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BellaBoo 05-16-2013 04:42 AM

I went to a class a couple of months ago and the quilt we were making was fun during the class. I have struggled to finish it. I don't like my fabric choice, the last few pieces are not matching right and I have ripped out stitches so much the fabric has stretched. I wadded it up in a ball and tossed it in my scrap bin. I may find it later and decide to do something with it or toss it but for now I'm done with it. I don't feel guilty about not finishing it. That's a silly thing to feel guilty over.

Drocket1 05-16-2013 05:08 AM

We have a "free table" at our quilt guild meetings where you can put anything you want to get rid of and someone else will love.

MadP 05-16-2013 05:59 AM

Finish it off and get rid of it. Charity etc.

tessagin 05-16-2013 06:10 AM

Ditto Oma66. What she said.

Debbie32900 05-16-2013 08:05 AM

I did exactly that on my very first quilt. I called it "Grandma's Practice Quilt" and gave it to my visiting granddaughter with instructions to take it outside and have fun. She loves it!

Pilgrim 05-16-2013 08:05 PM

I've never made anything I would call ugly. I make doll quilts for our guild if I don't think I particularly like it. We do a lot of charity in our guild and they can always finish it. Waste not, want not, as my husband says.

EdieClay 05-17-2013 02:07 AM

I have one right now that I have packed up into a jumbo plastic bag and put it in one of my totes. The fabric is gorgeous, but when I put it together it was just too busy. I took it to my quilting class. They loved the quilt, but someone there suggested that I add a thin border of black around it, then add a couple of borders. Sometime soon I will unpack it and try that. Sometimes you just have to put it away for a while, then go back to it. You know when I packed this quilt top up and put it away, the world didn't end and I wasn't a failure. Quilting is so much fun for me that I won't let one project ruin it for me.

solstice3 05-17-2013 06:30 AM

I finish it and gift it to someone that thought it was beautiful

fayeberry 05-17-2013 07:42 AM

The last time I did that I made a table runner from some squares and put the rest in my stash. Donated the runner immediately, liked the fabrics, but somehow it didn't please me put together. Be GONE!

petthefabric 05-17-2013 09:43 AM

If you have a wood burning stove, you could heat the house.


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