Has there ever been a quilt that you loathe
02-24-2015, 10:49 AM
#31
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This one. They were strips that I had saved from my very first quilt class. I had thankfully changed my mind and used something else. When a bunch of friends got together to work on donation quilts, I gave one of ladies the strips and as she was sewing it together kept saying. "It's just not speaking to me" Well it had been speaking to me and I didn't like what it was saying, that's why I gave it to her.
It's keeping somebody warm somewhere, hopefully UNDER another blanket.
It's keeping somebody warm somewhere, hopefully UNDER another blanket.
02-24-2015, 11:09 AM
#32
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Location: North Texas formerly The Burgh
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HA !!!! I loathe every large quilt i make as i am straining shoulder and arm muscles fighting to maneuver it around on my DSM - once that'd done i'm back in love/like again !!! Kinda why i stick to couch/lap sizes !!!
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02-24-2015, 11:51 AM
#33
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Location: Beautiful Oregon
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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.
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.
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.
02-24-2015, 04:07 PM
#35
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Location: West New York, New Jersey
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Peckish, I can picture your plaid quilt softly covering a bed, hanging down the sides, inviting someone to snuggle under for a good night's sleep. And Chester the Bunny, you're right, someone somewhere is happily sleeping under your quilt. I like them both (okay, I like the plaid one more); I don't have to comment just to be polite as I don't know either of you, right LOL? Like the old saying goes, it's all in the eyes of the beholder.
02-24-2015, 04:47 PM
#36
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Fairfield, OH
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I have 2 that are sooooo ugly. One is a mystery quilt that I made recently. I didn't like the fabric when I dug it out of my stash and I don't like it any more now that it is sewn together. I need to just suck it up quilt it and get rid of it. I really like the pattern. In fact I got permission from the designer to use it for my guilds mystery quilt. I also was give a jelly roll I didn't really like. I made it into a 1600 quilt. I still don't like it. I saw online to recut it the opposite direction into 2 1/2 inch strips and add a solid along one side and resew it like a 1600 quilt. I haven't tried it yet. Been thinking about it for several years.
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