crazy quilt

a patchwork quilt made of irregular patches combined with little or no regard to pattern.

something that is irregular in pattern or shape, and suggestive of a crazy quilt; patchwork.

Origin of crazy quilt

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90

cra·zy-quilt, adjective

Fields fled beneath them, looking like a crazy-quilt in pastel.

Breaking Point |James E. Gunn
Our attention was attracted to three or four windows that looked much like the crazy-quilt work that used to be in fashion.

British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car |Thomas D. Murphy
It was small, the acoustics bad and the mixtures of colors was as a crazy-quilt to me.

Sixty Years of California Song |Margaret Blake-Alverson
All it needed was a coat of paint or two, and it would look less like a crazy-quilt solidified into a homestead.

The Prairie Wife |Arthur Stringer

I would if I saw you sacrificing your life for a woman with a crazy-quilt past.

The Prairie Child |Arthur Stringer

crazy quilt

a patchwork quilt made from assorted pieces of material of irregular shape, size, and colour