Sunshine on a Grey Day

Really the title of this quilt should be something like Ziggedy Zag or Chevrons on the Grey because the focus really is the giant zig zags. But I’m stuck on Sunshine on a Grey Day.



Definitely not my normal colour scheme but I am really loving yellow, grey, black and white at the moment. I wasn’t sure how this would come together with so many different yellows in it, but somehow it’s just yellow. Yellow’s not a favourite colour of mine (it’s a bit close to orange for my liking) but I think I’m starting to see it’s necessity in the colour wheel. ;)



All of the blocks were made by the clever gals of the Care Circle of do.good Stitches. We used the Garden Lattice tutorial from Stitchery Dickory Dock – but we just zigged. No zag. The idea sounded good at the time, and I do love the big bold chevrons across the quilt… but it also meant seams didn’t line up. I spent ages trying to get them to line up just so and it just didn’t happen. In the end I gave up and embraced the wonky. And just hope that those looking at the quilt see the pretty zig zags and not the wonky seams.



I really went all out on the chevron theme. Some pieced chevrons on the back + chevron flannel for the backing and echo chevron straight line quilting. Chevron, chevron, chevron! Ok back to calling them zig zags. The word ‘chevron’ is really starting to sound weird.



A bit of black binding just pulls it altogether quite nicely I think. And yep – your eyes are not deceiving you. I did use white thread to stitch the binding on. I quite like the contrast.



And that my quilty friends, is a finished quilt, Not perfect, but still bright, cheery and hopefully will make some child very happy. This quilt will be donated to the Angels for the Forgotten – an Aussie charity who work with children in crisis and in foster care.

Thanks lovely Care Circle girls for helping make this quilt!!