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05-17-2013, 11:04 AM

#41

Shorebird

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Join Date: Jan 2008

Location: Winchester, VA

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Originally Posted by meldmac

When you start a project and decide you really really dislike it?

I started working on a rag quilt I had started back in January or feb but the more I work on it I realize I don't like the fabric I chose for it and not sure I want to continue working on it or add the fabric to my scrappy quilts stash. What do you do when you find yourself in this situation?

I gift it to either a local quilting group or someone who wants projects to finish - fabric, even stuff I have grown to HATE - is far too expensive for me to just throw away....Someone will want to finish it and either use it or donate it to charity.

05-17-2013, 11:49 AM

#42

flowerjoy

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Join Date: Mar 2011

Location: Rural Kansas

Posts: 640

Unfortunately, I find it difficult to complete a project I no longer like ... it sort of stays "in progress" forever. I am very thankful it doesn't happen very often.

05-17-2013, 12:28 PM

#43

My time

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Join Date: Feb 2011

Location: Lumby, British Columbia

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I'm ashamed to admit that I have a project like this. I call it a UFO. It's been sitting in a box for the last 8 years. Never join a block of the month unless you absolutely love the fabric the store has chosen. I've more or less decided to repurpose the fabric. The only problem is the fabric pieces are so dang small....what's a girl to do?

05-17-2013, 05:22 PM

#44

Bamagal

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Join Date: Jan 2011

Location: Birmingham, AL

Posts: 436

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Originally Posted by willferg

On a few select occasions, I've tossed it in the trash and found it wonderfully liberating!

Thank you!!

05-17-2013, 06:41 PM

#45

JulieD

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Join Date: Aug 2011

Location: Black Hills of south Dakota

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Originally Posted by Dina

I put it in a plastic zip lock bag and donate to my guild's charity committee for someone else to finish. I have done that twice now. I included the pattern and all supplies necessary to finish it, so it is sort of a "kit." Our guild has fabric that members can take to make charity quilts and my kits have been taken by someone and finished. I know they got finished because they were shown at "show and tell."

Just in case that would work for you...

Dina

How did you feel to see "what you had sowed" grow into a whole, finished quilt?