Ugly Quilt, Ugly Quilt...

…why is she sewing you?  (Sung to the tune of “Smelly Cat.”)

Ok, so it’s late, and I’m getting punchy.  What can I say, it happens sometimes.  And I’ve been feeling a bit off all day.  The kind of “off” that’s subtle and hard to put your finger on.  Headache?  Not really…  Stomach ache?  Kinda…  Congested?  No…  Hopefully a good night’s sleep will cure me.

I was hoping to have the next tutorial for the QAL posted today, but it took me a while to figure out the most efficient way to cut and sew the block so that it would work for everyone.  Lots of head-scratching and self-doubt.  And so I ended up spending the day working on my ugly quilt.

Let me explain.  I’m a bit paranoid about cutting into fabrics I love until I’m sure that I know what I’m doing.  So I have a pile of fabric that I don’t care about that I use for test-runs.  They are mostly polyester or polyester-blends, or things that have stains and marks like an old pair of curtains that lived with my brother for a while in university and returned a slightly different colour…  Actually, none of them are all that bad on their own, but nor did I intentionally pull them from my stash to make a lovely quilt.  The prints land where they land as I’m trying things out, and then I throw all the sewn parts into a box.  I rarely complete a block (although I did today), since I’m usually just working out the dimensions for a particular component.

One day I’ll sew them all together for a really scrappy, kinda ugly but probably kinda cool, throw quilt or something.  And I’ll probably test out some free motion quilting patterns on it. ;)

So…would you like a sneak peak at the next block?  Here it is, in all it’s Ugly Quilt glory:

I’ll be back tomorrow to show you how to put it together.  In different fabrics!

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