Something About Nothing

As I've been plotting out what I can stamp on top or next to the polka dots,  I've been thinking a lot about swirls.   Swirls are harder to carve then they look - at least for me they are - so I made a few sample blocks. I'm not sure if I will be making a large repeat block of swirls yet.

It is month two in The Printed Fabric Bee,  and this month's Queen is Julie B. Booth. Julie's theme of choice is "Blue Spirals."  She also mentioned that she like Mola's and Ethnic prints,  so I decided to try something Mola-ish. I started out by designing a stencil with my  Silhouette electronic cutter that I could print out in two parts. Using Jacquard Textile Paint , I printed the red/orange swirls and stars. Oops I smudged a little.  Next white swirls inside the red/orange swirls. After heat setting all the swirls and stars, I over-dyed the piece. I hated to do it because I really liked it as is,  but my vision for this piece included a blue background. I used a mix of Navy blue and Bright blue in a Procion MX Dye .  .  I printed an 8"x 18" piece for Julie AND and 6" square to be included in this months giveaway! Visit our Facebook page  or Julie's blog to enter in the giv...

Tadah!   Swirly Whirly Twirly is finished . . . . . .and made it to the quilt show in time! Usually black is a great background for a quilt to be hung on but not so much when your last border is black.  Oh well.  I'm very glad I spent the time picking out the other quilting. It really was a big job, but well worth it! Why didn't I take a close up of the quilting?  When will I ever learn? Don't forget to stop by Nina-Marie's blog to see all the other things people are creating for Off-the-Wall Friday.