Ugly Fabric Row Quilts

One of the projects that has been the most fun lately is making Ugly Fabric Quilt tops. The first person chooses an ‘ugly fabric’ to be used in each row of an ugly fabric quilt. These fabrics are not really ‘ugly’ – they are just misunderstood. They are fabrics that have no purpose in your stash, but could be made into lovely 'ugly fabric' quilts.

Guess which fabric is the 'ugly' fabric?

Each person signs up to sew one row of the quilt using their own stash fabrics with the ‘ugly’ fabric. This project is passed from one person to another using a brown paper bag until the full quilt top is done. No one may see the quilt top until it is complete and revealed to the group.

This top has great variety. Each row is 36.5 inches wide and 6.5 inches high.



We revealed two quilt tops at our November, 2010 Sassy Quilter meeting and were surprised at their variety. Each row is different, yet the ‘ugly fabric’ draws the quilt top together in unity. We will add borders to these quilt tops and finish them for community-based projects, like VFW quilts and quilts to families who have lost their homes to fire. 

This ugly fabric quilt was a challenge with color variations.

We recommend this fun project for any quilting group. The Sassy Quilters have enjoyed it a great deal and plan to do more.