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This is a scrap quilt, using Dale Fleming's technique for making circles.

I used the "Crazy quilt" technique for the large circles at the top ( a mix of all the colors) and some of the small circles (to blend the complementary colors). I added a gradient of solid colors to compliment the design, and "Give the eye a place to rest".

I hand quilted a wave pattern and spiraling ribbons on the solid circles, quilting "In the ditch on the Crazy Quilt circles.

I binded it with a wavy and scalloped edge, my first, after watching Alex Anderson demonstrate how it is done.

I finished it, by hand sewing small multicolored seed beads on the gray fabric with the quilted wave pattern. Lyric Montgomery Kinard's " Bead It Like You Mean It", gave me the inspiration and techniques for adding the beads.

To top it off, I used Ricky Tims' method of adding a hanging sleeve, which allows extra fabric to accommodate the distortion on the front from the hanging dowel. The quilt hangs flat and straight, without distorting the scalloped edges.

An application, of just a few of the many things I have seen and learned being a member of TQS.

The quilt's "bubbles and waves" make me think of rising bubbles in a champagne glass. Happy New Year!