I hate my quilt top
06-14-2019, 10:31 AM
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bkay I love those blocks. I can see them in a setting with a sashing of a white on black fabric. It would spice them up tremendously. And, if you still don't really like it, try adding some bright butterflies flitting about. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Y0fyiG5Use...w/s1600/b1.jpg
These are some examples of just black sashing. https://www.bing.com/images/search?q...=1&cw=1129&ch=
Or...maybe sew all the blocks together, then use it as a background to make a colorful flower garden. https://www.meissnersewing.com/media...10117_lw_3.jpg
You have such a good start to ending up with a fabulous quilt.
These are some examples of just black sashing. https://www.bing.com/images/search?q...=1&cw=1129&ch=
Or...maybe sew all the blocks together, then use it as a background to make a colorful flower garden. https://www.meissnersewing.com/media...10117_lw_3.jpg
You have such a good start to ending up with a fabulous quilt.
06-14-2019, 03:07 PM
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If the reason you do not like it is because the colors are too washed out it would be a great candidate for appliqued flowers or maybe a big bunny since it is tulips. I have noticed many of those quilts used a pieced background and it looks great.
06-14-2019, 10:35 PM
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If you hate it, donate it as is rather than wasting any more time or money working on it. The phrase "don't decorate around a disaster" is one I apply to a quilt that's just bad, for whatever reason. Pass the ugly baton and let someone else finish the race. I bet you could offer free or low cost plus shipping and it would get a taker.
06-15-2019, 03:35 AM
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If you absolutely can not stand it then get rid of it. No matter what you do to it you still won't like it. Donate it to a quilt guild, a church that has a sewing group, put it on Freecycle, Let it Go, or even Craigslist for free or just drop it off at your local thrift shop. Someone will love it, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, do not keep it if it doesn't bring you joy and you hate it. It's not worth the space it takes up in your sewing studio.
06-15-2019, 08:53 AM
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Originally Posted by lindaschipper
Has anyone else ever worked hard to make a quilt top and hated it when was completed? This is a first for me! The pattern was a tulip where you were suppose to take 4 strips of different colors from a jelly roll to make the bud. Instead I made it with 4 strips of the same material, but there are 32 different tulips. The background fabric is Kona snow. To me it's just washed out. Ready to either ball it up and toss or donate it to Salvation Army. Not wanting to purchase 6 yards of fabric for backing and binding to quilt it. Maybe I should have followed the pattern instead of going out on my own. Have you done anything like this??
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