Ugliest quilt top!!
01-19-2011, 03:06 AM
#41
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You just aren't looking at it right. I like it. It probably wouldn't win a ribbon, but I just bet if you qult it and lay it on the couch, it will become a favorite snuggle quilt. If you don't already machine quilt, it would be a good one to practice on. Don't be too hard on yourself. Give it a chance. Sometimes quilting actually brings them to life. Any of my sons would be proud to have it.
01-19-2011, 03:52 AM
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Originally Posted by oma66
When I looked at the quilt I immediately thought of pioneer women and how they may have put together a quilt for their log cabin homes. They used what they had. I do not think of it as ugly, but a historical copy of days gone by. I would finish it and make it into a blanket rather than a quilt to use over a blanket (if you still think it is ugly.) I would use the solid green you have used in the quilt already and then add a wide dark brown border to frame it. I hope you do not give up on this quilt. I like it.
01-19-2011, 03:58 AM
#43
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Originally Posted by grammynan
I don't know what came over me when I made this quilt top but it's the ugliest thing I've ever made!!! I must have had my eyes closed while I was putting it together!! It's so ugly I never finished it and I don't think I ever will!!
Who else has an ugly quilt they would like to share?!!
Who else has an ugly quilt they would like to share?!!
01-19-2011, 05:37 AM
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At first glance, I thought. Yep, she's right. But then I looked at it again. And, I like it. I think it looks like plaid and very comforting. I can see someone snuggled up in that on a chilly day. So by all means quilt it. If you still don't like it, send it to me!
01-19-2011, 05:42 AM
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Originally Posted by oma66
When I looked at the quilt I immediately thought of pioneer women and how they may have put together a quilt for their log cabin homes. They used what they had. I do not think of it as ugly, but a historical copy of days gone by. I would finish it and make it into a blanket rather than a quilt to use over a blanket (if you still think it is ugly.) I would use the solid green you have used in the quilt already and then add a wide dark brown border to frame it. I hope you do not give up on this quilt. I like it.
"There is no accounting for taste" my Mother would have said...
Not to be critical, but to recognize that the definition of beauty is in the beholder. Finish it and send it off to someone who will love it.
01-19-2011, 05:57 AM
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none of them are ugly,as suggested finish them and donate or they alsways say you should keep a couple of blankets in y our car in case it breaks down or get stuck during a storm to wrap up in and keep warm,so put them in your car as part of your emergency kit
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