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10-13-2013, 05:19 PM
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The photo is basically a string quilt in pretty fabrics, I would cut them into squares and add a solid in white or cream to calm down the patterns. I do love the colors and would have bought them also without a plan. Don't you just love a sale?
10-13-2013, 05:58 PM
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I'd cut it into squares. And then sew back together in a rail fence type pattern, maybe inserting some solid squares in the blue or green. If you dont want to add that much more work into it, then I would go ahead and quilt them and donate them, there's definitely a young family out there who will love the bright happy colors and the design.
10-13-2013, 08:19 PM
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I think it looks fine, however, I might applique' something over the headless bears. 
Occasionally if I make a quilt top that doesn't come out looking like I wanted/expected, I'll use it for backing another quilt. I accidentally made one of my favorite quilts that way. I made a strippy jelly roll top with totally random strips, and didn't care for it once the top was done. The colors seemed "meh" once they were together. So I used it for backing. After it was quilted, I ended up loving it ... front AND back! LOL!
Occasionally if I make a quilt top that doesn't come out looking like I wanted/expected, I'll use it for backing another quilt. I accidentally made one of my favorite quilts that way. I made a strippy jelly roll top with totally random strips, and didn't care for it once the top was done. The colors seemed "meh" once they were together. So I used it for backing. After it was quilted, I ended up loving it ... front AND back! LOL!
10-13-2013, 09:19 PM
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Originally Posted by twinkie
I don't know if I am the only one who does this or not, but if I go into a fabric department or store that has a great sale on, I buy things I don't even know if I can use or not.
About 6 months ago I went into a Wal Mart store. They had a cart up front that said $2 each. In the cart were packages of 6 coordinating fabrics that totalled 2 yards. I got a few of those and then they had packages of 24, 2 1/2" strips, WOF, that were some nice and some "far out". But, for only $2 each, how could I go wrong?
There was one that had navy, turquoise, lime green and burnt orange in far out designs. I finally decided to just sew them together and make a charity lap quilt. I went into my stash closet and found a piece of juvenile teddy bear fabric that had those exact same colors in it. I decided to cut it into strips and alternate the strips with the far out strips. I was able to make 3 baby quilt tops. They wouldn't have been what I would have set out to do but I would like your honest opinion. Would you go ahead and quilt these? Or, are they too weird?
[ATTACH=CONFIG]441128[/ATTACH]
This is one of the tops
The juvenile fabric was a yard and a half, 58" wide and I
ended up with 3 baby quilt tops $2 plus this fabric from my stash.
Let me know what you think. I can take it. Honest.
About 6 months ago I went into a Wal Mart store. They had a cart up front that said $2 each. In the cart were packages of 6 coordinating fabrics that totalled 2 yards. I got a few of those and then they had packages of 24, 2 1/2" strips, WOF, that were some nice and some "far out". But, for only $2 each, how could I go wrong?
There was one that had navy, turquoise, lime green and burnt orange in far out designs. I finally decided to just sew them together and make a charity lap quilt. I went into my stash closet and found a piece of juvenile teddy bear fabric that had those exact same colors in it. I decided to cut it into strips and alternate the strips with the far out strips. I was able to make 3 baby quilt tops. They wouldn't have been what I would have set out to do but I would like your honest opinion. Would you go ahead and quilt these? Or, are they too weird?
[ATTACH=CONFIG]441128[/ATTACH]
This is one of the tops
The juvenile fabric was a yard and a half, 58" wide and I
ended up with 3 baby quilt tops $2 plus this fabric from my stash.
Let me know what you think. I can take it. Honest.
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