memorable began the challenge. When you look at a tie up close and personal, you discover incredible fabrics, unique designs, special understitching constructions and a bundle of questions all rolled into one little bias neck statement. Who wore this? When was it selected? Was it a special occasion? What memories does it hold? Why was it worn on one day and not the next? What was the person who owned this like? The questions kept coming up . . . Pulling in my brain quest search and putting together a design or two that would meet the goals of making a memory statement and meet my own aesthetics really started the actual “Make it Work” activities. Gently taking the stitches out . . . feeling the fabrics and how they handled beneath my hands . . . observing the colors and how light reflected or was absorbed . . . And, always, remembering that these ties belonged to someone very special, someone who wore them as part of his life, and respecting the memories that they held.