Cacophony Continued

Last weekend I plowed ahead and finished the top of the Cacophony Quilt.  I took Joanna Goranson's advice and used a solid color for the sashing.  I really liked the blue of the dotted fabric I had originally chosen so went with a similar solid for the sashing.  I am very pleased with the results.

Even though the picture shows it differently, the quilt is fairly square.

Blame it on being too short to evenly hang it on the wall, stood at an angle around the furniture to get the shot and painter's tape is not the stickiest!



Here's a close up of the quilt.  A co-worker told me she could stare at it for hours, looking over the different fabrics.  That was my hope as I'm planning on giving it as a baby gift.   

Cacophony: a discordant and meaningless mixture of sounds

Cacophony was the word that came to mind tonight as I finished the last of my 4x4 sets of 3" squares.  

I went for the mismatched look as the idea of organizing color and patterns escapes me.  One day I may find the time to learn more about color, but for now I am happy with the results.  

Going through the fabric and cutting it up took me down memory lane, Harry Potter Halloween Costumes, my kids' quilts, Raggedy Ann and Andy dolls, pillow cases, curtains, quilts for friends, and fabric from my daughter's projects.  I must confess some of the fabric mystifies me as to how it ended up in my fabric bins.
 



 I learned a lot about precision cutting (I still need more practice) and matching seams/corners up (I'm pretty pleased with my seams/corners overall).  My 4x4 squares are not all equal and I think if I try to put them all together the seams will not match up very well.  

 



My solution will be to add borders to each square and then trim all squares to the same size.  In the end each square will be approximately 12".  With 30 squares the top will finish out around 60"x72".  This blue dotted fabric seems to work with the squares and add a little pop!