Really Ugly Quilt
05-06-2012, 02:43 AM
#51
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I don't think it is ugly at all. If I had done that one, I would border it with a green or deep rose batik. I think that would be really nice. Perhaps putting a cornerstone of the roses fabric in the border would also change it a little. Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. Keep up the good work.
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05-06-2012, 04:46 AM
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I "fix" them with an applique!
All is not lost. It may be a good candidate for cutting and adding sashing to, like a fractured picture like Ricky Tims Convergence pattern?It also may make a lovely background for some black silhouettes, maybe a garden gate or stained glass window outline? Without seeing it that is all I can think of right now.
05-06-2012, 05:00 AM
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Perfect for an applique!
Here's an ugly quilt. I LOVED these batiks & thought they'd make a really soft, subtle quilt. They ended up making a pink puddle! And they were spendy so I felt doubly awful! I donated this fugly thing to Quilts For Kids & I hope it didn't make some poor little child even sicker.
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05-06-2012, 05:12 AM
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Is this still 'just a top'?
If so: There are things you can easily do with this, but it WILL require some work.
Keep telling yourself it will be worth it in the end.
1. First, take the quilt apart into blocks.
2. On the 3-strip block add a narrow border strip at the sides of the block like the graphic below. Use a much darker color that will accent your medium value fabrics, perhaps a deep/dark rose.
3. On the plain green floral blocks, add a deep/dark strip of perhaps the dark green in the leaves on 2 opposite sides of that block.
4. Reassemble the quilt as you pieced it before.
5. If you have any of the green floral fabric left, make a narrow border all around the top, about 2/3 the width of the cut strips in your blocks.
6. Add a dark green then a dark rose border.
7. Bind with the pale pink floral fabric which will be pretty against the dark rose border.
I’m betting you’ll love it after this effort because all you really need in it is contrast!
Jan in VA
If so: There are things you can easily do with this, but it WILL require some work.
Keep telling yourself it will be worth it in the end.
1. First, take the quilt apart into blocks.
2. On the 3-strip block add a narrow border strip at the sides of the block like the graphic below. Use a much darker color that will accent your medium value fabrics, perhaps a deep/dark rose.
3. On the plain green floral blocks, add a deep/dark strip of perhaps the dark green in the leaves on 2 opposite sides of that block.
4. Reassemble the quilt as you pieced it before.
5. If you have any of the green floral fabric left, make a narrow border all around the top, about 2/3 the width of the cut strips in your blocks.
6. Add a dark green then a dark rose border.
7. Bind with the pale pink floral fabric which will be pretty against the dark rose border.
I’m betting you’ll love it after this effort because all you really need in it is contrast!
Jan in VA
1. Take the time and effort to re-design what you've already made to make it into something you will love.
2. Decide to cut your losses, use ideas from some of the quilters for borders, and donate it to a charity.
Isn't this board wonderful?
05-06-2012, 05:13 AM
#57
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What a great idea!! The batiks are just too beautiful to waste. And what a super "background" this quilt would make!
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