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I really like this ugly fabric, but what to do with it.

I really like this ugly fabric, but what to do with it.

Old 05-28-2009, 06:21 PM
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It is really soft too.
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Originally Posted by Kj05
I'm not sure what to do with it, but if you look at it upside down according to the picture, it almost looks like flowers in a vase.

I thought it looked like mushrooms. We have morels here that look kinda like that.
My idea was to use it to make basket blocks so maybe subliminally I saw flowers.
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Hhhhmmmmmmmmm - maybe a candidate for a Stack N Whack? At first I though it looked like whacked off toes of shoes hanging from ribbons - but, nooooo. Can't decide.
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Old 05-28-2009, 07:40 PM
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Originally Posted by b.zang
Originally Posted by Kj05
I'm not sure what to do with it, but if you look at it upside down according to the picture, it almost looks like flowers in a vase.

I thought it looked like mushrooms. We have morels here that look kinda like that.
My idea was to use it to make basket blocks so maybe subliminally I saw flowers.
Actually, after a bit but before your post, I was thinking about morels as well.
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Old 05-28-2009, 07:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Kj05
I'm not sure what to do with it, but if you look at it upside down according to the picture, it almost looks like flowers in a vase.
My mind went completely elsewhere, but I love the color, I wonder what sort of kaleidoscope it would make.
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Old 05-28-2009, 07:54 PM
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It looks to me like a bra on a hanger, hanging from a dressmaker's
mannequin.
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Old 05-28-2009, 07:57 PM
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Turn it the other way...so your "dangles" are up. I'm betting it's a tribal print...it's two people, wearing trible hats in an embrace. I think it would make a fantastic African type wall hanging.

Look at it this way :)
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Old 05-28-2009, 08:08 PM
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I can see what you mean jbs :)
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Old 05-28-2009, 08:20 PM
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dvseals, don't you think it would be an awesome African style jar appliqued on a background fabric that resembles a grass mat? With the woven grass style markings in the background I think it would be AWESOME!! add a border with some large airy leaves, some animal print on the next border...a cool sunsetty (new word, like it? LOL) color batiks for the binding... yep...you could make this one awesome piece!!
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Old 05-29-2009, 10:01 AM
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Depending on how much yardage you have, you might use it for a backing. It surely is different.
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