January 13, 2007
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Ugly Fabric Samples
My Aunt Mae brought boxes of fabric to my house,she said the people were throwing it out and she wanted to know if I could use it.I never say no to fabric!! As we started looking thru it we could see that someone put hours and hours of work into cutting patches and sewing them together to make quilts.A lot of the quilts she made were for the homeless.She took apart old fabric sample books from the 70's,80's and 90's for fabric to use to make the quilts.
Here are some of the more colorful ones....
These were bigger pieces of material and my mom wanted to know if I wanted them,I told her
"NO,they hurt my eyes!"
I think that I actually had a swimsuit cover -up made out of the same fabric as this striped piece.
Same Pattern,different color schemes
Incase you didn't get enough ugly...there is a contrasting ugly,so you can have matching ugliness.
Now I will be able to make atrociously ( Exceptionally bad; abominable: atrocious decor; )
ugly patchwork quilts!!!One I really liked
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Comments (95)
OMG! Ok...whew! I think I'm blind now...you win! LOL
It's upholstery fabric, made to match wallpaper. They are pretty fugly patterns!
Second!! LOL
My grandma used to make quilts out of men's shirt samples from the '50s and '60s. You know how colorful THOSE were. Not. But she did teach me how to make a quilt from blocks. I haven't done anything with quilting since then, but it's a fun memory.
Kathi
Watch it, someone might jack your .jpgs and use those for backgrounds! *lol*
One of the first quilts I ever got to quilt on and call mine was peiced by Aunt Myrtle who lived next door and was not really my aunt. Anyway, the scraps came from the Tell City Furniture Co. which use to make some famous funiture. I wouldn't give anything for that quilt. There will never be another one like it, and it is packed full of memories.
Your scraps kind of awakened a lot of special memories.
7th! LOL ... anyway... those are really ugly. Some people think that poor people HAVE to take it b/c it's something they need but I'm pretty sure that I would be like, "Why'd they have to make is soooooooo ugly though?!" Plus, I wouldn't want a quilt out of upholstry fabric! LOL.
P.S. ... <3 the "ugly fabric" tag! ROFL
I have done the same thing with sample fabric!
Also, I LOVE this vintage print!
Yup, those would be the 4 "littles"... I started calling them that because it was easier than typing all their names out heeeheee!
ok...i understand cutting that stuff up and making applique quilts (i'm thinking tiny flowers or something)...
but can you imagine going to someone's house and seeing their couch upholstered in it? Or curtains!? OR THEIR CLOTHES!!!!!!???????????
eeeeeek!
if it useable then might as well get it and use it again for something.
I agree the big prints/color hurt my eyes!
Wanna come jump on my ugly chair?
I love the first block of fabric. Some are just plain out there in never never land.
I cant top giggling at that tongue picture, i may have to copy it and use it for a profile picture. I have to say i have some very colorful fabric.
I will keep Ian in my thoughts.
I like colors. I like big bold bright colors. In a controlled environment, not run amuck.
When I first bought my house, the bedroom that is now my office space had wall paper very closely resembling the 3rd sample on the right, with green shag (yes, green shag) carpeting.
The carpet came out within an hour. The wallpaper, on the other hand, took my hero, my friend DD, my other friend MojadoGringo and me about a week to scrape off (cuz the sucker grabbed on to the walls for dear life!) and another week to refinish, prime and paint the walls Navajo White.
Hey Beth,
Great fabric pics. I think i had a skirt made of something like one of those stripey ones in the 70s. Ouch.
Thanks for the link to prayforian.com
About the YMCA/aquabilities. I think that the Y is better because it offers more than just water exercise. You may want to take a spin class or do weight training some time, and if you are already a member at the Y it would be easier to branch out. The Pottstown Y actually has a better setup as far as pools go. They have 2 pools, but their overall building layout is wierd - it is hard to get from one place to another. I think that the building was built at different times and it is just wierd. We are members at Boyertown now - Dave likes their layout better. They 'only' have one pool and it is heavily used by swim team and classes. Let me know how it works out for you.
Diane
Thanks for posting the fabric pics! I just loooove stuff like that. I once won an ugly wallpaper contest with the wallpaper in my bathroom. It was many years ago...and I lived in the fantastic loft apartment. I never did take down that wallpaper...I had it professionally cleaned and restored. I was very proud of my ugly stuff!
EW! Who would use those types of designs in decorating? Can you imagine curtains made with any of them? Or, a whole couch covered in it! *shudder* I guess it is just so far from my tastes. I am more a calico print kind of gal! I used to get old sample books and use them for projects with kids when I was a school teacher. Grade school teachers will practically kill for old wall paper books and sample books like those.
hideous is the only word that comes to mind. have a good day beth =D
I actually kind like the paisley ones! I make padded photo albums and a few of them would be nice for that... but yeah, over all UGLY!! LOL
That brought me back to my childhood with my mom's obsession with different fabric.
Yeah, they are pretty bad!!
I've been toying with the idea of trying some quilting. I've never done it before but think it would be fun. Guess I should use up all the yarn I have first. Hehehehehe
Hugs'n'Smooches!
Yikes.. That's some ugly fabric. I can't imagine how you could ever work that into a quilt! Good luck...
How fun! I would have kept the two paisley fabrics!
haha =) I love colorful things - no matter how mismatched they are!!! I disagreeee! It'll make an interesting and colorful quilt! =)
Hey, I actually really like the sperm cell pattern ones below the chorizo patterns! Maybe for really big bandanas and not quilts. But I have to agree with you and I say it in public:
I stand corrected. Some colors can hurt your eyes.
I might have to steal some of those patterns for next years background on my Xanga.
Your right beth that's some kind of UGLY. RYC: They are not all guys on that show, but I agree men/sick = babies.
I come to your site to listen to the music - I love it.
That was a little more heartwarming!
lol
my mom's side of the family quilts... wait, i think sam has a sister who quilts too... i think... but they all have good taste when it comes to fabric- thankfully!
that set of samples that come in the blue, then the red, then the brownish color- same pattern just different colors... my first thought when i saw those was, "Gross! They look like intestines!"
thought that would humor you...
I also like the paisley prints! The others, not so much.
Help - I'm blind. They are worse than the carpets in my new house!!! You win.
Some of those pieces you let go are very scene... My teenage son would have loved them. I remember when we moved into this 70's house, he was mad because I took the wallpaper down... it was scene he said.... hummm.
Hugs, Tricia
Quilts are supposed to be special! However they are special!
My brother loves obnoxious color combos! 
Spazzz is playing weird music!
Five
kids?
That
must
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Hey beth, I don't have a myspace. I think I am going to probably drop back to pretty much just using my web page http://www.freewebs.com/mustroam/ though we shall see I may use the xanga some I duno as of yet
Jordan
fun!
I am dizzy now!
where have you been? you missed my death threat! to me, not from me.
i like the sunset colrs...blue, pink,
They are welcome! Tell them any friend of Seedsower is a friend of mine - so be good! LOL!
UGHHH..... who would want to go through all the hours of quilting and end up with those fabrics! MCC could use them for bags to ship overseas.(if you need more info...message me)
They are certainly colorful. Some were better than others. I'm a colorful gal married to a plain vanilla guy. I'd love bright colorful stuff. He is scared of color. We have a white walled house. The only room with paint is a very pale purple in my girls bedroom that I had to paint one day while he was at work. He wasn't terribly happy about it. LOL
I wanna PLAY!!!!!!
We can all donkey dance!! like a monkey!
those fabric are making me see stars....
I love your cloth pictures. My sister and I went through my mother's house when she moved after 40 years in the same place. We found boxes of old cloth and yarn. It was fun remembering the clothes that came from them.
I followed your link to read about Ian. I have a girl in my 7th grade class who had a similar accident. She went home right before Christmas and came to visit our class this past week. I will be praying for Ian.
Wow ... those sure are some ugly fabric samples!!! I think your new motto should be "Just say NO to ugly fabric!!!"
I hope you are having a great Saturday, despite the dreary weather ... ughhh!!!
Don't feel like you have to make anything for me from any of that fabric!!
Have a good weekend!
Thanks, darling. You're right, though it doesn't stop me from wanting a boy to hold onto. Not too much, though, at least not today. I'm content with the prospect. I'll try to hold on to that instead.
Eeeew...However...I do like the same one you do though... Very pretty.
Very colorful fabric samples!
RYC: Thanks for the comment. I too have seen you around various sites. Welcome to my humble blog.
ryc; Thanks, so will i!
Oh Bessie, you crack me up!!!
It is in Downingtown, on a little quiet street behind an elementary school... and is it ever a dump!!! but it's just what we wanted.
oh dear. some of those are quite bad, especially all of them combined. poor quilt is going to have low self-esteem.
RYC: No, I don't think I've ever seen a lemming up close. Should I?
This music is awfully familiar. "In the Mood"?
Hi Beth!
Wow, that fabric goes beyond hideous...I find the one that looks like deranged seaweed the most amusing.
My daughter just made her first quilt.
I liked the one you liked too. ...
Have a great weekend,.. Love in Christ,.. Tip
Yikes!
:giggle: Those really do hurt your eyes!
*sparkle
OOo... Some of that is Ugly fabric. lol there are ways of making it less ugly though... Folding, cutting, dying... Cheinelle maybe? lol Hope you have fun with the ones you did keep. lol
Hope your weekends going well. Ang
Wow I got here late today!
Wow. I need to adjust the vertical hold on my computer I think.
I think it's awesome that you know how to quilt. My grandmother made quilts for each of her grandchildren. They weren't patchwork - but hand stitched designs. Incredible works of art. Each of us has a different one. She's gone now but anytime I see that quilt, I will think of her and the hardwork she put into it - just for me.
Hope you had a great day!
thanks for sending or putting them on the net so we all could enjoy. They are someithing
i have a headache now! lol
I'll bet if you took all the ugly ones you'd get a real nice quilt out of it!
Jay
Ha, too fun! I think I had the same swimsuit cover up! My mom has fabric EVERYWHERE! No kidding, she has made quilts in the past but truly has enough fabric to cover Arkansas in quilts!
WOW...
some of those patterns look very familiar. I am convinced that one of my friends had a couch or wall paper like one of those first patterns. The swirly one in teal and coral. The stuff from the 70's is fun.
My grandma would make quilts out of fabrics like these. I would spend forever staring at all the different colors and patterns when I was a kid. I don't know why I remembered that.
RYC: I hope you got your brother back. EWWWW. That's a lot worse than pre-licked candy.
That box sent me down memory lane! My Grandma made quilts and I got the last ne that she made since I was the youngest Grandchild. I will treasure it forever! Have an awesome day.
RYC no but am about to make it for Devlins Birthday at the end of the month.
Those are some colorful patches. Judi
The fabric that hurt your eyes looks a lot like the wallpaper my mom choose for the half-bath in the house I grew up in. Dad used to say, "If you weren't constipated when you when in, you would be when you saw the wallpaper." (He didn't like it.)
iT WAS THE FASHION IN THE PAST YEARS ; I REMEMBER WE USED SOME THIS STYLE IN THE 70 's ;
Tastes change !
Love
Michel
I admire anyone who can make something with needle and fabrics and thread.
This is awesome!! I love quilts - Never learned myself but my grandmother and great grandmother did and I still have quilts that they made me and my kids.
Have a great Sunday!!
OMG! they are just hideous. how funny! maybe a petbed?
i would love those paisleys for my xanga face!
chicken pot pie and quilting... you are expanding my world. I must try it, but the best choice of fabric for me is ready cut pieces, otherwise sold as hankies!
Your song on here is the best.
I like the top left one under more colorful colors! Some old ones can be big $$ to collectors.
Seriously, I had a pair of pants that were very similar to the picture third from the top on the right back in about 72.
Hi! Well what can I say; that fabric is ugly. No wonder they were going to get rid of it. LOL. How are things with you? I guess you will soon be getting ready for the spring flowers.
I love TyneeGrannyB....and she was mighty funny in this post. That's some ugly stuff you've got there.
Hi Beth, well some of the fabrics leave alot to be desired I agree but others are ok...how ya doing, havent stopped in lately...gotta get something planned with the tea soon..let me know
Looks like what we found in my grandma's closet after her death. Yards of the stuff! We gave it to the school for the kids to practice on.
I like 2 or 3 the rest I think are not real and are a test of the National Broadcast Alert system
they were only a test
Wow, I love the paisleys--so cool. How wonderful that you got some stuff-what will you use them for, besides quilts? Want me to send you some snow?! Love to you.
RYC: Man, I've been on here for a damn while if you remember this profile pic.
I think I saw a set of sheets I use to have and a old shirt that I quit wearing 10 years ago....lol.
RYC: yah, i decided not to tag D James Kennedy until my next post when i will discuss his article in the magazine... the quotes, i thought, took up alot of reading time so i decided to be merciful to my subscribers and break it into two posts
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Those are so cool!! Ugly yes, but really cool! I must be weird but I think there is hope for a couple of them. After you make the "ugly" quilt, take a picture so we can see it. Have a wonderful day.