A Weave Quilt!

I finished quilting a weave quilt....it's a very simple pattern easily put together from a batik jelly roll which wasn't very well cut.....the idea behind a jelly roll is to give you a wide variety of fabrics and make the cutting out of the pieces quicker so I wasn't going to take the time to re-cut the pieces...I just went with it how it was and added lots of white fabric.....the weave design is subtle as the contrast is not too great but with the white added it makes a crisp looking quilt!

The coloured areas have minimal quilting, it wasn't going to show up much there anyway but the white spaces were just the perfect place to try out my new Christmas present to myself.....a circle maker for my longarm. 

I used Bottomline top and bobbin...(love how the thread behaved....perfect tension) and a double batting for warmth of Hobbs 80/20 and Quilters Dream wool which together gave the fantastic definition shown in the above photo.....

I just went straight in without practicing, chose a simple circle design for all the white squares but used six different background treatments, pebbles, tiny swirls, nested circles, straight lines, a basket weave design and my version of McTavishing....in the borders I used swirls, feathered swirls and piano keys.......

I love the way this quilt turned out!