When You Just Really Don't Like Your Quilt
#11
I make a lot of Bonnie Hunter quilts - mystery and those I've seen. Tobacco road was one I was not crazy about - didn't start it as the mystery and when it was almost finished I was glad I hadn't. Then Bonnie put flying geese as the border and it was love. So sometimes you just need to change it up. Really not liking is is not hating it. So just find an appreciative home for it and feel good about what you did.
#12
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Just give it the old one two and finish it then give it to the charity that you had made it for. FMQ has a learning curve just like driving or riding a bike. I am certain it is NOT as awful as you think because we are our biggest critics with our own work.
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#13
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I have one like that right now. It was my first english paper piecing project and I used fabrics that someone else picked out for me with colors I don't like. It was good for learning the technique but now what do I do with the runner that I still haven't warmed up to? Maybe I should give it away like someone suggested here. Let us know what you decide to do with your Wombat as someone called it earlier.
#15
I am one who usually doesn't like a quilt when I am finished. However, I have found that if I put it up and get it out later, I do like it. Whatever preconceived ideas I have about the quilt disappear with time, and I look at it with new eyes. I know my friends are so tired of hearing me say...."I just don't really like the quilt I just finished...." I am working on not voicing my negative vives....working on it....working on it...
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#16
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You already have some excellent solutions posted. I prefer to let things 'lie' for a while and then revisit them. Maybe you are just tired of looking at it. I know that is the problem with the one I am working on now. I need to get it finished asap but it has been in the works for too long and I am beginning to second guess myself.
#19
I know how you feel!
I just had one LAQ'ed that was so flawed by red/white cornerstones that couldn't match up perfectly because the panel fabric's 'rectangles' were off to begin with. I'd loved the panels but wish they'd been consistent with usable measurements! Trying to adjust and match up rows/columns was impossible so the cornerstone problems stand out to me. A non-quilting friend said she really likes it. She's not bothered by 16th - 1/4 inch flaws. Perhaps I'll get over it. I don't even know about donating it to charity because it's disappointing for me. And, to think of what the fabrics cost and the LAQ'ing....
I'll post a picture when the binding's on and ask for some feedback and suggestions.
I just had one LAQ'ed that was so flawed by red/white cornerstones that couldn't match up perfectly because the panel fabric's 'rectangles' were off to begin with. I'd loved the panels but wish they'd been consistent with usable measurements! Trying to adjust and match up rows/columns was impossible so the cornerstone problems stand out to me. A non-quilting friend said she really likes it. She's not bothered by 16th - 1/4 inch flaws. Perhaps I'll get over it. I don't even know about donating it to charity because it's disappointing for me. And, to think of what the fabrics cost and the LAQ'ing....
I'll post a picture when the binding's on and ask for some feedback and suggestions.
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