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07-28-2024, 11:06 AM

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Quiltwoman44

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reversible quilts are always good too. use it them as backing.

07-28-2024, 11:20 AM

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ibex94

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add purple and black colors to make a halloween quilt....

07-28-2024, 03:57 PM

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WMUTeach

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So many good ideas! How will you ever choose?

07-28-2024, 04:10 PM

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bearisgray

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Originally Posted by ibex94

add purple and black colors to make a halloween quilt....

And lime green.

07-29-2024, 03:59 AM

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rjwilder

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I've been in your shoes, I finally put them on the donation table at a Guild meeting. They are gone, and I have an empty space to fill up with some other fabric I love.

07-29-2024, 05:11 AM

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Tartan

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Make them into a trunk quilt. One to use for a picnic or at the beach on the sand.

07-30-2024, 08:02 AM

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Years ago, early in my quilting career, I thought I'd make an Amish style quilt. I pieced intense yellow and dark blue pieces into 9-patch blocks. Then I did some of orange with the same blue. They sat for decades. I'm now trying to finish up several UFOs of years' standing. I put a few of these blocks up on the design wall and studied them for weeks, but I can't decide what to do with them. The Amish make beautiful quilts -- this is NOT beautiful! I thought of cutting them up into quarters and mixing them with other quartered 9 patches to make a disappearing 9 patch. Then I thought, nah, that would still be ugly. Then I thought of cutting them into skinny strips and making a string quilt using them and other fabrics. But there are too many of the blocks and they would dominate the quilt. I don't want to throw them out, but . . . ??? Suggestions?

Thank you, all, for your great suggestions! I love the idea of cutting the blocks diagonally, and the one of adding lime into the mix. I think maybe also white, and make it all into a sort of Jacob's Ladder. I'm off to cut blocks!