Wednesday, 25 February 2026

Limington quilt in scrappy


The other project I'm working on at present is a quilt using a yummy fabric bundle I made up a week or so ago - remember that wild, beautiful mix of bright florals. 

When I spotted the 'Limington' quilt, found here at seaminglykate, I could see that solids were a big feature in almost every version. I decided to go (controlled) scrappy though, as my stash doesn't have many large amounts of any one fabric, solid or print. And I'm changing things up a bit by using a multi-coloured large floral for my chain.
The pattern is written with strip piecing instructions, but I'm taking the slower approach, cutting from scraps and stitching things up one 2 1/2" square at a time. Here's a few progress pics ...










My background is an assortment of neutrals in creams & whites, always a nice balance to help those bright scraps shine without overwhelming the quilt.
My colour palette is quite simple, blue, green & purple florals. I'm adding in a few solids, and mostly all my fabrics are in a medium - dark value, (a few rogue "lights" may have slipped in here & there, but that's fine with me). Checking the B&W pic now, I can see it is going to work, phew!
And my accent fabric is Piecework in Rose, Hindsight by Anna Maria Horner, well hello pink chain.

Super happy with this WiP so far!





6 comments:

Gretchen Weaver said...

So beautiful! Love the floral chain, happy stitching!

Juliann said...

What a beautiful start. I don’t think I would look at that quilt twice but your scrappy version is making it sing.

MissPat said...

I really like this interpretation of the design using scrap florals. I have a lot of those, but will need to wait until some other projects move forward.
Pat

Quilting Babcia said...

Hurrah for your scrappy version! It makes that design sing!

Karen S said...

Looking gorgeous. I do like that pink line you have created.

Bonnie said...

That's going to be a gorgeous quilt. Your colors are wonderful.