try your hand a paper piecing. there is the advantage of perfect points, your blocks come out SQUARE and the patterns are endless. the only disadvantage is that there are no circle patterns except for the illusions of circles.

by the way you made a beautiful quilt. anyone would be proud to own it.

by the way you made a beautiful quilt. anyone would be proud to own it.

I think your quilt is amazing.Far from being ugly.I wouldn't mind finding that quilt under my tree.Wish I could quilt like that.

It's kind of like a "Red Cross" thing...reminds me of healing and feeling comforted. Either way, i think you did a fantastic job!!!

Gee, I just love this quilt. It looks very country, which is just my style.
Hey if you do not want the quilt, I will be glad to take it off of your hands.
chamby

I love every thing about it. And I wish I was on your christmas wish list. because it would be a treasure.

Did you quilt your "ugly quilt" with the machine shown in the picture? If so, what kind of sewing machine is this and how much was it? I have a 45 yo sewing machine and it is limited on what it can do. I'd love a machine that can do quilting without spending thousands of dollars....
Thx, Nita
PS I really like your quilt and would not call it ugly! :lol:

Would you pls explain paper piecing? I read a brief article and didn't understand. Thx, Nita :D

Anyone would be thrilled to recieve this quilt as a gift. It may even become a family treasure..........

I love the colors...great job

Gosh Eddie--you should see some of my uglies! I love it.

Eddie,

That is not an "ugly quilt" . . . I love it!

Looks good to me, what a nice gift for your daughter, won't she be surprise to receive it. Keep that quilt near by it will grow on you!! I like it.

Did you do the quilting, too? I think it looks great.

Yes, I think all of the quilts I've done (except the first one) have been done with precuts (jelly rolls, layer cakes, charm squares). I think the reason this one was such a bear was because all of the pieces are 2" finished sizes and I also had to use some yard fabric that I rotary cut myself for the neutral cross areas. So the mix of my 2.5" strips with the 2 and 9/16" strips was difficult to work with. I tried to have a little of the pinking extend beyond my neutral strips, but...well....it was an experience.

I think PP is definately something in my future. I'm intrigued by it and have done some reading on it, so will be trying it. I really like the possibilities it opens up for you.

Yes, I did the free-motion quilting on my regular sewing machine (pictured in my avatar photo at left). It's a Brother Innovis NX-650Q machine which is marketed as their "Quilter's Club" machine because it has the wider throat on it and the large plate. I really like this machine, it's wonderful to sew with. I think I paid right at about $800 for it when it was on sale.

I agree with your daughter, Eddie...It's a very pretty quilt.

Jojo

I think it's beautiful! The colors are so warm and relaxing.

The quilter is always toughest on their own projects - when I look at some of my newly completed projects, I only see the mistakes.

Eddie you have very pretty quilts.An this is another one.

Both not so "uglies" are pretty nice in my estimation. Glad both of you finished them.
Ellie

I think it is a lovely quilt eddie. Gosh you sure have talent. :-)

I agree with your daughter, even more, I love it. You know - One man's
trash.....

eddie it looks great you did a good job i like it ,it is pretty it turn into a swan quilt

I like it!!! Poor thing...to be hated!! Well, send it to me...it will be loved! LOL!!

Eddy! I figured this out!
Have you ever heard of Mary Ellen Hopkins? She has a pretty relaxed mental attitude about piecing, and her quilts are beautiful.
bummer ... I just realized it wouldn't work.
But, I will explain what I started to say. You put a quilt together by putting patch to patch .... then two patches to two patches, matching the middle seam .... then, you sew the four patches together two at a time, always making sure that any excess is going toward the outer part of the quilt.
I can see with your strip quilting, it doesn't quite work so well, because you were matching five seams to five seams and if number three strip doesn't match the other three strip ... it all goes to pieces.
But, theories are fun to discuss, eh? LOL
Anyway ... since I understand you didn't like some of the fabrics and the process was frustrated by factory cut edges that aren't as accurate as you can create with your own ruler and rotary cutter ... I will leave you to admire the terrific results (well-loved by all who see it)
I must be in mommy mode because I was just thinking about how everyone oohs and aahs about the brandy new baby, and forget the labor that got him here <g>
So, now my next question is! forgetting the wonky and not so fun colors you didn't like, do you think you will be making another one any time soon?
It looks sort of like a double Irish chain ... catch you later <wave>

I love this one - beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Eddie, it is hard to finish those ones we really don't like. But you should be proud of how this turned out, and I personally love the colors. Great job, as usual!

Eddie, how do you attach your bindings? Your second picture shows the back up close and it looks to me that you might have machine sewn them. Do you?

The quilt is absolutely gorgeous.......and I am sure that whoever receives it will be thrilled with it...
perhaps that oldest daughter will be searching under the tree for her name on a big box !!!!!!!!!

Isn't it always nice in the end to be rather happy about the project even though the journey there, had it's back roads !!!!!!

MJ in NJ

Hi, MJ. Yes, I do machine sew all of my bindings on. I use a double fold binding that I stitch the raw edges down to the front of the quilt, then wrap it around to the back and stitch-in-the-ditch just inside the binding on the front so that the thread just catches the binding on the back. It sure makes for a quick and easy binding.

I think that if I did make another one of this pattern, that I wouldn't do it with jelly roll strips that are the full length, I would at least cut them in half or maybe even quarters to try to prevent some of that bowing effect.

You are correct ... at least <g> Eleanor Burns recommends cutting the length down, and others have recommended the same thing for just that bowing issue.
Personally, I have found that if I am working with fat quarters, it doesn't seem to be an issue, so I suppose I have proved it ... but, if I cut the width of the fat quarter, versus length, the bowing is even less ...
apparently, those who have recommended that we cut parallel to the selvedge know a bit about what they are talking about.
I resisted cutting the lengths of the full s to s strips down for many years, but looking back, it has never worked out well, UNLESS ... you sew from one end at the first set and the opposite end on the next strip ... well, yeah... as though I can remember which end is which! LOL too much to think about ...
and, another advantage of cutting down the length is that you can make your strips sets even scrappier ...
I am glad that you are planning on how to overcome the setbacks, shortcomings ... evidence of an engineer.

Eddy! EDDDYYYY!
I just figured somethin' out!
Look at your nickel from the shop ... measure from the tip to the other side of the nickel ... five inches....
measure one side from pinking tip to center 2.5 inches .... don't mind the other side ...
now, turn the nickel 180 degrees ... so the other side is under your ruler ... measure from the tip to the center ... 2.5 inches, right?
right????
right????????????????????
I'm sure I am correct!! the nickel from pinked tip to pinked tip is five inches ... don't try to find the center because the tips are usually opposite a valley ... see what I mean?

I see what you mean, but measuring straight across from peak to peak is like 5 and 1/16". And measuring straight across that jelly strip from peak to peak is like 2.5" + 1/16" as shown in the pic. Strange, I know, it drives me crazy, too. :shock:

LOL
I am trying to control my brain paths, but sometimes, they just go out there! I was out feeding today when it came to me, so I ran into the bunkhouse and just HAD to share ... but, if it wasn't helpful ... bummer!

Okay, so I didn't run in ... just walked rapidly ... okay!?!? LOL

LOL, well I DO appreciate that effort Omak! And yeah, some days my brain paths just go all kinds of ways and never the right ones! :D

Eddie, I can't find the thread where you said that you have only been quilting since May !!!!!!!!! WOW...what progress. Congrats.

I read also that you are thinking of PP....I could never get into it so I decided to take a class....still didn't get into it.........

butwhen I got back to Jersey for the summer, a quilting friend introduced me to the "add a quarter and the add an eighth" rulers.

They are wonderful....be sure to buy them as they are a big help. Below is one of the my PP piecing projects

Have a good day.....
MaryJane

I'd love to be on your gift list if this is one of your quilts:) Very nice and very nicely quilted too!

This is the prettiest ugly quilt I've seen ;)