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Old 09-09-2014, 04:13 PM
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If you really hate it, just finish it and donate it. or ask on the board. I know people here finish things to donate. alot of work went into it, so let it go and start on something new.
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Old 09-09-2014, 04:24 PM
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Oh Javin, I do feel your pain. I made a quilt top a year ago and despised it. I so understand your feeling of not wanting to waste another minute of your life on it, let alone finish it to donate, etc. This "fugly" top I made was hanging in the sewing room closet until this Spring. I'd take it out every now and then to see if I could reconsider - nope! Finally emailed a pic to a close friend here on QB and asked her if it needed to go to the landfill. She critiqued it. I ripped it apart one afternoon per her suggestion then turned it into two lap quilts using sashing to break up the busyness. Was pleased to finally have positive resolution.
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Old 09-09-2014, 04:27 PM
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Maybe group the blocks with white in the center, then use the darker blocks as sort of a frame or border?
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Old 09-09-2014, 05:59 PM
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I had 2 offers to finish it and donate it, so that takes care of that. Now I don't have to think about it anymore. It is a nightmare. Blah! I am glad it is going to something good. I really don't care if they take it all apart or anything, I just want it gone.
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Old 09-09-2014, 06:24 PM
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Yeah! Sounds like a great ending! It will be a relief to get it in the mail to someone else and you can move on!!
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Old 09-09-2014, 08:15 PM
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Table runners or placemats would be a way to rescue a top that we don't like.
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Old 09-09-2014, 08:18 PM
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I think it is one of those quilts that would be used in books as a very artistic looking different quilt.
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Old 09-09-2014, 11:04 PM
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Originally Posted by javin22 View Post
Thanks for the suggestions. I think taking the blue and white ones out would make it better. But I don't want to mess with it any more. I would like to just get rid of it. Any takers?
This was my first thought. Keep to the other colours to make extra block and white sashing
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Old 09-10-2014, 03:33 AM
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I'm glad you posted this. By reading other's comments, I know whats wrong with something I've done and maybe (if I can bring myself to look at the darn thing again!) I can go back and fix it.
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Old 09-10-2014, 04:36 AM
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Hope you finish it, with or without the sashing.
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