Sunday 11 October 2015

The happy accident

A finished quilt and a quilt I only started making because I had a need to make something colourful after the colour-straight-jacket swap project I had worked on before this.



I find the quilts I enjoy making the most and ultimately end up keeping are the 'happy accident' quilts; those that come about through random fabric selection, no clear idea where I am going and just making it up as I go along.

For this quilt I like the haphazard placement of the fabrics with a slight nod to some form of order by making sure the leopard print formed a whole square...and the yellow fabric for the most part.



And the back is just a use-up of the leftover blocks, plus some random fabrics, so random I didn't quite have enough left on one side so had to use another fabric.

In my head that just lends to the overall scrappiness of the quilt - using up what I have to hand.



It is my new favourite quilt.



For the moment.

21 comments:

  1. I can understand why this one is your new favorite :-)

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  2. It is really wonderful!!!! Perfect for grey light up grey autumn days!!!

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  3. I love your happy accident.. Its the best when cuddling up by the tele..If you go to my Instagram page and scroll down a bit you will see my happy accident too..https://instagram.com/izzyrenbjorp/

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  4. All of that chaos looks brilliant! Not everyone could pull that off. But if looks good on you!

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  5. All of that chaos looks brilliant! Not everyone could pull that off. But if looks good on you!

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  6. I can always see one of your quilts and know it's yours. It's just lovely.

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  7. I love how you've used the 'hot' yellows, greens and pinks to inject zing into what's otherwise a moderate colour scheme. I can quite see why you love it and it's your new favourite!

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  8. Nothing better than having a new favourite :) My last swap stifled my natural colour choices too, love a bit of quilt therapy!

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  9. It turned out Lovely! Beautiful. I really love my Amy Butler charm pack quilt I made using your tutorial! After reading your blog I literally jumped up straight away and started sewing. I think you saw it on IG. I turned my blocks into random Arrows. Mine also turned into a happy accident. I am busting to quilt it but have run out of batting. It will have to wait as I'm off on holiday for a couple of weeks. Thanks for sharing and inspiring me.x

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  10. Until you've pointed it out, I had not noticed the repeat of the yellow and leopard full square. A subtil touch and creative way to bring something different to a familiar design. I love that very much, your quilt is fabulous!!

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  11. Colour, beautiful colour! Just love this :-)

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  12. Wow, I love this! I had to stare at it for a while to see what you used for blocks. I thought some were squares and some were HST's. Lovely fabric choices!

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  13. Well done, an explosion of color, it makes me smile!

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  14. Recovering from colour repression - I love it. Part of me wishes I were able to throw colours together with such wild abandon.

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  15. Love it Alison. Also, I am enjoying your book, it's a hoot.

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  16. Wow, the fabrics seem to glow! It's wonderful.

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