Karen, your "ugly" quilt pattern gave me inspiration! My oldest daughter is recently engaged and I considered making a quilt for their bed as a wedding gift but ... they have 2 dogs that they allow to sleep on the bed. After I watched your video I realized I have leftover cotton remnants from clothes made for her over the years. I found 12 swatches and have a lap size quilt top almost finished, and will give it to her at a shower party - memories from her youth that she can cuddle with, and I don't care if the dogs snuggle in too. Thanks for the idea!
Uuuugh I am SO glad you did this one!! In 2014, this lady was selling her home and all her things. She was 80 years old and moving away. She was selling ALL of her quilt stuff and she sold me 25 lbs of fabric for $35 bucks!! I tried not to take it all but she was "Please!! I can't move all of this stuff!" so I took it and let me tell ya, some of it was uuuuuuugly!!!!! Shopping from my stash has been a struggle LOL!!!! I feel much better now!!! Thank you Karen!!!
Great video. Great instructions. But your reason for why a WOMBAT are golden words of wisdom. I'm a seamstress, not a quilter. I"ve had an alteration shop for 7 years. The one surprising lesson I've learned is that fabric holds memories like a scent does. Your words may finally get me into quilting. Thank you.
Your beautiful “UGLY QUILT” inspired me and my quilting buddies!! I tackled the first one that I made at a retreat and we all loved it so much that we decided to all make Ugly Quilts at our next retreat and we put a spin on it! We decided to each bring our “ugly’” fabric already cut into squares and trade them. Rules of the trade - take as many squares that you brought. It was so fun to see and use each other’s beautiful “ugly” fabric. Some of us made big quilts, some of us made small quilts. Some of us did 4 cuts per fabric square and others did more cuts - more cuts make each fabric piece smaller but makes the quilt more varied… I hope this inspires some more quilters to use up some of their “what am I going to do with this???” fabric. I was going to post pictures of our quilts but cant figure out how to do it...
I made an "ugly quilt" from your pattern and leftover scraps from many other quilts I have made. I sent it to a friend, telling her that the fabrics all came from other quilts (one from another quilt I had made her years ago). Just recently I got an email from her husband, who said he has been ill with Covid-19, and is now almost recuperated. He told me the "ugly" quilt had given him hours of entertainment, finding the fabrics that matched, and speculating about all the other quilts I've made. And he said it was snuggly, and could be his hug when his wife and children couldn't hug him. Thank you for this pattern!
Good morning everyone. While I was organizing my fabrics last week , I realized I had fabric in my stash that I would never quilt with. Some of the fabric I hated but most just were no longer working for me. Then I realized that we all have ‘Ugly’ fabric. I hope that you can use these tips. And for those that are interested, my son is doing better. Thank you for all your goods thoughts.
Just Get it Done Quilts wow, when I saw the notification for you video I thought I need to inquire about how your son is doing. Glad to hear he’s doing better.
Thanks for the update on your son. So glad to hear he's doing better. Hope you are well too, and are finding moments of joy and peace. Oh, and I'm going to use up some fabrics to make a 'wombat' quilt. :)
Thanks for the update, and thanks for the great ideas! You know, Karen, your videos and tips and strategies are always applicable to other hobbies and efforts as well. I usually find myself sharing them later with other friends who have no intention of quilting but, for instance, have a stash of crochet thread to use up, or are trying to organize scraps in a woodworking shop. You always make quilting look so simple and easy, very helpful to me. I bought myself a sign which said, "Hang on while I Overthink this!" So I like your motto better, "Just Get It Done!" and have added, "Stop Thinking, Start Doing!" to my own stash of slogans.
Thanks for this video and update on your son. 💪🏻 my daughter finished her rounds of chemo a couple of weeks ago, she’s doing much better now. Tough on us Parents! She lives overseas, so I can’t be with her at this time - sewing is my happy escape. I appreciate your tips!!
Karen I'm not sure if you'll read this comment since it's a little later after the ugly quilt fact. I have made this quilt in 18" 15" 10". I absolutely love this pattern and I humbly thank you. I'm using this pattern to make charity quilts for a domestic shelter. It goes so darn fast! Just love you.
As a total beginner, I've watched this several times. It's a great place to start for beginners and it doesn't have to be ugly fabric. This and your video on pre-washing or not has been so useful and practical. Also, LOVE the fact that you don't spend any time showing us your teapot and lighting candles. You stay 100% on topic.
My mom was making an ugly quilt for charity. She died suddenly. Then a year later, my sister was in a horrific accident. She broke 13 bones and shattered her femur. She really was missing Mom. So I finished that ugly quilt and brought it to my sister. I didn't even wash it. She was so comforted by that ugly thing and she still cherishes it - the last quilt Mom made.
My eyes teared up before I even finished reading what you wrote. I wouldn't have wanted it washed either. Such a beautiful story, I would have had a hard time finishing it but would have been so proud to have done so. I'm certain your sister truly appreciates and loves you for finishing that quilt.
The effort from love and the shaping of the adult you have become would be one of her greatest accomplishments while she was on earth. I have a brother with special needs and my mother died after a prolong heart disease problem. He couldn’t accept she was gone. So I thought, and came up with something to comfort him. I told him to get her one of her dresses and hold it at night when he went to bed. I think it helped a little.
What a blessing to have something that Mom handled and left her distinct theramones on. The comfort of wrapping Mom around her must have made her healing process much easier. I drew great comfort from wearing my Mom's jeans after she passed away suddenly.
I also call these a "yucky" quilt - for when the kids have a bad day or are feeling "yucky", they can snuggle up to their quilt made with love from their Meme. Karen I always enjoy your videos, keep up the good work!!
I don't believe their are any Ugly quilts!!!!The love, time and patience that goes into making the quilt gives it Beauty and is given to another provides warmth, comfort and pleasant memories!!!!
Of all the quilts my mom made when she died we all wanted her scrapie quilt. It was made with all our clothes when we were kids. So many memories and more precious than gold
My mom made a quilt using my brother's tee shirts. What a collection of all his favorite things. She used a cotton with a faded denim print for the backing and binding. She was so proud of it that she entered it the state fair and won a ribbon. It became by brother's joy.
My mum made a couple of them too... unfortunately she's been less sentimental & they were used in the car for the dog! I'm still interested in getting hold of them though.
Good Morning from Texas. Every morning I get my coffee and open my ipad to check up on whats going on in my little world. When I see you have posted a new video, all else must wait. I move to my favorite chair and cozy up for a visit with my friend. When your video ends I say a little prayer for your son. Thank you, Karen for spending your precious time with all of your friends around the world.
I just stumbled onto this channel today and I am sipping coffee as I read all these wonderful comments. I am not a seasoned sewing person yet, I have accomplished a few things in my last 23 or so years. My mom (rest her soul) was great with the sewing machine. I wish I could have learned from her. She passed when I was just 13 years old. I hope to learn a lot from Karen. 🙏🏼🧵
I haven’t watched your videos in six months at least I used to watch them regularly and then I stopped mainly because I wasn’t quilting but was crocheting. I don’t know why I stopped because I love your videos. They are informative, entertaining and enlightning. And you always touch my heart with your wisdom. You are right, I wouldn’t use a beautifully made quilt for picnics or table covers or for tent making. But I surely would use an ugly quilt for these things. In fact some of the first quilts I made are grabbed first for camping, kids over night parties, wrapping up a sick child. I’ll keep watching you because you are caring and can lift my spirits so that I feel better when I’m depressed, sad, afraid or angry especially in these times of being secluded a d sequestered. Thanks for putting a smile on my face and joy in my heart. ❤️❤️💚💜💛
I pride myself on being a scrappy quilter. I make many quilts for charity and have found the less "fussy" the more they are loved for the very reason you described. I want my quilts to be Used and used UP! Drug around by wee ones or comforting those who can no longer moved at all. Thank you for this video. I am so lucky I found you. You are a woman after my own heart. Bright Blessings in these confined times!
Oh my goodness! Finally! A quilter who refers to rows and “columns!” I’m relatively new to this craft but have never understood referring to both the horizontal and vertical directions as rows. It’s just confusing. I wondered why nobody ever referred to the vertical “rows” as columns as they do in an Excel spreadsheet. So, thank you for making sense to me. I was so happy that I had to stop this video smack dab in the middle to write this. Only my second video in and I’m hooked. Subscribed! Edited to add: I’ve been binge-watching your videos and I’m glad to read in this video that your son is doing better.
Us Excel folks are just a different breed I guess because I thought the same thing as she was explaining. I'm very new to this and I have to mentally think and visualize vertical and horizonal but Columns and rows is immediately understood. :)
You might want to check out Jordan Fabrics' videos. She seems to work "linear," in rows and blocks, and always has shortcuts, yet her quilts look complicated. Guaranteed to impress the intended recipient. I Never had the eye for mentally disassembling a quilt into rows until I started watching Donna'a tutorials.
I buy a lot of “ugly fabric” at thrift stores. Now that you’ve put this video out here, I’m sure the picking are going to get harder to find. Thanks for another great idea; you brighten my day, Karen.
My grandma made everyone quilts when we were wee ones. Amazingly she did them all by hand. She called them crazy quilts. They were always my most favorite quilts of hers. she actually made them out of cotton blouses and tops. Thank you for sharing this. I am not a quilter, I am a person that knows how to sew though. I've always wanted to make crazy quilts for my grandkids. Thank you for the inspiration.
Ms Kat, sure hope you do make quilts for your grands, they will cherish them always. My son is 54 and he still has his from his grandmother. If taken care of they last through generations:)
Boy do I relate to this!!! Practice blocks, fabric I wonder why I got it in the first place (sales), and even some quilt tops I got tired of or changed my mind about gifting that have been sitting around for years. When decluttering my sewing room recently, I bagged it all up and donated it to a thrift store that benefits animals and has a crafting section (plus volunteers who sew). Win win and lesson learned!
The way you describe the comfort factor and logic of having a non-precious quilt makes me want to make one right now! And I've never quilted before! And may I say the quilt from "ugly" fabric is not a bit ugly; thanks for this inspiration. 🙂
Love your kindness by thinking on bring “fun and colorful” quilt to hospitals. I’ve never thought of this possibility. Being hospitalized is terrible and depressing (own experience). Color and patterns are a beautiful palliative. Thank you 🙏🏻.
I made an "ugly" quilt for my sister-in-law. She takes it to her grandchildren's wrestling matches, dance competitions, soccer games and ball games. No matter where she goes that "ugly" and imperfect quilt gets so many compliments. I have no doubt by the time her grandchildren have grown up it will be a treasured memory.
There is no such thing as a bad quilt as long as the fabric is mostly cotton. Because it can be over-dyed if the colors don't work for the user. And everyone likes a handmade quilt. It's just cozy!!
My mum made a couple of patchwork bed covers out of material scraps when I was a kid. They now live on the backseat of her car for the dog. That actually annoyed me as they material used represented my childhood as it outlasted the clothes the I'd worn that the scraps came from!
Thanks to sheltering in place I have time to clean out my Stash Closet. Sort those fabrics and choose what is worth keeping. Having seen this video I made a stack of fabrics at least 15" square for my first Ugly Quilt. Well, I had enough fabric for 5 ugly quilts. I have completed two of the tops in 2 days. I am now addicted. I am gifted so many fabrics and I hate to give them away. NOW I know just what to do with them! In 50 seams you can have a quilt top! I am even going to try it with my collection of cat fabrics. I see no reason to only use your "uglies" for this project. Fast, Fun, Effective and Easy! Thank you Karen for yet another GREAT video.
the mrs. here...my ex SIL wanted to learn to quilt. i used my ugly fabric as i knew she'd not last, lol. while finishing it for the car, my sister said she'd take it (site unseen) for her dog getting on their bed. some years later she asked me to repair it. THAT WAS THE UGLIEST QUILT!!! i had forgotten just how ugly! i told her that one was so ugly i'd make her a new one. in a quiet voice as she petted that ugly quilt, she told me, " for nearly 20 yrs every winter this was on my bed, i was covered with your love. when i was feeling down or sick, i was wrapped in your caring. and in those middle-of-the-night rocking a cranky baby, wrapped in this quilt, you were there encouraging me. you don't understand just how special this is". that was 30 yrs ago and that ugly quilt now hangs on a wall rack near her bed, reminding her she is loved (her words). and from other comments, ugly quilts have a special place in our lives.
So very true! My daughter has an ugly quilt covering her bed that was made by my Nana (grandmother) who died when I was 3 years old. My mother has had to repair it a couple of times already but my daughter loves it so much she refuses to give it up for a new one.
I have a quilt with ugly upholstery fabric and yo-yos and rick rack from I to Love to you Charlotte by my grandmother. Dad saw that quilt when i was growing up and never read it. One day I showed it to him after we argued and he was driving away to go back home. I stood and pointed to the I, the love, the you, and then Charlotte. His Mom didn't tell him or anyone she loved them, but she wrote it on my dolly quilt made out of purple upholstery fabric and brown cotton. It is an ugly quilt made with love. Dad is gone. He felt a lot better after I pointed to the words as he was about to drive off with Mom. He didn't get out and hug me or say anything. He just shook his head up and down.
You're a born teacher. in so many patchwork tutorial this technique appears to be close to rocket science. yours is just motivating & inspiring. thank you!
I'm not a quilter but found this video fascinating. It makes me want to start to quilt. I have loads of fabric that would be perfect for this application.
I use a lot of my "unloved" stash to make quilts for the childrens hospital. Gives them something to brighten a moment in their lives. What we find ugly they can adore.
I love the idea of a hospital quilt. I wish I would have thought of it years ago. My mom made all her grandkids a quilt about 40 years ago. Probably about 15 at the time. It's was a simple square of solid colors but she worked on them for months. Her great and great great grandkids love these quilts and they never met her. When they are sick they want the Grandma quilt and they keep it in their bed until they are better. 15 house holds have one and they all do the same thing. We should have made one a Hospital quilt. God knows we've spent enough time in them the past couple of generations. I'm confident it's the love that went into those quilts that make each of us feel better. Why else would the little ones that never met her want the quilt.
Great plan for those ugly fabrics. I love fat quarters and have often bought them because they were cute. Then they do not really play well with anything I have. Or I just am not that crazy about them anymore. So this is a perfect plan for those fabrics waiting to be sewn into a quilt. Also so happy your son is doing better!
Yup, you are the quilting queen 🥰 The way you explained why the quilt isn’t a wombat, was just so sweet. I don’t think it’s ugly at all, it’s cozy, and wonderful!
I made three scrap quilts to use to keep myself and wife warm in the cold months while sitting in the family room. 3 other quilts hang on walls, the favorites of friends are the scrap quilts. Part of my attachment to the scrap quilts are the family members who received baby quilts or just gifts. One of the scrap quilts have backing from my mother's stash. The are scraps of fabric and rich with feeling.
I don't even quilt, but I love watching your videos! I do sew, and maybe one day I will get brave and try one of your ideas! Thank you for your obvious joy for what you do, and for your genuine personality - I sense only sincerity! Refreshing!
Stephanie Clark the best advice I can give is just do it! I was a garment/home decor sexist but a friend showed me her quilts and I have never looked back! Go for it!♥️👍😎🐝🌷
Hi, Yesterday inspired by your video on ugly fabrics I found 17 fabrics and proceeded to produce an ugly quilt. This quilt is ready for quilting and my husband likes it. You encourage so many of us around the world. Did plan to send photo but can’t add it. Thank you, Pauline Thoman South Australia
Hi from the UK! I've been watching a few of your videos recently, and when I saw this one I immediately clicked on. I've actually made a few 'Ugly' quilts already! We call that pattern a 'Crazy Nine Patch' over here, and I actually have a tip for anyone who wants theirs to 'make sense' as it were. When the blocks are finished, if you lay the first one down and then look not at the very central piece of fabric, but the piece next to it, then that piece is the fabric that will be at the centre of your next block. It means that no fabric will line up next to itself on the blocks beside it, and I've found that it works really well!
like your description. This will help on many layouts, not just this pattern, but ones where you don't want 2 matching fabrics together. Thanks, I put it in my hints notebook.
Já é 2023 mas só vi este vídeo hoje. Bem...muitas vezes fiz coisas com "tecidos feiosos" mas com carinho e bom acabamento, foram amados por outras pessoas. Obrigada por essas dicas valiosas! 😊
I made this for my daughter who is in another state and is having surgery this month. I included some fabrics I had saved from childhood. I am so used corduroy and velvet. It is so fun and cheerful. I used 20 fabrics in two stacks of 10. I know she is going to love it.
I have made that crazy 9 patch quilt many times! Years ago, a friend and I were bemoaning all the ugly Christmas fabrics in our stashes. We worked together, cutting squares out of yards and yards of the ugly fabrics (keeping back some longer lengths for borders/bindings), shared our piles for more variety, and each made a king size quilt plus a very large lap quilt. I even sewed pieces of fabric together to make a piece large enough for the backing (my mom had gifted me with all her Christmas fabric, too, and it was REALLY ugly!). It was very satisfying to use up all that fabric, and those quilts come out every year!
Just wanted to let you know that you look lovely in this video. I remember you’ve shared some stories of rough times in your life lately, which definitely are not evident here. Thank you for the info, time, and free pattern!
I found your channel today 02/10/2023, it so inspiring, I immediately started to follow you. You are a great teacher, everything you explained looks so easy to do, a lot thanks
I am a beginner sewer, quilter, everything. So when I found your fantastic channel where you bend the rules a bit to make things practical to every day life I fell in love with your channel and your tutorials, methods, tips, etc. You are amazing!! Thank you so much ☺️ for all the amazing tutorials 😍🥰❤️
Have made this quilt many times using scrap pieces. They always come out beautiful even with ugly material. We call them “Wack and Stack” quilts. From Busselton. Western Australia.
It is amazing to me how many people are touched by something like this... most quilters become so wrapped up in the precision of the hobby that they forget the emotional part of it.... for me that's the most important part... i spend most of my life trying to convince other quilter's to think this way!
I have been “gifted “ lots of fabrics for mask making and made over 1500 to give away during the age of COVID. I have too much left and will use it for this quilt for all of the reasons that you state to do it. Thanks for this video
And 2021 , AGE IF COVID is STILL RAGING ! Will take at LEAST 1 year or MORE , from 2021 , to DRASTICALLY SLOW DOWN , IF ENOUGH people Vaccinate ! Keep SEWING !
You made my Tuesday morning! Thank you for reminding me that there is always a solution. My mom used to make some of those ugly quilts. We took them to college and university and it’s still some of the best ones. Thank you for reminding me
Hello, Karen! At the time I’m watching this video, it has had over a million views and 299K subscribers. I certain am not surprised by these numbers, because you are amazing, and I could listen to you all day! I will often stream a series of your videos on a TV in my sewing space-which I managed to squeeze into the corner of my bedroom. Yes, I often get distracted from my sewing, but you continue to inspire me! Thank you for all you do!💜 Stay well! Watching from wintry Muskoka ON 🇨🇦
Dear Karen, I just finished my first „ugly“ quilt and it turned out sooo pretty! My 15 year old niece is a huge Christmas fan, so I took 20 different Christmas fabrics in this new kind of „candy“ colors and it looks modern but festive too. Thank you so much for this wonderful tutorial 💕 Lots of love from Germany
This is so cool. I've accumulated LOTS of ugly fabric over the past 30 years and I've asked myself many times "WTHECK was I thinking" and "what do I do with this now?" This is the perfect solution. Thank you for sharing. Now I have a new project. Awesome!
I’m going to make this WOMBAT...Hospital quilt out of all the pieces I have left over from the 600 face masks that I’ve made so far. What a brilliant idea. I knew that I was going to made a face mask quilt when they were no longer needed and I love this pattern idea the most. Thanks for the great idea! I love your fun and interesting videos! You’re such a hoot to watch! Keep it up and keep smiling, you’re our inspiration!🌹🌹
Thanks Karen, love your ugly quilt pattern. I have a lot of FQ's I got when I first started quilting that I have to shake my head at an wonder what the heck I was thinking. They will make some great give away quilts.
I've been struggling with both Long Haul or Long COVID for 10 months and have only managed one quilt. Ugg. BUT now I realize that I've also struggled with Ugly Fabrics Syndrome! Thank you for the remedy! Bless your smile.
You cannot believe what an amazing help this video is. During Covid, I’ve been sewing up a storm, but I feel like I’m lacking in fabric because my stash is small and my scraps are small- and I had no idea what to do with them... now I have a brand new quilt for my nephew! Thank you so much!
Terrible thing to say but, it was a nice incentive ti get back into quilting or crafts! One draw back, once the stash is low we can't go out shopping to get MORE! 😄
Karen, you put such joy and fun into your ‘making’. A comfort quilt is surely something we can all use in these uncertain days. Off to my fabric stash!
Karen I just saw your April 7th video, I am a nurse so my viewing is behind My hours are long and energy is depleted when I am off.. You and your son are in my prayers. I love your videos and this one of ugly fabric quilts made me laugh because I have alot of ugly fabric. I love the pattern. When I have the energy this is what I will make.
this is my favorite pattern, ive never quilted before so i have a lot of loose ends when it comes to available fabric. A lot of tutorials are so hard to follow so this one is fantastic for me.
I haven’t quilted yet either but this way seems easy. I’m a perfectionist so I know I’d go crazy trying to make squares line up perfect. I don’t have to worry with this pattern!
I love the enthusiasm of this video! My group is making baby quilts to give free at a pregnancy lifeline center. We don't want to spend a lot of money on each one. Some are precious, but others are baby quilts we don't mind giving away so much. After seeing this video, I suspect this lady has lots of ideas for us.
It was great to see you this morning! Love the blue wall and your bright and cheery personality 💕. So happy to see your son is doing better. There's much love and many prayers from all of us to you and your family. Love the quilt design, thank you as always 😊
I decided to use up some fabric that I thought was really, really ugly in a string quilt class I was taking. What surprised me was how lovely the quilt turned out with all the ugly fabric that I used. I made a wheelchair quilt out of the blocks for one of the ladies in the 4-bed room my mother shared in a nursing home. The woman who received the quilt, who seldom had visitors, absolutely loved the quilt and thought the colors that I'd considered ghastly, beautiful. She placed it on her bed when it wasn't on her wheelchair. So I agree with you that often what looks ugly when put with other fabric, turns out to be lovely. I also wanted to let you know how much I enjoy your videos. Of the videos available on U-Tube, I enjoy yours the most.
I inherited a giant bag of scrap fabrics from my mom about 30 years ago. I used up all the nicest, prettiest pieces in different projects over the years, but some of the fabrics in that bag were absolutely hideous and every time I sorted through those ones I would literally recoil in disgust. Then at one point I wondered why I was hanging on to all that ugliness and I challenged myself to make something beautiful out of it. I made a scrappy tumbling block wall hanging in which every piece was unique and super ugly. It turned out so nice that I proudly display it in a prominent place in my home and I get so many complements from most everyone who sees it. Sometimes I would tell them the story behind it and it's a lot of fun to see them get up close, scrutinize the individual components to confirm what I'm saying then watch their mixed reactions of surprise and revulsion. But they always step back again and marvel at how beautiful it is from a distance. I'm so glad I made that wall hanging - It's one of my favorite quilts. :-)
I already know I will be making several "Ugly Quilts" . I have a quilt for myself when I don't feel good I put it on myself. I made mine in the postal stamp pattern. I am going to use your patter. Thank you
I was worried when you posted your "update" that we weren't going to be seeing you for a while , but then in short order you posted the Color Exercises (empowering!) And now this one on ugly fabric. Delighful! Keep up the good work. There is no other quilting channel like yours. It really is about giving strategies on making the quilt that I want to make.
I made of of these many years ago after seeing a pattern in a magazine. It used all fruit and vegetable fabrics and was called a picnic quilt. I used novelty scraps and LOVE it! It’s the quilt I keep in my car for spur of the moment picnics, cold soccer games, etc. I was given a fat quarter pack of “ugly but coordinating fabrics”- maybe I’ll throw together one of these for a charity quilt.
Karen, your "ugly" quilt pattern gave me inspiration! My oldest daughter is recently engaged and I considered making a quilt for their bed as a wedding gift but ... they have 2 dogs that they allow to sleep on the bed. After I watched your video I realized I have leftover cotton remnants from clothes made for her over the years. I found 12 swatches and have a lap size quilt top almost finished, and will give it to her at a shower party - memories from her youth that she can cuddle with, and I don't care if the dogs snuggle in too. Thanks for the idea!
I love it ✋
Many homeless shelters, Women's Shelters, Transition Houses, etc. would be grateful for these quilts.
Thank you for this idea.
Uuuugh I am SO glad you did this one!! In 2014, this lady was selling her home and all her things. She was 80 years old and moving away. She was selling ALL of her quilt stuff and she sold me 25 lbs of fabric for $35 bucks!! I tried not to take it all but she was "Please!! I can't move all of this stuff!" so I took it and let me tell ya, some of it was uuuuuuugly!!!!! Shopping from my stash has been a struggle LOL!!!! I feel much better now!!! Thank you Karen!!!
It's amazing what changing, what somethings, called makes all the difference , uuuuuuuuuuuuugly to quilt!
Great video. Great instructions. But your reason for why a WOMBAT are golden words of wisdom. I'm a seamstress, not a quilter. I"ve had an alteration shop for 7 years. The one surprising lesson I've learned is that fabric holds memories like a scent does. Your words may finally get me into quilting. Thank you.
Your beautiful “UGLY QUILT” inspired me and my quilting buddies!!
I tackled the first one that I made at a retreat and we all loved it so much that we decided to all make Ugly Quilts at our next retreat and we put a spin on it!
We decided to each bring our “ugly’” fabric already cut into squares and trade them. Rules of the trade - take as many squares that you brought. It was so fun to see and use each other’s beautiful “ugly” fabric.
Some of us made big quilts, some of us made small quilts. Some of us did 4 cuts per fabric square and others did more cuts - more cuts make each fabric piece smaller but makes the quilt more varied…
I hope this inspires some more quilters to use up some of their “what am I going to do with this???” fabric.
I was going to post pictures of our quilts but cant figure out how to do it...
How fun!!!
I made an "ugly quilt" from your pattern and leftover scraps from many other quilts I have made. I sent it to a friend, telling her that the fabrics all came from other quilts (one from another quilt I had made her years ago). Just recently I got an email from her husband, who said he has been ill with Covid-19, and is now almost recuperated. He told me the "ugly" quilt had given him hours of entertainment, finding the fabrics that matched, and speculating about all the other quilts I've made. And he said it was snuggly, and could be his hug when his wife and children couldn't hug him. Thank you for this pattern!
Oh wow...what great story. Thanks for sharing
Good morning everyone. While I was organizing my fabrics last week , I realized I had fabric in my stash that I would never quilt with. Some of the fabric I hated but most just were no longer working for me. Then I realized that we all have ‘Ugly’ fabric. I hope that you can use these tips. And for those that are interested, my son is doing better. Thank you for all your goods thoughts.
Just Get it Done Quilts wow, when I saw the notification for you video I thought I need to inquire about how your son is doing. Glad to hear he’s doing better.
Thanks for the update on your son. So glad to hear he's doing better. Hope you are well too, and are finding moments of joy and peace.
Oh, and I'm going to use up some fabrics to make a 'wombat' quilt. :)
Thanks for the update, and thanks for the great ideas!
You know, Karen, your videos and tips and strategies are always applicable to other hobbies and efforts as well. I usually find myself sharing them later with other friends who have no intention of quilting but, for instance, have a stash of crochet thread to use up, or are trying to organize scraps in a woodworking shop.
You always make quilting look so simple and easy, very helpful to me. I bought myself a sign which said, "Hang on while I Overthink this!" So I like your motto better, "Just Get It Done!" and have added, "Stop Thinking, Start Doing!" to my own stash of slogans.
OMG...I need that sign...LOL. Thank god I have my timer.
Thanks for this video and update on your son. 💪🏻 my daughter finished her rounds of chemo a couple of weeks ago, she’s doing much better now. Tough on us Parents! She lives overseas, so I can’t be with her at this time - sewing is my happy escape. I appreciate your tips!!
I hate to burst your bubble lady but this is Not an Ugly Quilt. It's Beautiful ❤ Thank you so much for the tutorial 🙏
Karen I'm not sure if you'll read this comment since it's a little later after the ugly quilt fact. I have made this quilt in 18" 15" 10". I absolutely love this pattern and I humbly thank you. I'm using this pattern to make charity quilts for a domestic shelter. It goes so darn fast! Just love you.
So glad to hear
As a total beginner, I've watched this several times. It's a great place to start for beginners and it doesn't have to be ugly fabric.
This and your video on pre-washing or not has been so useful and practical.
Also, LOVE the fact that you don't spend any time showing us your teapot and lighting candles. You stay 100% on topic.
Right? I love that too. I came for quilting not to watch someones coffee pour.
Just get it done 😂❤🎉🎉
My mom was making an ugly quilt for charity. She died suddenly. Then a year later, my sister was in a horrific accident. She broke 13 bones and shattered her femur. She really was missing Mom. So I finished that ugly quilt and brought it to my sister. I didn't even wash it. She was so comforted by that ugly thing and she still cherishes it - the last quilt Mom made.
My eyes teared up before I even finished reading what you wrote. I wouldn't have wanted it washed either. Such a beautiful story, I would have had a hard time finishing it but would have been so proud to have done so. I'm certain your sister truly appreciates and loves you for finishing that quilt.
The effort from love and the shaping of the adult you have become would be one of her greatest accomplishments while she was on earth. I have a brother with special needs and my mother died after a prolong heart disease problem. He couldn’t accept she was gone. So I thought, and came up with something to comfort him. I told him to get her one of her dresses and hold it at night when he went to bed. I think it helped a little.
What a wonderful and caring sister you are. God loves you.
What a blessing to have something that Mom handled and left her distinct theramones on. The comfort of wrapping Mom around her must have made her healing process much easier. I drew great comfort from wearing my Mom's jeans after she passed away suddenly.
You did a great job 👍
I also call these a "yucky" quilt - for when the kids have a bad day or are feeling "yucky", they can snuggle up to their quilt made with love from their Meme. Karen I always enjoy your videos, keep up the good work!!
Maybe I'm missing something..why would anyone give this a thumbs down??? What a happy fun quilt.
I chose to believe that those are bots 😎
Or maybe fat fingers. 😉 Even when I dislike something, I usually just move on.
I don't believe their are any Ugly quilts!!!!The love, time and patience that goes into making the quilt gives it Beauty and is given to another provides warmth, comfort and pleasant memories!!!!
Of all the quilts my mom made when she died we all wanted her scrapie quilt. It was made with all our clothes when we were kids. So many memories and more precious than gold
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My mom made a quilt using my brother's tee shirts. What a collection of all his favorite things. She used a cotton with a faded denim print for the backing and binding. She was so proud of it that she entered it the state fair and won a ribbon. It became by brother's joy.
My mum made a couple of them too... unfortunately she's been less sentimental & they were used in the car for the dog! I'm still interested in getting hold of them though.
The ugly quilt that was donated to a hospital turned out real nice. I will have to try that. God bless.
Good Morning from Texas. Every morning I get my coffee and open my ipad to check up on whats going on in my little world. When I see you have posted a new video, all else must wait. I move to my favorite chair and cozy up for a visit with my friend. When your video ends I say a little prayer for your son. Thank you, Karen for spending your precious time with all of your friends around the world.
Thank you Jean. I feel very special now.
Ditto!
I just stumbled onto this channel today and I am sipping coffee as I read all these wonderful comments. I am not a seasoned sewing person yet, I have accomplished a few things in my last 23 or so years. My mom (rest her soul) was great with the sewing machine. I wish I could have learned from her. She passed when I was just 13 years old. I hope to learn a lot from Karen. 🙏🏼🧵
I haven’t watched your videos in six months at least I used to watch them regularly and then I stopped mainly because I wasn’t quilting but was crocheting. I don’t know why I stopped because I love your videos. They are informative, entertaining and enlightning. And you always touch my heart with your wisdom. You are right, I wouldn’t use a beautifully made quilt for picnics or table covers or for tent making. But I surely would use an ugly quilt for these things. In fact some of the first quilts I made are grabbed first for camping, kids over night parties, wrapping up a sick child. I’ll keep watching you because you are caring and can lift my spirits so that I feel better when I’m depressed, sad, afraid or angry especially in these times of being secluded a d sequestered. Thanks for putting a smile on my face and joy in my heart. ❤️❤️💚💜💛
Sending ❤️ from my home to yours
I pride myself on being a scrappy quilter. I make many quilts for charity and have found the less "fussy" the more they are loved for the very reason you described. I want my quilts to be Used and used UP! Drug around by wee ones or comforting those who can no longer moved at all. Thank you for this video. I am so lucky I found you. You are a woman after my own heart. Bright Blessings in these confined times!
Hi Karen
Can’t throw away scraps thank you so much for your suggestions
Hello
Oh my goodness! Finally! A quilter who refers to rows and “columns!” I’m relatively new to this craft but have never understood referring to both the horizontal and vertical directions as rows. It’s just confusing. I wondered why nobody ever referred to the vertical “rows” as columns as they do in an Excel spreadsheet. So, thank you for making sense to me. I was so happy that I had to stop this video smack dab in the middle to write this. Only my second video in and I’m hooked. Subscribed! Edited to add: I’ve been binge-watching your videos and I’m glad to read in this video that your son is doing better.
Gotta have that spreadsheet mentality!! HA!
I have found that Karen makes a WHOLE lotta quilting sense!!! ❤️😀
Us Excel folks are just a different breed I guess because I thought the same thing as she was explaining. I'm very new to this and I have to mentally think and visualize vertical and horizonal but Columns and rows is immediately understood. :)
I'm so old I learned Lotus spreadsheets! And in my opinion, better than Excel....
You might want to check out Jordan Fabrics' videos. She seems to work "linear," in rows and blocks, and always has shortcuts, yet her quilts look complicated. Guaranteed to impress the intended recipient. I Never had the eye for mentally disassembling a quilt into rows until I started watching Donna'a tutorials.
I really like the ugly blanket. Its a great idea for old fabric you don't like. Honestly it is perfect for young kids and not care if it gets ruined.
What a brilliant quilt! And the idea that if it's not precious it'll get used more is brilliant, too. Thank you!
I'm obsessed with colors & patterns, so I don't think your "ugly" quilts are ugly at all. I think they're beautiful!!
I did put 'ugly' in quotations 😎
I buy a lot of “ugly fabric” at thrift stores. Now that you’ve put this video out here, I’m sure the picking are going to get harder to find. Thanks for another great idea; you brighten my day, Karen.
Love you Karen . So glad to see you. Stay strong and I have you and my family in my prayers
Hello Ellen
My grandma made everyone quilts when we were wee ones. Amazingly she did them all by hand. She called them crazy quilts. They were always my most favorite quilts of hers. she actually made them out of cotton blouses and tops. Thank you for sharing this. I am not a quilter, I am a person that knows how to sew though. I've always wanted to make crazy quilts for my grandkids. Thank you for the inspiration.
Ms Kat, sure hope you do make quilts for your grands, they will cherish them always. My son is 54 and he still has his from his grandmother. If taken care of they last through generations:)
Hi kat
I love "ugly quilts" and do not find them ugly at all! I think its lovely.
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. That first fabric, the one with the big pink flowers, is just lovely - I'd like a skirt made out of that!
Hello
Boy do I relate to this!!! Practice blocks, fabric I wonder why I got it in the first place (sales), and even some quilt tops I got tired of or changed my mind about gifting that have been sitting around for years. When decluttering my sewing room recently, I bagged it all up and donated it to a thrift store that benefits animals and has a crafting section (plus volunteers who sew). Win win and lesson learned!
The way you describe the comfort factor and logic of having a non-precious quilt makes me want to make one right now! And I've never quilted before! And may I say the quilt from "ugly" fabric is not a bit ugly; thanks for this inspiration. 🙂
Love your kindness by thinking on bring “fun and colorful” quilt to hospitals. I’ve never thought of this possibility. Being hospitalized is terrible and depressing (own experience). Color and patterns are a beautiful palliative. Thank you 🙏🏻.
I made an "ugly" quilt for my sister-in-law. She takes it to her grandchildren's wrestling matches, dance competitions, soccer games and ball games. No matter where she goes that "ugly" and imperfect quilt gets so many compliments. I have no doubt by the time her grandchildren have grown up it will be a treasured memory.
✋Thanks for sharing
There is no such thing as a bad quilt as long as the fabric is mostly cotton. Because it can be over-dyed if the colors don't work for the user. And everyone likes a handmade quilt. It's just cozy!!
My mum made a couple of patchwork bed covers out of material scraps when I was a kid. They now live on the backseat of her car for the dog. That actually annoyed me as they material used represented my childhood as it outlasted the clothes the I'd worn that the scraps came from!
Hi Linda
@@lynettepettitt655 hello how are you doing my friend
Thanks to sheltering in place I have time to clean out my Stash Closet. Sort those fabrics and choose what is worth keeping. Having seen this video I made a stack of fabrics at least 15" square for my first Ugly Quilt. Well, I had enough fabric for 5 ugly quilts. I have completed two of the tops in 2 days. I am now addicted. I am gifted so many fabrics and I hate to give them away. NOW I know just what to do with them! In 50 seams you can have a quilt top! I am even going to try it with my collection of cat fabrics. I see no reason to only use your "uglies" for this project. Fast, Fun, Effective and Easy! Thank you Karen for yet another GREAT video.
the mrs. here...my ex SIL wanted to learn to quilt. i used my ugly fabric as i knew she'd not last, lol. while finishing it for the car, my sister said she'd take it (site unseen) for her dog getting on their bed. some years later she asked me to repair it. THAT WAS THE UGLIEST QUILT!!! i had forgotten just how ugly! i told her that one was so ugly i'd make her a new one. in a quiet voice as she petted that ugly quilt, she told me, " for nearly 20 yrs every winter this was on my bed, i was covered with your love. when i was feeling down or sick, i was wrapped in your caring. and in those middle-of-the-night rocking a cranky baby, wrapped in this quilt, you were there encouraging me. you don't understand just how special this is". that was 30 yrs ago and that ugly quilt now hangs on a wall rack near her bed, reminding her she is loved (her words). and from other comments, ugly quilts have a special place in our lives.
So very true! My daughter has an ugly quilt covering her bed that was made by my Nana (grandmother) who died when I was 3 years old. My mother has had to repair it a couple of times already but my daughter loves it so much she refuses to give it up for a new one.
Wonderful story- thank you for sharing.
How true. When you think about, because it was ugly, it got used. The main reason to make one.
I have a quilt with ugly upholstery fabric and yo-yos and rick rack from I to Love to you Charlotte by my grandmother. Dad saw that quilt when i was growing up and never read it. One day I showed it to him after we argued and he was driving away to go back home. I stood and pointed to the I, the love, the you, and then Charlotte. His Mom didn't tell him or anyone she loved them, but she wrote it on my dolly quilt made out of purple upholstery fabric and brown cotton. It is an ugly quilt made with love. Dad is gone. He felt a lot better after I pointed to the words as he was about to drive off with Mom. He didn't get out and hug me or say anything. He just shook his head up and down.
@@dianecoverdale2342 That is so true, I just want to display the really pretty ones
Love this idea! Especially for the hospital. Thank you
Hello Theresa
You're a born teacher. in so many patchwork tutorial this technique appears to be close to rocket science. yours is just motivating & inspiring. thank you!
Karen, I watched this video a second time almost a year later and I really enjoyed the creative cuts and uses of the "ugly" fabrics.
I too just watched it again. It might be time for part 2
I'm not a quilter but found this video fascinating. It makes me want to start to quilt. I have loads of fabric that would be perfect for this application.
Me too!!! Now I feel the urge to go buy a rotary cutter and all that is needed to do these diagonal cuts. 😏
I learn new ways to "getrid of" fabrics but it so usefull and fun-. it does making more creative- Thanks, Karen!
Hi Sandra
And it's no longer ugly! Awesome
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I love your thoughts on why an ugly fabric quilt can truly be a thing of beauty and wonderful memories. Thankyou for the videos you do.
I use a lot of my "unloved" stash to make quilts for the childrens hospital. Gives them something to brighten a moment in their lives. What we find ugly they can adore.
You are so right. I just love your sense of humor about it. Thank you for the 5 ways.
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I love the concept of using up ‘ugly’ fabric. Praying for continued strength for you and healing for your son. 🙏🤗
Hi Sharon
I love the idea of a hospital quilt. I wish I would have thought of it years ago. My mom made all her grandkids a quilt about 40 years ago. Probably about 15 at the time. It's was a simple square of solid colors but she worked on them for months. Her great and great great grandkids love these quilts and they never met her. When they are sick they want the Grandma quilt and they keep it in their bed until they are better. 15 house holds have one and they all do the same thing. We should have made one a Hospital quilt. God knows we've spent enough time in them the past couple of generations. I'm confident it's the love that went into those quilts that make each of us feel better. Why else would the little ones that never met her want the quilt.
Great plan for those ugly fabrics. I love fat quarters and have often bought them because they were cute. Then they do not really play well with anything I have. Or I just am not that crazy about them anymore. So this is a perfect plan for those fabrics waiting to be sewn into a quilt. Also so happy your son is doing better!
Thank you
Yup, you are the quilting queen 🥰 The way you explained why the quilt isn’t a wombat, was just so sweet. I don’t think it’s ugly at all, it’s cozy, and wonderful!
I made three scrap quilts to use to keep myself and wife warm in the cold months while sitting in the family room. 3 other quilts hang on walls, the favorites of friends are the scrap quilts. Part of my attachment to the scrap quilts are the family members who received baby quilts or just gifts. One of the scrap quilts have backing from my mother's stash. The are scraps of fabric and rich with feeling.
Some of those fabrics were gorgeous!
I don't even quilt, but I love watching your videos! I do sew, and maybe one day I will get brave and try one of your ideas! Thank you for your obvious joy for what you do, and for your genuine personality - I sense only sincerity! Refreshing!
Stephanie Clark the best advice I can give is just do it! I was a garment/home decor sexist but a friend showed me her quilts and I have never looked back!
Go for it!♥️👍😎🐝🌷
If you do any of my patterns this is the one to try. I'm sure you have a ton of scrap pieces and this is so forgiving
YIKES!! SEWIST not sexist, ugh autocorrect!😂
@@villagesteader3552 I get it! I have found so many auto correct nonsensical changes! And some embarrassing too!
@@JustGetitDoneQuilts It does look forgiving - I like the whimsy of the piece shapes!
Hi,
Yesterday inspired by your video on ugly fabrics I found 17 fabrics and proceeded to produce an ugly quilt.
This quilt is ready for quilting and my husband likes it.
You encourage so many of us around the world.
Did plan to send photo but can’t add it.
Thank you, Pauline Thoman
South Australia
Well done
Before you even said it my thought was "a quilt for my front porch!!" "beach quilt" "throw it on the grass quilt" Thanks I love it!!!
Hello Janice
My daughter and I started one tonight. She leaves for University in 6 weeks and will take it with her.❤ Thank you for this video.
Perfect
Hi from the UK! I've been watching a few of your videos recently, and when I saw this one I immediately clicked on. I've actually made a few 'Ugly' quilts already! We call that pattern a 'Crazy Nine Patch' over here, and I actually have a tip for anyone who wants theirs to 'make sense' as it were. When the blocks are finished, if you lay the first one down and then look not at the very central piece of fabric, but the piece next to it, then that piece is the fabric that will be at the centre of your next block. It means that no fabric will line up next to itself on the blocks beside it, and I've found that it works really well!
Thanks for sharing
like your description. This will help on many layouts, not just this pattern, but ones where you don't want 2 matching fabrics together. Thanks, I put it in my hints notebook.
Thank you! Great tip, which I'll definitely use! 🙃⚘
You take the fear out of learning to quilt. I love the idea of a not so precious quilt. So freeing.
Já é 2023 mas só vi este vídeo hoje.
Bem...muitas vezes fiz coisas com "tecidos feiosos" mas com carinho e bom acabamento, foram amados por outras pessoas.
Obrigada por essas dicas valiosas!
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I find it amusing how many of your "ugly" fabrics I like
I was blown away by her chopping up the quality Australian bird fabric (5:04) that I paid a pretty penny for. Ouch!!!!
I made this for my daughter who is in another state and is having surgery this month. I included some fabrics I had saved from childhood. I am so used corduroy and velvet. It is so fun and cheerful. I used 20 fabrics in two stacks of 10. I know she is going to love it.
Very nice
I have made that crazy 9 patch quilt many times! Years ago, a friend and I were bemoaning all the ugly Christmas fabrics in our stashes. We worked together, cutting squares out of yards and yards of the ugly fabrics (keeping back some longer lengths for borders/bindings), shared our piles for more variety, and each made a king size quilt plus a very large lap quilt. I even sewed pieces of fabric together to make a piece large enough for the backing (my mom had gifted me with all her Christmas fabric, too, and it was REALLY ugly!). It was very satisfying to use up all that fabric, and those quilts come out every year!
I’m doing to do one of those now
Just wanted to let you know that you look lovely in this video. I remember you’ve shared some stories of rough times in your life lately, which definitely are not evident here. Thank you for the info, time, and free pattern!
Thank you so much!
Hello Sue
I found your channel today 02/10/2023, it so inspiring, I immediately started to follow you. You are a great teacher, everything you explained looks so easy to do, a lot thanks
I am a beginner sewer, quilter, everything. So when I found your fantastic channel where you bend the rules a bit to make things practical to every day life I fell in love with your channel and your tutorials, methods, tips, etc. You are amazing!! Thank you so much ☺️ for all the amazing tutorials 😍🥰❤️
Hello Karen,
I love the idea of the ugly quilt becoming precious because of the attached memories. It’s the quilt version of the ugly duckling tale!
Have made this quilt many times using scrap pieces. They always come out beautiful even with ugly material. We call them “Wack and Stack” quilts. From Busselton. Western Australia.
Hello Jennifer
It is amazing to me how many people are touched by something like this... most quilters become so wrapped up in the precision of the hobby that they forget the emotional part of it.... for me that's the most important part... i spend most of my life trying to convince other quilter's to think this way!
I have been “gifted “ lots of fabrics for mask making and made over 1500 to give away during the age of COVID. I have too much left and will use it for this quilt for all of the reasons that you state to do it. Thanks for this video
And 2021 , AGE IF COVID is STILL RAGING ! Will take at LEAST 1 year or MORE , from 2021 , to DRASTICALLY SLOW DOWN , IF ENOUGH people Vaccinate !
Keep SEWING !
Hi Doreen
Jenny, I love watching your videos. You make me smile and i always learn something new. I hope you are well, and your son is getting stronger...
Hello Nancy
You made my Tuesday morning! Thank you for reminding me that there is always a solution. My mom used to make some of those ugly quilts. We took them to college and university and it’s still some of the best ones. Thank you for reminding me
Thanks for sharing
Hello, Karen! At the time I’m watching this video, it has had over a million views and 299K subscribers. I certain
am not surprised by these numbers, because you are amazing, and I could listen to you all day! I will often stream a series of your videos on a TV in my sewing space-which I managed to squeeze into the corner of my bedroom. Yes, I often get distracted from my sewing, but you continue to inspire me! Thank you for all you do!💜
Stay well!
Watching from wintry Muskoka ON 🇨🇦
Thank you
I just love your tutorials. More than the technique, though, I love your stories. Thanks for being real and bringing so much creativity to my life!
You are so welcome! Glad you are here too
Dido
I don't see an ugly quilt I see a beautiful quilt that was made with love.
Dear Karen, I just finished my first „ugly“ quilt and it turned out sooo pretty! My 15 year old niece is a huge Christmas fan, so I took 20 different Christmas fabrics in this new kind of „candy“ colors and it looks modern but festive too. Thank you so much for this wonderful tutorial 💕 Lots of love from Germany
This is so cool. I've accumulated LOTS of ugly fabric over the past 30 years and I've asked myself many times "WTHECK was I thinking" and "what do I do with this now?" This is the perfect solution. Thank you for sharing. Now I have a new project. Awesome!
I love this! I prefer utilitarian quilts to ones that are too “beautiful” to actually use or wash.
Hi Rebecca
Completely agree
I’m going to make this WOMBAT...Hospital quilt out of all the pieces I have left over from the 600 face masks that I’ve made so far. What a brilliant idea. I knew that I was going to made a face mask quilt when they were no longer needed and I love this pattern idea the most. Thanks for the great idea! I love your fun and interesting videos! You’re such a hoot to watch! Keep it up and keep smiling, you’re our inspiration!🌹🌹
You’ll find it fast, easy and very forgiving
Brilliant tutorial as always, I hope your son is doing better! Much love from Australia
Thank you...and he is finally doing better
I am so glad you are back......and smiling!
Thanks Karen, love your ugly quilt pattern. I have a lot of FQ's I got when I first started quilting that I have to shake my head at an wonder what the heck I was thinking. They will make some great give away quilts.
I think that pink flower fabric was purchased in my first year too. You just don't know.
Thank you for sharing that was awesome I love quilts my memo made quilts back when we were real young and I have one of her old quilts
Hi
I love ugly quilts.Just so much colours and scattered.☘️🇨🇮🌈
I've been struggling with both Long Haul or Long COVID for 10 months and have only managed one quilt. Ugg. BUT now I realize that I've also struggled with Ugly Fabrics Syndrome! Thank you for the remedy! Bless your smile.
You cannot believe what an amazing help this video is. During Covid, I’ve been sewing up a storm, but I feel like I’m lacking in fabric because my stash is small and my scraps are small- and I had no idea what to do with them... now I have a brand new quilt for my nephew! Thank you so much!
Terrible thing to say but, it was a nice incentive ti get back into quilting or crafts! One draw back, once the stash is low we can't go out shopping to get MORE! 😄
I work in a fabric store, and customers have told me they have made thousands of masks and made Covid quilts with the scraps!
Good idea. I wanted to learn weaving a rug, that's where ugly material went. Best rug because of the colors.
Karen, you put such joy and fun into your ‘making’. A comfort quilt is surely something we can all use in these uncertain days. Off to my fabric stash!
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Karen I just saw your April 7th video, I am a nurse so my viewing is behind My hours are long and energy is depleted when I am off.. You and your son are in my prayers. I love your videos and this one of ugly fabric quilts made me laugh because I have alot of ugly fabric. I love the pattern. When I have the energy this is what I will make.
I love this and love your attitude and your wonderful tips. Thank you,
😊 thank you
Hello Rebecca
Love scrappy quilts. I make them most often.
this is my favorite pattern, ive never quilted before so i have a lot of loose ends when it comes to available fabric. A lot of tutorials are so hard to follow so this one is fantastic for me.
I haven’t quilted yet either but this way seems easy. I’m a perfectionist so I know I’d go crazy trying to make squares line up perfect. I don’t have to worry with this pattern!
I love the enthusiasm of this video! My group is making baby quilts to give free at a pregnancy lifeline center. We don't want to spend a lot of money on each one. Some are precious, but others are baby quilts we don't mind giving away so much. After seeing this video, I suspect this lady has lots of ideas for us.
It was great to see you this morning! Love the blue wall and your bright and cheery personality 💕. So happy to see your son is doing better. There's much love and many prayers from all of us to you and your family. Love the quilt design, thank you as always 😊
Thank you so much!! I really do feel them.
I love this!
I have so much impulse buy fabrics, I now have a way to use them.
I'm so glad I found you.
Welcome!
Absolutely love this.....especially after seeing one of my “better” quilts on display as a beach blanket.....thanks to my son!!
Hi Nancy
I decided to use up some fabric that I thought was really, really ugly in a string quilt class I was taking. What surprised me was how lovely the quilt turned out with all the ugly fabric that I used. I made a wheelchair quilt out of the blocks for one of the ladies in the 4-bed room my mother shared in a nursing home. The woman who received the quilt, who seldom had visitors, absolutely loved the quilt and thought the colors that I'd considered ghastly, beautiful. She placed it on her bed when it wasn't on her wheelchair. So I agree with you that often what looks ugly when put with other fabric, turns out to be lovely. I also wanted to let you know how much I enjoy your videos. Of the videos available on U-Tube, I enjoy yours the most.
I inherited a giant bag of scrap fabrics from my mom about 30 years ago. I used up all the nicest, prettiest pieces in different projects over the years, but some of the fabrics in that bag were absolutely hideous and every time I sorted through those ones I would literally recoil in disgust.
Then at one point I wondered why I was hanging on to all that ugliness and I challenged myself to make something beautiful out of it. I made a scrappy tumbling block wall hanging in which every piece was unique and super ugly.
It turned out so nice that I proudly display it in a prominent place in my home and I get so many complements from most everyone who sees it. Sometimes I would tell them the story behind it and it's a lot of fun to see them get up close, scrutinize the individual components to confirm what I'm saying then watch their mixed reactions of surprise and revulsion. But they always step back again and marvel at how beautiful it is from a distance.
I'm so glad I made that wall hanging - It's one of my favorite quilts. :-)
I’d love to see a photo
I already know I will be making several "Ugly Quilts" . I have a quilt for myself when I don't feel good I put it on myself. I made mine in the postal stamp pattern. I am going to use your patter. Thank you
I was worried when you posted your "update" that we weren't going to be seeing you for a while , but then in short order you posted the Color Exercises (empowering!) And now this one on ugly fabric. Delighful! Keep up the good work. There is no other quilting channel like yours. It really is about giving strategies on making the quilt that I want to make.
Thank you so much 😊
I agree.... this quilting channel is for real people facing real issues, like ugly fabrics 😊
Rebecca is right - i learn so much watching you videos. And thank you for being real - none of us have perfect lives.
I love your channel! So therapeutic!
I made of of these many years ago after seeing a pattern in a magazine. It used all fruit and vegetable fabrics and was called a picnic quilt. I used novelty scraps and LOVE it! It’s the quilt I keep in my car for spur of the moment picnics, cold soccer games, etc. I was given a fat quarter pack of “ugly but coordinating fabrics”- maybe I’ll throw together one of these for a charity quilt.
Lady, this is a remarkably BEAUTIFUL quilt! If giraffes and the platypus can be beautiful, so can this quilt.