The Whirlygig

Some months ago I was given a heap of fabric scraps. They weren't really my style, so they kind of stuck out like a sore thumb on my fabric shelves. I decided I had to use them up quickly, so I paired them with a Kona Indigo solid to make this whirlygig quilt.
It was fun to make, and I had a lot of help from my quilting assistant Ollie, who helped me lay the blocks randomly on the floor, then passed the blocks to me in the correct order so I could sew them together.
I decided on the pieced strip on the back to use up even more of the scraps, and teamed that with a Kona navy solid. The scrappy binding ties it all together.
I used invisible thread (in smoke) to quilt it as I didn't want the quilting to interfere with the look of the quilt. Navy thread would have darkened the whirlygigs, and a lighter thread would be too visible on the indigo. Although I like the finished appearance of the quilting, I won't be using invisible thread again!
It was too close in colour to my hair, so I was constantly confused as to what was thread and what was hair. It was a pain in the arse winding onto the bobbin - as you can see above it broke one of the bobbins, resulting in a tangled nasty mess. Never again.

On the plus side, though, the only thing I needed to purchase during the making of the quilt was the invisible thread. Everything else, including the batting, was from my stash. And who doesn't love a stash busting quilt??