Embracing Randomness

One of my projects this year was to work through a few Craftsy classes.  One of them is on Modern Quilting and I finally managed to finish the first project.  I've learned a lot about modern quilting in general.  It seems that to get the full effect of the modern quilting theme you need to start with modern prints and solids.  That was my first challenge since I live in a rather conservative area.  The bulk of the fabrics in local shops are fairly traditional in color and print.  My second challenge was to make something that I wanted to use in my kitchen....a kitchen that does not basically scream "modern decor."

I was pretty satisfied with the end product and I think it fits well on my kitchen table.  It gives the area a fresh look but still seems to blend with the rest of the room:

The focus of this lesson was about randomness.  Sometimes it's more difficult for me to construct something random than to follow a pattern.  So, it was a good exercise in general. 

I'm linking up with Lily's Small Blog Meet today.