Show us your bravery - show us the ugliest quilt you ever made.
08-25-2013, 08:47 AM
#52
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Upstate NY, north of Syracuse Area
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I must be a rarity among quilters. I love every quilt I make! I am sure there have been some others might consider ugly, lol, but I put my heart and soul into every quilt, and each is full of love. How can it then be ugly?
Some have determined their own outcome, contrary to my original plans. Most tell me how they wish to be, from start to finish; I am learning to listen. All have errors of workmanship, judgment, planning, basic math (lol).... but so far, each is beautiful and loved. Not only by me, but also by the owners.
Some have determined their own outcome, contrary to my original plans. Most tell me how they wish to be, from start to finish; I am learning to listen. All have errors of workmanship, judgment, planning, basic math (lol).... but so far, each is beautiful and loved. Not only by me, but also by the owners.
08-25-2013, 08:55 AM
#53
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Lowell, MA
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I'm not sure that my first "really ugly" quilt is still around, but here's what I did. I took a pink and lime cheater panel that my sister gave me, cut up 2 (yes I said two) layers of an old mattress pad, then added 2 (yes I said two) layers of polyester batting, then the backing, a remnant that had a mark on it from a black marker. Thanks to my trusty Kenmore sewing machine - which loved to sew on heavy fabrics, I stitched around the squares in the print (no walking foot - didn't know what one was back then), and then bound it with a pink binding. Besides the 60's print and colors, which weren't all that pretty, the quilt was very heavy - surprise, surprise. However, my daughter loved it, especially since she could take it outside, lay it on the grass and play with her Barbie dolls on it with no fear that sticks and stones would poke their way through. I really put my Kenmore through quite a work out, so a few years later when the motor started smoking while I was quilting, I decided it was time for a new machine. LOL. It was a real work horse and I really worked it to death.
08-25-2013, 09:02 AM
#54
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Alaska
Posts: 333
Boston 1954..I think your quilt is beautiful. Love all the greens.
Originally Posted by Boston1954
This is one that I never even finished because I was so disappointed in the colors. I think I should have auditioned the fabric better. I had made a red "Trip Around the World" called "Passion". This was going to be called "Peace". I feel as though I wasted fabric.
08-25-2013, 10:01 AM
#57
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Charleston, SC
Posts: 1,640
Originally Posted by janRN
The first quilt I made was a Grandmother's Flower Garden. You cut hexagons for the back, batting, and top; sewed them on 5 sides, turned them right side out, quilted them, then stitched them all together. I had hundreds of hexagons all over my house. I used what ever fabric I could find: cotton, silk, denim, batiste--you name it I used it. And I thought it was lovely!!! Please don't laugh too loud:[ATTACH=CONFIG]431874[/ATTACH]
Jan, that is a great quilt. betcha a great learning experience too.
08-25-2013, 10:26 AM
#58
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Alabama
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I was given the center Deer applique on White background and the "ugly" dark green material with red bears and gold deers (not detailed animals) in it to use to complete a quilt for one of our store managers for her son. I really thought about what to do with what I had to work with. I thought the gold would help to calm down that dark green material and compliment the gold deer in the middle. I was fairly pleased with how it turned out and they loved it, but I still think it was one of the ugliest quilts I have made
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I did a 10 minute block in the center of the dark green fabric using the same calming deer fabric I used on the border.
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I used the calmer deer fabric on the border to help. This picture was taken on the side of the bed.
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I did a 10 minute block in the center of the dark green fabric using the same calming deer fabric I used on the border.
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I used the calmer deer fabric on the border to help. This picture was taken on the side of the bed.
Last edited by twinkie; 08-25-2013 at 10:28 AM.
08-25-2013, 11:45 AM
#59
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: New Hampshire
Posts: 3,699
None of these quilts are ugly! You made an attempt at something not every tries...make a quilt. That action alone, making a quilt, is beautiful and nothing ugly can every come from it. Be kind to yourself and give yourself credit!
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