Longing to be Quilting

My family likes to sleep with the bedroom window open whenever possible. The main reason for closing the window is wind- we have a ridiculously big casement window which should really be illegal to sell in such a windy place.
The last few nights have gotten down into the 50s, leaving me cold and dreaming of quilts. They were already in the back of my mind since I returned home from Duluth to find the Marimekko scrap pack I'd ordered waiting impatiently for me to open it and do something fabulous. Like a quilt.
I have approximately 1 million other projects to do, nearly all of them decidedly MORE pressing than this quilt, but here I am daydreaming...
None of the following pictures were taken by me, click on the picture to go to the source site. Please enjoy my current obsession/inspiration.

That Cool Kid that I will NEVER be

from Denyse Schmidt Quilts

I LOVE these two quilts, but I will never be able to make either of these because I find it IMPOSSIBLE to buy solid colored fabric. Denyse Schmidt is a rockstar of the quilt world and her book Denyse Schmidt Quilts is my favorite and her techniques make me look much more awesome than I really am.

Closer

These fabric choices are much closer to something I would do, but I'm not really great with all squares all the same size. Too many straight lines = not a quilt I will make.

Almost There

I like these fabrics and the design is almost random enough for me- just a little bit weirder...

Something in Between These Two

I think that I will try to challenge myself and create a design that is a tiny bit calmer than the one above, and a squidge messier than the gorgeous one below. Yes. That is a good idea. (I ADORE the quilt below, but white fabric is even harder for me to buy that plain colored fabric).