Some years ago I bought some fabrics from a Spotlight bin that attracted me by their bright coordinated colours. I added some old floral fabric (probably from the ’70s) that my mother gave me, as well as a few other fabrics from my stash. I also bought some extra plain and small-patterned matching fabrics and some dark brown for the backing and parts of the top. Two of the Spotlight fabrics had ‘Moor-ish’ (Islamic) motifs, a third one was a coordinated stripe pattern and a fourth had what looked like stylised citrus fruits; hence the name ‘Colours of Seville’, because that region has some Eastern history and is famous for its oranges. There was no place on the top for one of the Spotlight fabrics, so I used that, the remaining striped and light floral fabrics on the back, and the dark brown fabric to create an alternative ‘top’. So the quilt is double-sided. I didn’t quite know what to do with this one, but my sister, Rhonda, really loved the bright colours and the ‘retro’ look, so I gave it to her (in anticipation of her birthday) for her spare room bed. Using my ScanNCut machine, I cut the remaining fabrics into hexagons to make two identical cushion tops. From two large antique linen table napkins I cut squares for the the reverse side. After some sleuthing my sister discovered that the napkins had belonged to our great-great grandmother, Mary, so we were very pleased to honour our ancestor in this way. In a stroke of luck, Rhonda already had matching sheets and pillowcases on that bed.
