Originally Posted by
Fabricnut
Have you ever made a quilt that you truly don't like? I did a block of the month this past year using black and white fabric. Each block looked pretty good until I had to put them all together, add an outer border and final border. I decided to make it for my son for Christmas. Now that the top is finished, I see so many things a little wrong that I'm not even sure I want to pay to have it quilted. This was my first try at a BOM and the pieces were usually 3 inches or smaller. I guess he will still get the quilt and I'll hope it doesn't turn out to be a dog blanket. I'll post a picture when I get the final border on it.
My usual progression goes as follows:
1. Resolve to use only items from my stash. Pick the fabric. Love it. Think it all fits together. Put it on the cutting table.
2. Hate some or all of the fabric. Switch some, go to fabric store, buy some more.
3. Cut some pieces. Decide I don't like some or all fabrics. Go to fabric store.
4. After cutting, put all auditioned and new fabrics away. Wonder why it won't fit into the spot from which it came.
5. Make some blocks. Decide I hate everything about this quilt. Grit my teeth and tough it out. Optional: Go to fabric store.
6. Complete quilt top. Procrastinate until layering is inevitable.
7. Layer. Think about quilting patterns for a few days/weeks/months.
8. Start quilting. Lay quilt on floor to look at effect. Change quilting pattern (optional) and rip out previous quilting. Finish quilting about an hour at a time.
9. Make binding. Add binding. Decide this is the ugliest quilt ever made.
10. Show quilt to someone else. They say it's beautiful. Decide they're right. Repeat this step as required until I believe it.
11. Resolve that the next quilt will have no new fabric, since now I have more than before I started this quilt.