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HisPatchwork 04-14-2010 12:36 PM

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When making a quillow with my granddaughter, she picked this fabric I had bought from Goodwill. {because there was a bunch of it and it was cheap}. We made fleece flowers and attached them to the pillow part. I had her quilt around the flowers on the pillow part. The piece was big enough for the front back and the piece that makes the pillow. It had enough color in it that it did not need to be pieced! It turned out pretty good. It kind of grew on me.

the ugly fabric
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quillow, folded into a pillow
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Marjpf 04-14-2010 12:37 PM

Wow - those flowers made the fabric look good! Talk about a silk purse out of a sows ear - you sure did it.

shequilts 04-14-2010 12:37 PM

I think that is gorgeous. I probably wouldn't have bought it, and now that makes me rethink what I would have bought!
I love your flowers.

GailG 04-14-2010 12:43 PM

Sorry, but I like your "ugly" fabric. Great project! congratulations!

PurpleBecca 04-14-2010 01:40 PM

That finished quillow is fabulous!!

dkabasketlady 04-14-2010 02:32 PM

Fantastic save and beautiful quillow!!!

Bailey's mom 04-14-2010 02:43 PM

Very nice! You did wonders with that fabric that you call ugly. I like it!!!

Lisa_wanna_b_quilter 04-14-2010 02:50 PM

I would have NEVER bought that fabric, yet I love your project! It just goes to show that some people are good at seeing the final project in their heads. Great job.

JenniePenny 04-14-2010 04:26 PM

It looks adorable. Plus your grand-daughter will have memories of making it with you. She will never see it as ugly.

yorkie 04-14-2010 04:30 PM

I liked the fabric, I gues beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

CraftsByRobin 04-14-2010 04:53 PM

I love it ... but have a question ... what is a quillow??? is that a quilted pillow???

HisPatchwork 04-14-2010 06:34 PM


Originally Posted by CraftsByRobin
I love it ... but have a question ... what is a quillow??? is that a quilted pillow???

It is a quilt that you fold and tuck into an attached pocket and it becomes a pillow. They are neat.

coastienest 04-14-2010 06:46 PM

It is really pretty. It just goes to show that most anything can be made into a thing of beauty. Such memories for your granddaughter

littlehud 04-15-2010 07:32 AM

Those flowers transformed that fabric. Beautiful.

LucyInTheSky 04-15-2010 08:11 AM


Originally Posted by HisPatchwork
It kind of grew on me.

Like a fungus? :lol: The fabric reminds me of the 80s, though I'm not sure why.

It looks absolutely beautiful with the flowers on it.

LBryan13790 04-15-2010 08:13 AM

Your granddaughter has a great eye for color - she must have gotten from you!!

ejpkam 04-15-2010 08:33 AM

well said lol.. the flowers make it!

maryb119 04-16-2010 04:44 AM

The flowers look good on it. It always amazes me how aometime so simple can change the look of another fabric.

wvdek 04-16-2010 04:48 AM

The ugly duckling turned into a swan. Very nice. She will love her quillow.

Oklahoma Suzie 04-16-2010 04:37 PM

looks good now


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