Autumn Decorating Alternatives: Bright Quilt Designs

And if you live in a climate where the leaves don't change colour, what then? Why not decorate with autumn leaves of a different colour?

Let me show you what Autumn (Fall) looks like if you you use accessories in other scrumptious colours for a Fall/Autumn theme. (Or a Spring theme.)

The picture is a traditional patchwork block called Autumn Leaf, painted in Electric Quilt with fabrics in traditional autumn colours.

There are many,Doesn't have the red-golds, golden browns and leaf fall colours of colder areas.

I lived for several years in the sub-tropical climate of Brisbane, Australia.

Autumn was a non-event there, because to have deciduous shrubs and trees, you need the colder temperatures that occur in temperate zones.

The light is brighter in sub-tropical and tropical zones, so the colours and fabrics used in decor need to be brighter, too.

There are many, many brightly coloured fabrics, pillows (cushions), tableware, glassware and other accessories to enhance your autumn (fall) decorating theme.

You don't have to live in subtropical Brisbane to decorate with this style.

Give it a try.

for a tropical Autumn theme

Start with a focus object, such as the patchwork table runner below.

Find accessories that contrast or complement the runner. You could have tablecloth, table skirt, napkins, placemats, vases, candles, plates, cutlery, serving platters and bowls.

The walls could get a fresh coat of paint to go with the bright new room design, too.

This was designed and coloured in Electric Quilt

Place it diagonally on top of a table covered with a long skirt in a contrasting colour, like this setting in my loungeroom at Tenambit.

The effect is very pleasing.

Alternate plain block x 4

Hen and Chickens block x 4

Designing these table toppers and table runners is simply a matter of choosing a quilt layout and adding the Autumn Leaf block from the more than 5000 blocks to the layout.

Paint with the fun leafy fabrics included in the thousands of modern fabrics, and you have your own stylish table topper pattern.

Changing the fabrics to give you a completely different look is simple too — a few clicks with the mouse.

Electric Quilt 7™ can give you the templates or the rotary cutting instructions to print out.

Surprise your family and friends with a more exciting and colourful Autumn home.

Tell us what you think about these alternative colour schemes