Chaos Controlled: A Finished Quilt

I had so much fun finishing Twister Twin that I wanted to make something with my black, white, and red scraps immediately.  I loved Cynthia's scrap vortex quilt in this color scheme, so I decided to make another scrap vortex quilt.

When I sew a scrap vortex quilt, I pay more attention to sizes than fabrics.  Once I get everything sewn into fours, I square the blocks up to the nearest quarter inch and stack them in piles according to size.

That makes sewing the blocks so much easier.  Once I had twenty blocks with about 32 pieces each, I laid them out on the design floor.

I felt like I was looking at chaos and my eyes were going buggy.  Plan B was to make blocks all the same size and add sashing.

Not only did I think it looked better, but it also made a bigger quilt.  Instead of a lap quilt about 60 x 70, it made an extra big, twin size cuddle quilt.  I cut the blocks at 14 inches and my sashing at 3.5 inches making the quilt about 72 x 88 inches.

I bought 90 inch wide minky for the backing and quilted it on my mom's Fusion long arm.

I felt like the black sashing helped to control the chaos, so I named the quilt, "Chaos Controlled."

My first instinct was to use a black binding so it would blend in, but my mom suggested a red binding.  I am so glad she did.  It really helps the reds in the blocks to pop.

I quilted it in black thread in swirls/spirals.

The black minky is hard to photograph, but here is a peek at the backing.

I love how it turned out and am definitely keeping it! And don't worry, all those white bits on the black is snow.  We have had a lot more of it this year.

Quilt Stats #173
Name:  Chaos Controlled
Pattern: Blocks from a Scrap Vortex Quilt
Fabric:  Scraps from 6 different quilts and other projects
Amount Used:  About 10 yards
Batting: Hobbs 80/20
Size: About 72 x 88 inches
Date Finished: January 2016
What I learned:

• Busy prints in crazy blocks need somewhere for your eye to rest.  
• Sometimes "Plan B" is best.  
• I sometimes like bold bindings instead of a blender binding.  
• Some fabrics look much busier in smaller pieces.  

Chaos Controlled with Twister Twin. 

I'm still not done with this color scheme.  I have already used the scraps from the scrap quilt and purchased some Ever After by Deb Strain (which adds pink to the mix).  

XX,
Jasmine

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