What do you do when you fall out of love with the material you picked?
11-25-2010, 05:56 AM
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I'd put it aside for a while. I have a shelf in my closet for just such pieces. After they age for a couple years you get them out and "oh my--I think I will finish that one". If it gets rejected a few times, I bring it to our guild silent auction. Thats where we actually sell our projects we tire of. A bargain (usually) for the buyer and we recoup part of our costs.
11-25-2010, 07:12 AM
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I am almost always tired of the fabrics by the time I finish a quilt. (I make mostly big quilts.) But then after I show it to other people and hear their opinions (quilters are always enthusiastic)and let a little time pass, I almost always fall back in love with it. I think if you finish it, you will start to like it again, and you will have the satisfaction of finishing. But if you put it away, you will be teaching yourself that you made a mistake (which you haven't)and you won't enjoy quilting as much.
11-25-2010, 08:58 AM
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Originally Posted by KarenR
Hi - Being new to quilting last New Year's Day I did a mystery and wanted to make it King Size. I bought a really nice line of fabric called Once Upon a Christmas by Susan Winget for Benartex. At the time I loved the material.
Now it is almost a year later and I'm still not done with the quilt. I was wishing it had more brighter colors in it.
So what do I do?
Continue - finish it and like it or put it away?
Now it is almost a year later and I'm still not done with the quilt. I was wishing it had more brighter colors in it.
So what do I do?
Continue - finish it and like it or put it away?
If you are constantly looking at it maybe you and the fabric need time away from each other. Put it away somewhere and forget about it, work on a couple small projects, and then go back to it and perhaps you'll fall in love with it all over again.
11-25-2010, 10:58 AM
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Being a beginner quilter, I have the same issues with starting & then not liking the quilt. I have found that adding a sashing between blocks, turning some of the blocks on point & adding setting triangles or using a totally different fabric for the outside borders can make all the difference in the world. Also, who said what you have done has to be the center of the quilt? What could you do in the center & then use the blocks you have as part of your border? So many ideas....that's why I don't get much stuff finished. lol I'm still thinking & planning.
Please post a picture so these folks can give you some suggestions. I have loved seeing what they come up with. It has helped me a lot.
Please post a picture so these folks can give you some suggestions. I have loved seeing what they come up with. It has helped me a lot.
11-25-2010, 04:25 PM
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I love fabrics when I start on the quilt but by the time I am finished (doesn't have any thing to do with the time it takes) I am over it. I am tired of the fabric. So I guess you could say I was not in love but in lust with the fabric.
I just made a quilt from Moda's Natures Notebook (blues and yellow). I was making it for myself, by the time I was finished, I decided to give it away.
I just made a quilt from Moda's Natures Notebook (blues and yellow). I was making it for myself, by the time I was finished, I decided to give it away.
11-25-2010, 06:38 PM
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You should finish it, whenever I am at the colour picking part. I take the fabric out and let them on a dresser that I can see often. If one fabric *gets on my nerves* it could be the hue,the size of the designs, I change it till I find myself in complete agreement with my choice.
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