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Random and my Zipper Quilt Top

Posted on February 22, 2020June 11, 2020

I wanted to sew something bright and cheerful and straight forward.

So I found a bright fat quarter  from my stash that I am almost certain I picked up from the guild’s scrap box. Then I searched my scraps and stash for the colours in the print on that fat quarter. I found pretty good matches for nearly all the colours and as none of the colours directly touch the ones that are off a tiny bit aren’t noticeable anyway.

Then to Pinterest to find a pattern. I found what I was looking for in the Missouri Star Zipper Quilt pattern. Well sort of – this is a variation on that pattern It did me give  me the size of the blocks and off I went to the cutting table and then to the sewing machine. I sewed until I had a goodly number of pieces (I could count but that would take away my fun). Then I started laying them out on the spare bed working at “artful” rather than true random.  And of course back to the sewing machine to make a few more.

A bit heavy on the yellow and  greens and I could have done a bit better with the “artful” random but I had got to that point when if I moved one block to solve a “random” problem I created two more.  To me that’s always a sign to stop.

I’m now at the do I border or don’t I border stage.  I don’t have any more of the print and and it easily could be quite a few years old (and there was no selvage on it to get information from). Many of the fabrics in the quilt are  scraps and I can’t see doing a piano key border on this as I think that would be much too busy.  The dark green in the quilt might be an option as I do have more of that.  A narrow white and a wider dark green could definitely work.  I’ll ponder that for a bit.

14 thoughts on “Random and my Zipper Quilt Top”

  1. The Joyful Quilter says:
    February 23, 2020 at 10:55 am

    LOVE it!!! Your method for choosing fabric is exactly the way I’ve always told my students to work. A print you love, followed by as many of the colors as you would like to add. A perfect match is nice, but not really necessary! A shade lighter or darker works just as well. Borders? Totally not needed… unless you want the quilt to be larger than it is right now. Happy quilting!

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  2. Diann Bottrell says:
    February 23, 2020 at 12:15 pm

    That’s beautiful – fun and happy! I like how you chose the colors and put it together!

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  3. Frédérique says:
    February 23, 2020 at 12:34 pm

    Lovely and bright quilt! Love your fat quarter too, fishy 😉

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  4. jennifer caplinger says:
    February 23, 2020 at 1:06 pm

    looks great- and it is so bright an cheery. i’d say no border, and bind it with the purple.

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  5. Elle says:
    February 23, 2020 at 1:39 pm

    This quilt is beautiful and full of pizzazz! The colors make my heart sing! Great job!

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  6. Caryl @cinnamon holiday workshop says:
    February 23, 2020 at 7:45 pm

    Very bright and cheery….love it!! I agree with Jennifer….no border and bind with purple!

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  7. Bonnie in Va says:
    February 24, 2020 at 9:43 am

    You’ve accurately describe the concept of moving one item and it causes a problem somewhere else. I think you did a great job on the layout. It’s going to be a fun quilt whether you border it or not. Sometimes I make the bordering decision on whether I need it bigger — ie who’s getting it, are there size requirements, do I have something in my stash. Good luck with the borders if you choose to go that route.

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  8. Marti says:
    February 24, 2020 at 10:27 pm

    I love the spring freshness of this quilt and if it were me, I wouldn’t add a border.

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  9. Marsha Cooper says:
    February 27, 2020 at 4:01 am

    I like the zipper without the sashing in between. I might have to do this too….one day when I get my other quilts finished. 🙂

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  10. Karen Moore says:
    February 27, 2020 at 3:31 pm

    Love it. Another scrap busting project to add to my “one day list”.

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  11. Jennifer @ Inquiring Quilter says:
    March 3, 2020 at 9:29 pm

    That’s how I do “random” as well. Love the result even if you did play with the fabrics and placement a bit. So bright and cheery! Thanks for sharing on Wednesday Wait Loss.

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  12. Dione Gardner-Stephen says:
    March 4, 2020 at 6:40 am

    This is so cute and cheerful. Simple but so effective. I love it. Thanks for sharing at the Chameleon’s Colour & Inspiration Tuesday.

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