Making the ugliest quilt ever!
01-05-2012, 11:23 AM
#31
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Oh I buy ugly fabric every chance I get and my sewing friend gives me ugly fabric that she gets for free from her friends g-mas stash when they pass on and she gives it to me. Then she is surprised when it turns into a lovely quilt.
It's like the ugly duckling that turns into a beautiful Swan.
It's like the ugly duckling that turns into a beautiful Swan.
01-05-2012, 11:37 AM
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I'll bet it isn't as ugly as you thing it is when you get it done. Even if it is, your hubby will think it is the best since you made it for him. Post pictures now or when you get done. We would like to see your "ugly" quilt.
01-05-2012, 12:37 PM
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Well Sometimes the one we think are ugly get used the most and are loved the most....I look back now at some of the things I put together years ago..I thought they were so pretty..LOL now all I can do it laugh about it.
01-05-2012, 04:06 PM
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+I am moving in a few weeks and have been inspired by your use of flannel. I won't have to find boxes for the flannel if i use it up for Ugly quilts and I know my grown Grand-daugthers will be thrilled. Thank you.
01-05-2012, 05:53 PM
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I want to see it when it's finished. I bet it will look much nicer than you think. An aunt of my first husband gave my daughter many years ago a quilt she made from double knit scraps...as in the fabric leisure suits were made from. It had the ugliest combination of colors I've ever seen and my daughter loved it! We thought it was indestructible but it got burned when a friends car caught on fire. No one was hurt in the fire but she lost her transistor radio and that quilt.
01-05-2012, 05:56 PM
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That is such a sweet story. Thanks for sharing.
Sometimes the ugliest quilt is the one that gets used the most. I know, I have "junk yard dog" quilt, a quilt I bought 20 some years ago, pea green and red and that is the pretty colors. Junk yard dog signs plastered without, but it is the warmest thing and so used over the years. For the last few years it has been missing til I found it in the trunk of my 30 yr old son's car, shocked I said there is where junk yard dog is. He stated, he loves that quilt and takes it everywhere", he and his family moved to Tx along with junk yard dog. It is the ugliest but warm and loved and now well used.
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