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To those with inherited stashes
Although many quilters find some oddball print has made it's way into
their stash, those of us with inherited stashes have a great deal of prints that we would never buy for ourselves. I have stash from about four other people now and although most of it is wonderful, some of it just plain boggles my mind. I've got several cuts of very nice feeling but ugly cloth in yardage and no ideas on how to use it. I've got things that clash with the rest of my stash. I've got seasonal prints and I don't intend to make holiday quilts. I've got plaids and stripes and no idea how to use them well. I've got odd geometrics, and even odder super size prints. How do you use up those weird amounts of weird prints? Most of all what do you do with 2 or more yards of Ugly? Debra in VA See my quilts at http://community.webshots.com/user/debplayshere |
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To those with inherited stashes
Large prints can be cut up- a large red rose can be cut into several red
triangles or a red applique. Ugly prints can be backings. Seasonal prints can be donated to a church craft group or a school or a senior citizen's center or crocheted into rugs or used for picnic quilts or auto emergency quilts. Odd geometrics can be interesting or even pretty in small doses- chop 'em up! There are books that specialize in plaids. You can send any type of fabrics as squishies and *dare* the person to use it. And you can always send any washable fabrics to Jill for her critter quilts. VBG Leslie & The Furbabies in MO. "Debra" wrote in message ... Although many quilters find some oddball print has made it's way into their stash, those of us with inherited stashes have a great deal of prints that we would never buy for ourselves. I have stash from about four other people now and although most of it is wonderful, some of it just plain boggles my mind. I've got several cuts of very nice feeling but ugly cloth in yardage and no ideas on how to use it. I've got things that clash with the rest of my stash. I've got seasonal prints and I don't intend to make holiday quilts. I've got plaids and stripes and no idea how to use them well. I've got odd geometrics, and even odder super size prints. How do you use up those weird amounts of weird prints? Most of all what do you do with 2 or more yards of Ugly? Debra in VA See my quilts at http://community.webshots.com/user/debplayshere |
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To those with inherited stashes
"Debra" wrote in message ... How do you use up those weird amounts of weird prints? Most of all what do you do with 2 or more yards of Ugly? I inherited a large stash several years ago from a quilter who was selling her five bedroom house and moving into a one bedroom studio apartment. Lots of stuff I'd never buy for myself! My minigroup and I used most of it to make quilts for our guild's community service project (quilts for all the pediatric cancer patients in the area). There were a couple of prints where I had to firmly remind myself that just because *I* didn't like it didn't mean someone else wouldn't love it -- after all, someone liked it enough to design it, someone else liked it enough to put in a LQS, and still someone else liked it enough to buy it, so it was already three against one! A former RCTQer used to have an ugly FQ swap once in a while. I never understood how she worked her magic -- I'd send in 12 truly hideous FQs, and get 12 delightful ones back! Everyone else in the group had the same problem. *big grin* And when all else fails, ugly fabric gets cut up for the baseball swap. It's amazing how much better it looks cut into 6.5" squares. Especially when it's going to a team that had absolutely no business beating mine. *evil grin* -- Kathy A. (Woodland, CA) Queen of Fabric Tramps http://fabrictramp.typepad.com/fabric_tramping/ remove the obvious to reply |
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I have a bunch of fabric I got from DH's grandmother when she moved from her
home since she can no longer sew, most of which is NOT cotton. I washed everything on hot to get the shrinkage out of the way. I sorted them by sizes: lg enough for a back; enough for binding and then everything else. I made a quilt for DH's granmother and DMIL (see the crazy quilts in my quilts album). I then cut what was left of the smaller ones up into 6 in. squares. I saved most of the scraps from this for string quilts (because I have too much of my granny in me - she saved EVERYTHING). I the sewed the squares together randomly to get a lap quilt. I have 3 of these finished, another 5 waiting to have the binding sewn to the back, and another 4 tops waiting to be tied and bound. Once they are all done I'm donating them to a local senior care center. I still have lots of squares left that are going with the string blocks into more quilts will be donated somewhere too (I have one of these waiting to be finished as well, but it is mine the rest are going to be donated). Any fabrics that I didn't want to mess with (slippery, too stretchy etc) I either have already given to Jill for the doggie quilts or have in a box waiting to send to her. Those that will receive these quilts will either be too blind to see the ugly fabric, or will be appreciative to have a quilt that the won't care what it looks like. And I'm sure none of Jill's doggie friends have had any complaints about the 'ugly' fabric in their quilts either. JM2C -- Charlotte http://community.webshots.com/user/charh108 "Debra" wrote in message ... Although many quilters find some oddball print has made it's way into their stash, those of us with inherited stashes have a great deal of prints that we would never buy for ourselves. I have stash from about four other people now and although most of it is wonderful, some of it just plain boggles my mind. I've got several cuts of very nice feeling but ugly cloth in yardage and no ideas on how to use it. I've got things that clash with the rest of my stash. I've got seasonal prints and I don't intend to make holiday quilts. I've got plaids and stripes and no idea how to use them well. I've got odd geometrics, and even odder super size prints. How do you use up those weird amounts of weird prints? Most of all what do you do with 2 or more yards of Ugly? Debra in VA See my quilts at http://community.webshots.com/user/debplayshere |
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To those with inherited stashes
use the stripes in borders (crosswise not lengthwise)
or piece for backings or use to line purses/totes etc. tis my only additions to the suggestions already made. oh yea and have fun thinking up new ways to use them. like Kathy A said, at least 3 people liked it enough already so it cant be that bad. jeanne -- Vote B'fly for President '08 san-fran at ihug dot co dot nz nzlstar on yahoo msg'r nzlstar on webshots "Debra" wrote... Although many quilters find some oddball print has made it's way into their stash, those of us with inherited stashes have a great deal of prints that we would never buy for ourselves. I have stash from about four other people now and although most of it is wonderful, some of it just plain boggles my mind. I've got several cuts of very nice feeling but ugly cloth in yardage and no ideas on how to use it. I've got things that clash with the rest of my stash. I've got seasonal prints and I don't intend to make holiday quilts. I've got plaids and stripes and no idea how to use them well. I've got odd geometrics, and even odder super size prints. How do you use up those weird amounts of weird prints? Most of all what do you do with 2 or more yards of Ugly? Debra in VA See my quilts at http://community.webshots.com/user/debplayshere |
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To those with inherited stashes
sorry the stripes also can be used as bindings, crosswise.
jeanne -- Vote B'fly for President '08 san-fran at ihug dot co dot nz nzlstar on yahoo msg'r nzlstar on webshots "nzlstar*" wrote... use the stripes in borders (crosswise not lengthwise) or piece for backings or use to line purses/totes etc. tis my only additions to the suggestions already made. oh yea and have fun thinking up new ways to use them. like Kathy A said, at least 3 people liked it enough already so it cant be that bad. "Debra" wrote... Although many quilters find some oddball print has made it's way into their stash, those of us with inherited stashes have a great deal of prints that we would never buy for ourselves. I have stash from about four other people now and although most of it is wonderful, some of it just plain boggles my mind. I've got several cuts of very nice feeling but ugly cloth in yardage and no ideas on how to use it. I've got things that clash with the rest of my stash. I've got seasonal prints and I don't intend to make holiday quilts. I've got plaids and stripes and no idea how to use them well. I've got odd geometrics, and even odder super size prints. How do you use up those weird amounts of weird prints? Most of all what do you do with 2 or more yards of Ugly? Debra in VA See my quilts at http://community.webshots.com/user/debplayshere |
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To those with inherited stashes
Charity quilts are a great way. My guild is doing quilts now
for CPS and some of the wacky stuff is kind of cool for teenagers. We also make drawstring bags that are given out to the kids if they have to evacuate a home in a hurry. Kind of sad that they are needed but at least it is a way to help. Those are kind of pillow case sized. Taria Debra wrote: Although many quilters find some oddball print has made it's way into their stash, those of us with inherited stashes have a great deal of prints that we would never buy for ourselves. I have stash from about four other people now and although most of it is wonderful, some of it just plain boggles my mind. I've got several cuts of very nice feeling but ugly cloth in yardage and no ideas on how to use it. I've got things that clash with the rest of my stash. I've got seasonal prints and I don't intend to make holiday quilts. I've got plaids and stripes and no idea how to use them well. I've got odd geometrics, and even odder super size prints. How do you use up those weird amounts of weird prints? Most of all what do you do with 2 or more yards of Ugly? Debra in VA See my quilts at http://community.webshots.com/user/debplayshere |
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Kathy, are you saying a little ugly goes a long way? LOL
Taria Kathy Applebaum wrote: And when all else fails, ugly fabric gets cut up for the baseball swap. It's amazing how much better it looks cut into 6.5" squares. Especially when it's going to a team that had absolutely no business beating mine. *evil grin* |
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Seasonal prints have always called to me to make a 'calendar' quilt. Y'know,
12 blocks, fairly large scale with a central focus fabric, the seasonal. Get it? ;-) Uglies usually get donated, to someone who thinks it's beautiful, or to our Jill, who makes the critter blankets for shelter animals -- Debi Chaos, panic and disorder ... my work here is done. "Debra" wrote in message ... Although many quilters find some oddball print has made it's way into their stash, those of us with inherited stashes have a great deal of prints that we would never buy for ourselves. I have stash from about four other people now and although most of it is wonderful, some of it just plain boggles my mind. I've got several cuts of very nice feeling but ugly cloth in yardage and no ideas on how to use it. I've got things that clash with the rest of my stash. I've got seasonal prints and I don't intend to make holiday quilts. I've got plaids and stripes and no idea how to use them well. I've got odd geometrics, and even odder super size prints. How do you use up those weird amounts of weird prints? Most of all what do you do with 2 or more yards of Ugly? Debra in VA See my quilts at http://community.webshots.com/user/debplayshere |
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To those with inherited stashes
Ugly fabric can be transformed,( sometimes) by dyeing with a deeper colour
after giving it a really hot wash 1st! -- Estelle UK http://uk.photos.yahoo.com/ph//my_photos "Debra" wrote in message ... Although many quilters find some oddball print has made it's way into their stash, those of us with inherited stashes have a great deal of prints that we would never buy for ourselves. I have stash from about four other people now and although most of it is wonderful, some of it just plain boggles my mind. I've got several cuts of very nice feeling but ugly cloth in yardage and no ideas on how to use it. I've got things that clash with the rest of my stash. I've got seasonal prints and I don't intend to make holiday quilts. I've got plaids and stripes and no idea how to use them well. I've got odd geometrics, and even odder super size prints. How do you use up those weird amounts of weird prints? Most of all what do you do with 2 or more yards of Ugly? Debra in VA See my quilts at http://community.webshots.com/user/debplayshere |
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