I started out my project with this gorgeous collection of fabrics from Island Batiks, Drizzle. I knew I wanted to make a design featuring as many of them as I could because they're all so beautiful! This Wonky Spiral quilt I designed uses 16 different Drizzle prints. I started by laying them out in a circle tyring to balance the colors. The dark purple went across from the dark purple, etc.
I then drew my design and paper pieces out in Electric Quilter 7 (EQ7) and off I went. Now I must admit that as I was sewing the rings together my husband made a comment. My original intention was to sew the rings together so that they formed a wave like this:
My husband said I should off-set them by one. So I tried it and found that it was much more interesting to my eyes. A very interesting variation that I'm glad I tried out!
Here's the top all finished and pinned for quilting.
I decided that I didn't want to quilt a ton on the lovely Island Batik Drizzle fabrics so I quilted back and forth waves radiating out from the center circle. You can see what I mean in the picture below.
The wonderful husband also bought me Bethanne Nemesh's book on Nemeshing for Christmas. It wasn't the one I'd asked for, but I loved it! So I decided to try her technique on the white space in this quilt. I can't give away all her secrets, but suffice it to say, it was easy and fun to do. I then did some matchstick quilting around it to make the feathers pop even more.
Here are a few more more pictures of the quilting.
And the final quilt!
Island Batiks is giving away TWO lovely batik bundles as a part of the New Beginnings Blog Hop. Be sure to enter using the link below!
I am also giving away 4 fat quarters of Island Batik fabrics! To enter click on the link below! The drawing will be held at the end of the blog hop on February 1. (The lucky winner will find out on Groundhogs Day!)
Here is a complete list of the Island Batik Ambassadors participating in the New Beginnings Blog Hop
Friday, January 6 – Hop Introduction!
Island Batik
Monday, January 9 – Coastal Mist
Tuesday, January 10 – Dotalicious
DelLillians
Vicki’s Crafts and Quilting
PamelaQuilts
Inchworm Fabrics
DelLillians
Vicki’s Crafts and Quilting
PamelaQuilts
Inchworm Fabrics
Wednesday, January 11 – Drizzle
Webster Quilt
Webster Quilt
Friday, January 13 – Fresh Catch
Bejeweled Quilts by Barb
Bejeweled Quilts by Barb
Monday, January 16 – Glowing Embers
Purrfect Spots Designs
Purrfect Spots Designs
Tuesday, January 17 – Lake Life
Freemotion by the River
Freemotion by the River
Friday, January 20 – Blushing Blooms
Desert Bloom Quilting
Desert Bloom Quilting
Monday, January 23 – Gone Fishin’
Maria Michaels Designs
Maria Michaels Designs
Thursday, January 26 – Twilight Blush
KISSed Quilts
KISSed Quilts
Friday, January 27 – Happy Harvest
For Quilts Sake
For Quilts Sake
Monday, January 30 – Jolly Holly
Kauffman Designs
Kauffman Designs
Tuesday, January 31 – Frost
MooseStash Quilting
MooseStash Quilting
I hope you get to quilt today!
Suzy
Beautiful! Love the colors and design!
ReplyDeleteI love your color choice, exquisite quilting and wonderful, fun pattern.
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful! I love the offset and the FMQing is gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteLove the Quilting!
ReplyDeleteI love the colors and quilting. Just beautiful!
ReplyDeleteSuch pretty fabrics, and the quilting is amazing!
ReplyDeleteGreat design and I love your feather quilting!
ReplyDeletewow this is just gorgeous. I love it when my husband comes and gives me ideas. Mostly they turn out better than what I originally had in mind. My husband did the same for Christmas, he got me a couple of books I had not asked for and they are fantastic.
ReplyDeleteThank god for hubbys they are extra eyes....love the colors and design. . happyness04431@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteBeautiful quilt and the quilting is so awesome!
ReplyDeleteLove the colors you used and the quilting is absolutely amazing.
ReplyDeleteSuzy...I love the way you created the spiral with the fabrics - this is a fun quilt to look at. And your quilting is exactly what I would have expected from you - another winner!
ReplyDeleteLove the quilting, thanks for showing the back!
ReplyDeleteLove the colors in this collection and your quilting shows your design off nicely!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely love these colors! Beautiful quilting!
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Your quilting is amazing - love the colors!!! mumbird3(at)gmail(dot)com
ReplyDeleteFantastic. I love the quilt pattern and the quilting. I am going to be checking out the book that your wonderful husband bought you for Christmas by Bethanne Nemesh. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteVery different, never seen a Wonky Spiral.:) 24Tangent@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! The quilting is amazing, hard to believe you are new to that technique!
ReplyDeleteI wish I could do quilting like that! Lovely!
ReplyDeleteReally pretty -- colors and quilting.
ReplyDeleteWow, I love how your quilt turned out, and the machine quilting is terrific! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteAmazingly beautiful quilting and a great quilt design!
ReplyDeleteI am blown away by your quilting! In my greatest dreams, I don't think I'll get close to what you can do! Your husband also has a good eye for what looks good! Drizzle is a lovely collection of batiks..what fun to create with it!
ReplyDeleteGreat design and love your quilting!
ReplyDeleteI love the design and colors of this quilt. I love the quilting.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful quilt! Everything from the pattern, fabric election to the quilting is about as close to perfection as there is. Love it!
ReplyDeleteYour Quilt is GORGEOUS!!!!! Amazing job!! I am just starting to do FMQ...lots more practice to go! :/
ReplyDeleteThank you for chance to win your give-a-way too :D
Beautiful quilting! And of course the Island Batik fabrics are so pretty.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful quilting! And of course the Island Batik fabrics are so pretty.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful quilting! And of course the Island Batik fabrics are so pretty.
ReplyDeleteAwe....some!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteLove your quilt pattern and your quilting...WOW!
ReplyDeleteI love the quilt you made! Don't you love when husbands not only take an interest in a project but also make decent suggestions?
ReplyDeleteI love the quilt you made! Don't you love when husbands not only take an interest in a project but also make decent suggestions?
ReplyDeleteso pretty
ReplyDeletelove your quilt ... gorgeous colors and gorgeous quilting. enjoyed your rafflecopter! just spent several enjoyable hours browsing all those blogs! found many things to savor and sigh over.
ReplyDeleteLove your quilt...and those colors are beautiful.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful quilt! I particularly love the quilting. It really makes the quilt.
ReplyDeleteGreat block
ReplyDeleteGreat pattern, the colors are great and the quilting is fabulous.
ReplyDeleteAmazing! Beautiful fabrics and exquisite quilting!
ReplyDeleteBatiks are some of the most fun fabrics to work with....
ReplyDeleteYour husband has a good eye for design. Your quilting is fabulous!
ReplyDeleteLove your quilt, and the quilting is fabulous. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteLove the block, but your quilting is outstanding!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful quilt and the quilting is outstanding!
ReplyDeleteI am really enjoying this bloghop. I love the colors in the Drizzle collection, and your quilt is awesome! Thanks!
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Gorgeous quilting! Love the colours.
ReplyDeleteYour quilting is inspirational. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteStunning quilt design, fabrics and free-motion quilting. Total #CreativeGoodness
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I am in awe of your quilting skills! So pretty! thank you!
ReplyDeleteSuper quilt, Suzi! And, your husband was right about the off-setting -- adds SO much interest to an already great piece. Thank you for sharing it! (lynnstck[at]yahoo.com)
ReplyDeleteJust wonderful...love the quilting
ReplyDeleteWhat a nice husband you have, and what fun to put Bethanne's teachings to work - beautiful quilting, and gorgeous layout of the fabrics, too. Hmmm...now I think I must put her book on my Wish List!
ReplyDeleteI think off-setting them made it very visually appealing!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! I love the colors and your quilting!
ReplyDeleteSuzy, this is a beautiful quilt. I love it!
ReplyDeleteThis has got to be my favourite collection and your quilting is beautiful
ReplyDeleteI lov this collection and your quilt is gorgeous!!!
ReplyDeleteoh wow--blues and purples in gorgeous Island Batiks! I really like the spiral effects of offsetting the colors. i've never heard of Nemeshing, but your quilt looks amazing!
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Thank you so much for offering such a wonderful giveaway!
ReplyDeleteLove the colors!
ReplyDeleteWow wow wow! I love the colors, the design, and the amazing quilting. Thanks so much for sharing this!
ReplyDeleteIts funny the way a hubby can come in handy when your working on a project... Once you get them past the "yes dear" stage
ReplyDeleteBlues are my favorite! Gorgeous quilting. Love what you did.
ReplyDeleteI love the quilting! I had to go look up what Nemeshing was, lol. Looks fabulous!
ReplyDeleteYour quilt is just gorgeous! Love the colors.
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This is gorgeous. I like the colors you chose and all the step by step photos. Thanks
ReplyDeleteThis fabric is so gorgeous! Blues go well with so many different things!
ReplyDeleteLove the colors.
ReplyDeleteLOVE the offsetting. Thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteYour wonky spiral creation is gorgeous!
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