Funky Filler Design – Atomic Flower #216

I don’t know about you, but I’m really craving a funky filler design today! This funky flower design was inspired by the graphs and symbols for spinning atoms:

Today I’m hoping to put the finishing touches on my sewing studio and then be able to start moving everything back into place. There’s something about reorganizing and sorting through all this stuff that just feels good!

So while I run off to cut my shelves down to size, ya’ll hang out and watch how to quit Atomic Flower:

Inspiration – I was thinking back to my days in college and remembered a few of the diagrams we would draw to illustrate atoms. Of course, this atom is much cooler than anything I learned in those boring chemistry classes because it’s art instead of science!

Difficulty Level – Intermediate. This isn’t a super difficult design, but it does require a good bit of traveling through the center area to create all the petals for the flower. Just take your time and stitch carefully through these areas so you stay right on the line.

Design Family – Center Fill. This type of design is started in the center of your quilting space and worked out to the edges. This means that this design will work great in open blocks, but is probably not the best choice for a tight or complex area.

Directional Texture – Center focused. This design really draws your eye right into the center. The overlapping lines create a lot of texture as well, so definitely use this design where you want a lot of attention.

Suggestions for Use – For some reason Atomic Flower is making me think of very abstract quilts. Something about all of the curves is making me want to put this design on a quilt with lots of straight lines and sharp angles!

Let’s go quilt,

Leah Day

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