CREATE: bleach spilled quilt

i have been searching for the right new bedding to add to our master bedroom.  i just wanted to lighten up the room with something fun and fresh. the trick is that we have a california king bed...which isn't easy (or affordable) to find bedding for.  i finally found the perfect quilt at target, got it home to wash and then promptly spilled bleach on it.  i honestly didn't even know a bottle of bleach was even in our laundry cabinet and of course, the lid was somehow loose. i was so mad at myself!!  

i sat and stewed over it for a few hours...wondering if i should try to somehow cover up the spill or if i should add more bleach to make it look like it was on purpose.  i finally decided on covering up.  my concern with adding more bleach was weakening the fabric and eventually, the bleach would turn into holes.  i even broke into my special stash of discontinued fabrics to make it work.  i am honestly thrilled with the way it turned out!  it wasn't anything like i expected to have but now that it's in our room, i am really pleased with it. i guess some accidents truly are happy accidents! 

​the actual spill was about twice this size, along the entire side of the quilt. 

​i basically made a long, skinny quilt of the fabrics i liked and then stitched them to the existing quilt.  i added an anna maria horner ribbon along each side to finish of the edges. 

​i also added a few new florals to our current felt flora piece to tie into the new quilt.