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
