Originally Posted by mms61371
I purchased a quilt kit for my grandson from my LQS. The fabrics looked adorable, they were cowboy themed. I have had it for about 2 weeks now. I washed the fabrics, ironed them, and cut them out using the "Take 5" pattern. As I was hanging them on the design wall when I realized I did not like the fabric at all. They may have looked good folded together, but on the wall it looked horrible. I call my DD over to let her take a look just to see if I was being over critical. My DD took one look at it and said the same thing I had been thinking all along. I am really upset with myself. I am on a very tight budget and the fabric costs $65.00 for the kit not including the pattern which was $8.00. This was the first time I purchased a quilt kit, I'm not sure I will do it again. Has anyone else ever been in this situation? Now I am back searching for new fabric and a new pattern. This is going to take a lot longer than I thought.
Thank you for reading (listening) , I just needed to vent. :cry:
I understand venting completely; do it all the time
I've never bought a kit for 2 or 3,4 reasons -
1. they're expensive ( doesn't a pattern usually come in a kit, seems crazy if not; is one suppose to know what to do by magic)
2. I don't want to see the same quilt everywhere.
3. It doesn't reduce my stash of yardage.
4. kits always have struck me as a form of cheater cloth.
5. I just hate other people making decisions for me
If the attachments work out this is a picture of one of the 9 I Spy (circles appliqued to her favorite colour background) quilts I've made for friends with novelty fabrics related to their lives.
No batt; I used a beautiful fleece backing which all the quilt recipients loved; but I'd never use again. Janice Cutting in NH who does my machine quilting said it was a nightmare becaused it stretched on her longarm. She did a fabulous job on two of them and I'd never subject her to it again (I promised)
Susan's Quilt - 2008
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Susan's Quilt - detail
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Labels for Susan's quilt
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