Dina

I just started making a quilt that I am pretty sure only I could love, much less like. Have any of you ever done that? I have shown my progress to a few quilters and gotten very lukewarm responses, like "Isn't that interesting..."

It doesn't bother me. I am enjoying making this quilt and I think I will love it. The pattern is Nebula by Eileen Wright. It is a Bargello. Mine will be 20 shades of purple, and I think it is going to end up looking like a really weird purple UFO (as in alien spacecraft not un-finished project) in an alien purple sky.

So far I have the middle section roughly pinned to my design wall, but here is what it looks like. I know it is weird. I love purple and have never claimed to be a traditional quilter. And the quilt is for me, so I don't need to worry about pleasing anyone.

But my question is really what I asked. Have you ever made a quilt that only you could love?

Dina

Stitchnripper

Honestly, I love it!

Iceblossom

What's not to like about that?

But yes -- a lot of the quilts I make I consider rather taste specific

Some scrap quilts are harder to accept than others, even though I mostly work in scraps I feel they can be chaotic which is not always the intent.

This one started out as "just a project/probably for donation" but I got rather attached to it...
2019 Fabric Moratorium

Some of the fabrics in that top are just so awful!

cathyvv

Not wierd at all. It will be very pretty when done. Can't wait to see it!

sewbizgirl

I love your pretty purple bargello! It's much more than 'interesting'!

I have a quilt on the wall by my bed. It's just a mass of 2-fabric 16 patches (all different) but it really spoke to me. When I showed it at group, nobody seemed to love it. It's all muted civil-war type colors. So I hung it by my bed because I just wasn't ready to give it away yet. I can't tell you how many hours I've spent just looking up at it. I love it, if no one else does.

coopah

Yes! My guild is doing a mystery quilt. One person saw what I'd produced so far and she just had a conniption over it. She likes everything in squares and rows. This is a sampler quilt. So I've put it away and am not sure I'd ever like it myself. I think the finished bits will be repurposed into smaller projects.

Dina

As I reread what I wrote originally, I realized that my sister said the quilt was going to be beautiful. So I guess not everyone was unenthused about it.

Dina

AprilM

It’s totally purple... and i’m totally in love with it! I think you might just have shown it to the wrong people before you showed it to us!!! 😊

Dina

Well, I like your quilt! It is colorful and makes me smile.

Dina

tallchick

That’s going to be spectacular! What’s not to love, the best thing about quilting is it’s a labor of love and at the end of the day it’s about you and doing what makes you happy. I really love this and can’t wait to see it when it’s all done, please keep us posted on your progress.