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Snow Day, Sew Day

 When the weather turns snowy, let's turn the day sew-y! Too corny? A few weeks ago, I made an ugly quilt with my friend, Michelle. What's an ugly quilt, you ask? According to Karen Brown of Just Get It Done Quilts , " this quilt is great for using up those fabrics in your stash that you’ll never want to use. They might not be in your colour zone. They may not be your kind of pattern. Or you have simply matured as a quilter and realized that they no longer fit with the projects that you like to make. " And trust me when I say I have fabrics in my stash that I ask myself "What were you thinking buying this!!??"  That meant I had plenty to work with when it came to getting fabrics together to make an ugly quilt. And so did Michelle. We decided we would share ugly fabrics with each other to make our own quilts. A blending of our friendship so to speak. We would have Thing 1 and Thing 2. We had a quilting day together at her house and it was sew much fun!  Thing