Tildy's Macramé Wall Art
Tildy's Macramé Wall Art
Solid untreated cedar — naturally weather-resistant, no varnish, no chemicals
Copper roof — keeps the rain out and ages into a beautiful patina
Mixed tunnel sizes — welcomes mason bees, mining bees and many other wild species
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Tildy's Macramé Wall Art
Hand-Knotted in Coweta County, Georgia — Since 1948
Tildy Whitfield, 66, third-generation maker. Eleven women. One porch. The final 220 pieces of a 78-year-old family workshop.
“A machine ties a macramé owl in nine minutes. My Wanda Mae takes six hours. You can feel the difference on the wall.”
What’s In The Box
Why a Whitfield Outlasts the Store-Bought Kind
One woman ties your piece from first knot to last. No assembly line. Six to fourteen hours of one pair of hands.
The finishing knot Lula Bell learned from a sailor in 1947. A textured ridge no factory has ever copied.
40–80 manual tension adjustments per piece. That is why it holds its shape after a year — and after twenty.
Every fringe end is sealed by hand, not cut by machine. 200+ ends per piece. It never unravels from the bottom up.
Wanda Mae signs Wanda Mae. Earlene signs Earlene. You know exactly whose hours hang on your wall.
100% US-grown cotton, spun to the same spec Clarice Whitfield chose in 1971. Unchanged in 55 years.
“Machine-knotted decor fails at the tension points — the cord relaxes within a season and the piece loses its silhouette. What the Whitfield workshop does is fundamentally different: manual tension adjustment at every row, hand-sealed fiber ends, and a finishing ridge that locks the bottom edge. Pieces built this way are structurally closer to heritage textile work than to home decor. I would expect them to outlast the walls they hang on.”
The Five Designs — One Crafter Each
Perfect For
The Whitfield Standard
- 100% US cotton cord — grown in Georgia and Alabama, spun in South Carolina.
- 6–14 hours of handwork — per piece, by one crafter, start to finish.
- Signed original — every piece carries its maker’s name. No two are identical.
- Ready to hang — hand-finished hanger included, no hardware needed.
- Final release — from the last 220 pieces of the workshop. Never restocked.
Hang it. Live with it. If it doesn’t feel like it belongs, send it back for a full refund — no questions asked. Tildy’s words: “I am not going to be the woman who shipped you something you did not want.”
A note on handmade: Bobbie dyes the green cord in a copper pot on her own stove — no two dye lots match exactly. Knot density and fringe fall vary slightly from piece to piece. That is not a flaw. That is the proof a person made it.
Details
| Material | 100% US-grown cotton cord; wooden beads, glass nazar disc or brass frame depending on design |
| Approx. sizes | Owl 12×28" · Five-Leaf 26×34" · Avocado Leaves 16×30" · Evil Eye 11×30" · Angel Wings 19×27" (incl. fringe) |
| Hanger | Hand-finished wood branch, driftwood, bamboo dowel or brass heart frame (by design) |
| Care | Dust gently or shake out. Do not machine-wash. Keep out of direct rain. |
| Made in | Whitfield & Daughters Workshop, Coweta County, Georgia — est. 1948 |
| Heritage | Tens of thousands of pieces wholesaled to Southern boutiques between 1971 and 2026 |
| Shipping | Free U.S. shipping · ships in 3–5 business days, tissue-wrapped |
