Spider Web Twist Quilting Design

Back in 2021, I shared my Spooky Stars quilt block and quilt — a fun design that’s perfect for the Halloween season!  

If you missed it, you can catch the full tutorial here.

Below are a few photos showing two different colorations of the block and quilt. It’s always amazing how a simple fabric change can completely transform the look and feel of a design!

Spooky Stars colored with Spooky Hollow fabric collection by Riley Blake Designs

Harvest Stars colored with All Hallows Eve by Moda

Spooky Stars Quilt

Harvest Stars Quilt

A New Twist: Spider Web Quilting Design

This year, I decided to share a quilting design that could be used with this quilt (or a variation of it). It would also be fun to try on any Halloween or fall-themed quilt you’ve created!​

In this week’s Electric Quilt 8 video tutorial, I’ll start by showing you how to turn a Kaleidoscope block from the EQ library into a spider web–inspired pieced block.

Next, we’ll use this block to create an appliqué motif that can be set on Layer 3 of a quilt in Electric Quilt 8 — and then apply it to a quilt of your choice.
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For the video, I used the Harvest Stars version of my quilt.

Here’s my finished Spider Web quilting design:

Spider Web Stencil by Kari Schell

​Quilting the Spider Web Design

This is one of those designs that’s super forgiving when stitching out — whether you’re using a longarm or a domestic quilting machine.

1. Start by quilting the straight lines.
2. Then add the continuous curves.

Don’t worry about making every curve perfect — simply sew a gentle arc from one straight line to the next.

This design works beautifully for a Halloween quilt, a fall harvest quilt, or really any quilt that could use a touch of soft, flowing movement.
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I applied the Spider Web stencil to the Harvest Stars quilt, setting it at 16" x 16".​

Harvest Stars Quilt with Spider Web Quilting

That size left a few open spaces in the corners, so I found a spider block in the EQ library, modified it into a quilting design, and added it to the quilt.
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(Instructions for creating the spider block are not included in this week’s video.)

Spider Applique Block from the EQ8 Block Library

Spider Motif -- modifications from the EQ8 spider completed by Kari Schell.

Just for fun, I also tried the Spider Web stencil on a different pieced block — and loved how it changed the look!​

Spider Web Quilting on Alternate Quilt Block

Your Turn

Where would you apply this stencil?

Share your ideas (or even your own versions) in the Learning EQ Facebook Group Post — I’d love to see how you use this design! 

Learning EQ Facebook Group Post Spider Web Twist Quilting Design

​Happy quilting.

​Kari

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