Ugly Fabric Contest- Here is the quilt I made!!
07-28-2011, 03:17 AM
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Thanks everyone - glad you like it! The pattern is a riff off something I saw in a magazine - I don't recall the name of it. But here's how I did it; VERY simple and fast.
Cut 4 1/2" and 2 1/2" squares.
Sew a small square to opposite corners of the large one, diagonally, so it makes a HST. Cut off the excess fabric underneath and press open - sort of like making a snowball block, but only on two corners.
Then when I sewed the blocks together, I arranged them so the small HSTs (in the light blue fly fabric) formed a square.
After that, I wanted to enlarge it and add a border, so I sewed strips of the uglies all around, like piano keys, and voila.
Cut 4 1/2" and 2 1/2" squares.
Sew a small square to opposite corners of the large one, diagonally, so it makes a HST. Cut off the excess fabric underneath and press open - sort of like making a snowball block, but only on two corners.
Then when I sewed the blocks together, I arranged them so the small HSTs (in the light blue fly fabric) formed a square.
After that, I wanted to enlarge it and add a border, so I sewed strips of the uglies all around, like piano keys, and voila.
08-05-2011, 02:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Debka
Earlier this year, my "voodoo ladies" fabric was voted ugliest and I was the lucky recipient of everyone else's uglies. My task: to create beauty from the ugly. Here is the result. What do you think? Lemonade from lemons, I hope!
(I posted a larger number of pictures on the original thread from the contest, so if you want to see all the fabrics and more photos of the quilt, you can look here:)
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-95117-1.htm
(I posted a larger number of pictures on the original thread from the contest, so if you want to see all the fabrics and more photos of the quilt, you can look here:)
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-95117-1.htm
Me I'm undecided. I agree with mom that it looks like abstract art, but I've never understood art. It's not ugly, but it's not quite lemonade. I'm sorry don't hit me. *ducks*
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