As Bonnie says, "if it's still ugly, you haven't cut the fabric in small enough pieces!" I love that theory. My friend came over in the summer for me to help her assemble and cut 2.5" strips for a Willow Bed Runner (Judy Niemeyer design). She had some extremely ugly jelly roll strips. I thought to myself, ugh, that will be so ugly in a quilt. Well, by the time she sewed the strips onto the paper pieced pattern, the pieces were not very wide and came to a point. The bed runner turned out magnificently beautiful! I could not tell where that ugly fabric was in it. Point being, if you cut it small enough, you can't tell that it was once ugly!