so much that you couldn't bear to work on it?
Mine was "Road to Oklahoma" queen size double batting. Too big for the machine so I just tied it but it was awful!
I gave it away but I probably should have killed it with fire! : )
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so much that you couldn't bear to work on it?
Mine was "Road to Oklahoma" queen size double batting. Too big for the machine so I just tied it but it was awful!
I gave it away but I probably should have killed it with fire! : )
If you learned some things inthe process of making it, then there were some positives!
I made a queen size Card Tricks quilt, had a fat batt in it and was hand quilted every half inch with black quilting thread. It was a hard to quilt. I broke and bent many a needle,it was missing many points. It took 7 yrs to finish. I gifted it DH's Aunt, she just loved it, I named it "The Pointless Card Game".
Sharon in Texas
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I have a Double Wedding ring stash away. I KNOW I will never work on it. I should try to find a friend to pass it on to so that it will eventually get finished. Maybe I will donated it to the auction of unwanted items at the local quilt guild. Fund raiser, maybe someone will love it.
A Good Friend, like an old quilt, is both a Treasure and a Comfort
There are a few things you can do with an ugly quilt.
Cut it up and make a duffel bag --
or make a pillow, you know, sew the sides together and use batting scraps to fill it. Display it proudly on your living room couch.
Make zippered pouches for Christmas gifts.
Cut it apart and make lap quilts and donate them to a nursing home.
Make your friends doggie beds.
Cut them apart and make pot holders, and placemats. Make some to give away while you are at it.
Make a throw for the kids to use while they are on the floor watching TV.
Originally Posted by ManiacQuilter2
Yes, it was a Stack N Whack that I took lessons to make at Joann Fabrics. I disliked the fabric I chose. They didn't have much to choose from at the time. I did make it into a quilt top in three days but I still to this day don't like it at all.
When it seems like the world is falling to pieces remember that the pieces are falling into place. We are nearing closer to the End Times.
I have had several that I got the tops made but decided they were too butt ugly to finish. I put them in the free for all box at our guild. I sometimes see one finished by a member and it is still ugly. All I learned making them is I don't mind getting rid of something I don't like.
I love my life!
That made me laugh out loud. I hope you didn't say "gosh that is still ugly" to them. Thanks for the chuckle.
Debbie
www.wowilikethat.com
Yup. The very first full size quilt I made. Up to that point I had only made pot holders and table runners, then I selected "Bento Box" as my first pattern as I was told it was easy. It was easy, even with the mistake in the pattern that I caught and worked around. The problem was that I didn't yet understand how colors and values (mostly values) work in quilts, or in that pattern in particular. The end result is a very muddy colored quilt that doesn't do the pattern justice. To make matters worse, I thought a cool way to quilt it would be to use an embroidery stitch with metallic thread - without knowing HOW to do that (ie, now I know to use A) a walking foot, and B) a metallic needle). I have it about 3/4 way quilted before I finally put it aside in disgust.
But I learned a LOT from that disaster!!
May your stitches always be straight, your seams always lie flat, and your grain never be biased against you.
Sue
Bargello!(am sure it is miss spelled) loved the design, and ok with the colors, but all those seams that needed to be lined up. I think I was the only one to see them but they drove me crazy! Got so sick of that thing, finally donated it for guild scrap quilts. Life is too short for all the extra drama.
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