Crystal Cove Swirl Away Aurifil Quilt Block
This post may contain affiliate links which won’t change your price but will share a commission.I finished up this beautiful block this morning made with a beautiful collection of batiks called Crystal Cove. It is Aurifil’s 2016 January Designer of the Month block designed by Heather Valentine. It is no surprise that I made it out of batiks.
I used the Crystal Cove collection that I will also use for my upcoming post as part of the Island Batik Planes, Trains & Automobiles Blog Hop in February.
I rearranged my design wall again last night. I had taken everything down to take photos and then left it blank. That lasted about 5 hours and I couldn’t stand it anymore.
I also was going through things and….found this beautiful color wheel I had bought last fall with the intention of hanging it on my wall….I had forgotten I had it. It is by Joen Wolfrom who also teaches a class on Craftsy called Color Play for Quilters, she also included her e-book Color Play.
I have been going through my wall hanging and I have several from past Valentine’s Day posts, I’m going to put a post together with all the links in it. I feel so much better with all the color on my wall!
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Love this block done in your pick of Batiks.
What a beautiful block. I am so glad to see a close up photo of the quilt-wall. It always makes me happy 🙂
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That is a beautiful quilt wall. I like all the color up there too!
Wonderful quilt block and O that wall Looks so nice.
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Your design wall is like a beautiful rainbow of happiness!
BEAUTIFUL block Connie! And I love your new room! The wall looks GREAT! Lots of !!!'s to you today.
I love that block pattern, and yours in batiks is beautiful!
I like the block and especially the colors. The pattern is quite different.
In 2010 I realized that I need more "movement" of color in my show quilts and started working on that. I made 2 color wheels with my 1895 batiks using the regular 12 colors and then made one from the Ives color wheel out of Joan Wolfrom's book "Color Play". I keep them on my design wall and they are so nice to have – Especially when auditioning fabrics for projects.
Great block, but that design wall is a delight!!! Now you just need more hours in a day to work away 🙂
Great batik version! I just finished mine… lots of swearing happened when I was working on mine 🙂
Love your inspiration wall!
I do love this block. You fabrics are perfect for it! If only there were more hours in the day. And … What a great studio you have there!
Your wall looks great!
OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I love those batiks…
That wall is great and what a beautiful block, too.
Lovely new block and your wall looks terrific!
Love what you have used for the block – has given me an idea for how I could use some of my batiks. Also live you rearranged sewing room
Those batiks make a gorgeous block. I hate to see my design wall empty too, even if there are just a couple orphan blocks slapped up there, it just makes the space so much more cheerful.