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Old 05-07-2012, 04:40 AM
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Oh, I feel for you!!! I agree, to love your fabrics is to last a lifetime!!
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Old 05-07-2012, 04:55 AM
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Even though they are blah to you they may be beautiful to someone else. We are all different and have different tastes you know!
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Old 05-07-2012, 05:04 AM
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How about using them for a quilt backing?
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Old 05-07-2012, 05:26 AM
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That's why I don't do mystery quilts. I always have to know it will be a pattern I really like before I spend time doing it. I am a big fan of charity quilts and figure just because I don't like it doesn't mean some one somewhere won't love it.
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Old 05-07-2012, 05:59 AM
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If all else fails - find someone else to give it all to. Several years ago, I was working on a quilt top and I had gotten to a point that I knew I was just going to hate it. I quilt with a group at a community center and I put everything for the quilt into a plastic baggie, along with the directions, and laid it on a table in their entry hall where people leave things that you can take for free. I went back later that day and it was GONE! I know that someone else saw it and liked it and it got finished and was donated as a charity quilt. Someones trash (mine), was someone elses treasure!
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Old 05-07-2012, 06:04 AM
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sorry to hear that. but you should make 4 lap top and donate them.

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Old 05-07-2012, 06:37 AM
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Finish them and then applique fall pumpkins and or sunflowers on top !
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Old 05-07-2012, 06:46 AM
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I think it would look good, with a little tweaking. I would finish it up and just find someone to give it to.
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Old 05-07-2012, 06:54 AM
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Put it together anyway, and how about appliquing flowers, vines, etc over the top?
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Old 05-07-2012, 07:16 AM
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How discouraging to do all that work and not be happy with the outcome. Everyone wants to save $ and use stash, but we time spent sewing on what you don't really like is also costly. Your time is worth a lot. Thanks for the reminder to do what I love in fabrics I love.
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