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Originally Posted by Twisted Quilter
Originally Posted by sarge1
I've always thought about an "ugly fabric swap" for this board. I mean, for each piece of ugly fabric that you own, I bet there are 100+ others on the board who would love it! But, I can't think of a way to work out the particulars.
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I like the 'fungly-challenge'. Another way to use "ugly" fabric might be an OBW or Stack 'n' Whack. There's no law that says all the fabic has to be matched or from the same 6-yd. cut. I have a piece that really qualifies as ugly & I'm going to try an OBW with it.
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Thanks for the link! Great advice and humorous too. BTW, love your avatar! That shade of blue is so fabulous!
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Originally Posted by Tussymussy
We all have some of that don't we? I certainly do and it just sits there week in and week out whilst I ponder on how in the heck can I use it.
Putting it in the trash is a sin and I would hesitate to dump it on another quilter (do we ever say no to fabric?) and it seems uncharitable to put it in a charity/thrift shop. So was I pleased when I spotted this! http://stashmanicure.blogspot.com/20...ly-fabric.html |
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Originally Posted by oatw13
Some interesting ideas.
I can't say that I agree with using "ugly" fabric for the troops, though. If you wouldn't use it for yourself or use it for your best friend, why would you give it to our troops? They deserve more respect than that. Just my opinion. quote] Ditto, that. Also charity. Why give your dregs to charity, are they second class people? Some ugly fabrics would make great OBW blocks, esp. if they have lots of colors and are fairly busy... If all else fails, we always need some good absorbant rags for household chores! |
thanks for the info
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I haven't had a chance to read through all the posts here but a wise quilter once told me that if a fabric is still ugly(out of style), it hasn't been cut small enough. With that in mind, I cut all my less loved fabric into 5" charms, pair them up in a color pleasing combination and make them into opposite pairs of 4.5" 9 patches which will eventually find their way into a scrappy quilt. I can't even find the uglies any longer.
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The link wouldn't work for me:
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Originally Posted by Tussymussy
We all have some of that don't we? I certainly do and it just sits there week in and week out whilst I ponder on how in the heck can I use it.
Putting it in the trash is a sin and I would hesitate to dump it on another quilter (do we ever say no to fabric?) and it seems uncharitable to put it in a charity/thrift shop. So was I pleased when I spotted this! http://stashmanicure.blogspot.com/20...ly-fabric.html Thank you so much for posting this site. I love her blog and creative uses for the Ugly's. |
Our guild has an ugly fabric challenge also. We get together in a group of 3-5 or so and the keeper of ugly fabric chooses the fabric for us. We can use any other fabrics we want but we have to use all or most of the ugly fabric in the quilt. We have so many wonderful quilts from the challenge. We make them for our chairity projects. The only ugly fabric has just not been grouped with the right pretty fabrics yet. Some fabric is just hard to picture in a quilt, but when it is an assignment, we buckle down and get to work and magic happens.
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How about tearing it up into strips and making a wrapped cord fabric bowl?
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Originally Posted by rob529
Originally Posted by Tussymussy
We all have some of that don't we? I certainly do and it just sits there week in and week out whilst I ponder on how in the heck can I use it.
Putting it in the trash is a sin and I would hesitate to dump it on another quilter (do we ever say no to fabric?) and it seems uncharitable to put it in a charity/thrift shop. So was I pleased when I spotted this! http://stashmanicure.blogspot.com/20...ly-fabric.html |
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