Ack!

As this site of mine is rather new and not very well known, I was checking the search queries this morning to see what search terms folks have been using that bring them here.  Guess what was the number one query this week?

“Simply Sophisticated BOM UGLY”!!!  Apparently I wasn’t alone in my opinion!  Because I already disliked the fabrics and layout of the quilt (for those of you that don’t know, this was a mystery quilt, blocks and fabrics were a surprise) I decided I didn’t want to spend any additional money replacing the setting triangle fabrics, so I went ahead and used those that were supplied.

The panto is “Floriana” and is available at Willow Leaf Studios.  I used King Tut variegated thread on top and the Bottom Line in the bobbin.

It’s finished now, and I will be taking it along to my next guild meeting so it can be donated for charity.  

I seem to be on an ugly quilt roll.  I have been trying to use up my vast supply of Moda Chocolat charm squares, but all I have left are the ugly ones for the most part.  There were a few of the pretty floral ones left, and I thought I could squeeze one last little table runner or wall hanging out of them, so I’ve been busy chopping up the charm squares into two inch blocks.  I am learning patience!

One more UFO done!

Simply Sophisticated BOM

This was the first BOM I ever decided to participate in.  I’d only done a couple of months and I joined another.  I’m pretty sure I won’t ever do any more however.  Probably around the 5th month or so into the first one, I was rather disliking the the fabric combinations.

When the finished kit finally arrived, I was so disenchanted with the blocks that I never even opened it!  Into the project bin it went, with twelve months worth of completed blocks.

Today I decided by golly, I’d open it up and be pleasantly surprised, and finish the darn thing once and for all!  Gulp…  I think the finishing kit makes a pile of ugly blocks even uglier.  It’s so busy all the block designs are completely lost in the quilt.  I got as far as cutting one of the half yard fabrics into setting triangles, decided I’d better lay out all the blocks on the floor and have a look, and holy moly!  It’s like someone ate tuna fish and peanut butter and jelly and promptly got sick!

See the pink arrow?  It’s pointing to the one (of EIGHT!) fabrics designated for the setting triangles. I think perhaps this quilt could be salvaged… but not if I used all those different fabrics.  Maybe a solid color for all the setting triangles?

Did anyone do this BOM and have a picture of it completed as sent?  I would sure love to see it, even though I’ve probably already upset you by my comments. We all have different taste… and this one just doesn’t work for me.