Has anyone made something and not know if you like it?
#13
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Oh yeah. I have a quilt (top) I've dubbed "the ugly quilt". It started with a layer cake in a fabric line I really liked, but I picked a bleh solid to go with it. The solid matches some of the layer cake fabric perfectly but it was just the wrong choice and now that it's all put together I don't like it at all. Some day I'll finish it into a quilt and start showing it to people - someone will love it. It's not truly terrible, just not to my taste, at all. It's grown on me a little bit, but not enough to make me want to finish it for myself.
Found a picture of it.
Found a picture of it.
And/or the intensity of the colors after a rain-storm but there are still some clouds in the sky.
#14
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Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Blue Ridge Mountians
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I made a butterfly quilt on gray fabric and thought it was blah and ugly, so I added fake flowers about it and it looks so much better. My 6 yr old DGD, the recipient of this quilt, wants some yo yos for flower centers now that she has seen it. I told her to snap to it, making yo yos with the template and I will sew them on. (see 2nd pic on
My quilt using Lepidoptera pattern by Elizabeth Hartman
that's what I do on an ugly quilt, just keep adding till I like it. Yours definitely needs a bright binding and has plenty of room for applique and/or additional designs. So "snap to it" (LOL) and you will soon love it. Personally, I think it is a great start.
My quilt using Lepidoptera pattern by Elizabeth Hartman
that's what I do on an ugly quilt, just keep adding till I like it. Yours definitely needs a bright binding and has plenty of room for applique and/or additional designs. So "snap to it" (LOL) and you will soon love it. Personally, I think it is a great start.
Last edited by Jane Quilter; 06-23-2017 at 11:03 AM.
#16
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Sonoma County, CA
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See? Beauty really is in the eye of the beholder. I see 'bleh' but you guys are seeing all sorts of possibilities!
The colors are probably a little off in the photo - the grey is actually an army green color. I thought it would tone down some of the nearly-neon brights, but...it doesn't thrill me. It's "OK". I WILL finish it some day. SOME day.
(I have a whole pile of tops I haven't finished into quilts yet, but we won't talk about that! LOL)
The colors are probably a little off in the photo - the grey is actually an army green color. I thought it would tone down some of the nearly-neon brights, but...it doesn't thrill me. It's "OK". I WILL finish it some day. SOME day.
(I have a whole pile of tops I haven't finished into quilts yet, but we won't talk about that! LOL)
#17
I have started quilts to donate that I wasn't real happy with. By the time I get them done I really like them. Finish up UFOs and donate them. We are not always good judges of our own work. Others may love them, especially if they are free.
#19
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Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: Southern United States
Posts: 481
Oh my gosh yes times two! I made a top to see if I would like using the pattern and it reminds me of the creamsicle ice cream pops we ate as a child. (hated the pattern) Just finished one and am wondering why in the world I picked out that jelly roll. That top looks like Valentines Day threw up. I think it would be great if there was a category here where we could trade the top we made and don't like with a top that someone else made that they don't like
Sewnoma: I love your top!!!!!
Sewnoma: I love your top!!!!!
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