Using Karen Nyberg Fabric to Design My Own Quilt: Earth Quilt

Greetings All! This is my third video in my series where I use Karen Nyberg's Earth Views fabric. In the previous videos I made the patterns available on her website; in this video I design my own quilt inspired by the planet earth, where I was born and spent most of my life.
Karen Nyberg's Earth Views fabric line can be found here: (these are Amazon affiliate links; I get a small portion of the proceeds; there's no additional cost to you):
Fat Quarter bundle: amzn.to/3mJXt18
Layer Cake: amzn.to/3yxLZAn
Jelly Roll: amzn.to/3JykiNX
Charms: amzn.to/3LdHbYs

[@angelvogel4006]

I'm kind of obsessed with your quilts!

[@italotter]

I don't know about you? I'm here for the quilt, AND the jazz!

[@jenc.3181]

What a coincidence! I, too, am from planet Earth!

[@jeannie7469]

omg I do that, ‘zone out’ for several minutes at a time LOL My Mom did it, my sisters do it, my kids do it. Drives people bonkers. Oh, and I have also lived here my whole life! Hello lovely neighbor!🖐

[@jeannette7243]

Such coincidence! I'm from Earth too! What a lovely quilt. The fabric really is amazing, I also love the circles and the quilting, it really pulls everything together.

[@elainelear4982]

This quilt is another example of your fine artistic abilities. Thank you.

[@ArtemisSilverBow]

I enjoy how experimental you are and how you throw being perfect out the window and replace it with artistic beauty 😊

[@susanflavin8460]

just flying over in my spaceship-Take me to your leader!

[@galewhiteman2047]

This quilt is insane!! I like how you said you are from Earth…just in case one day your video is viewed possibly by “The Guardians of the Galaxy”! Love watching your videos! So damn creative!

[@quiltedbrownie]

🤩🙏 thx for another fun ride. The quilt turned out great! 🥰

[@JohannaVanWinkle]

I love your enthusiasm and how you just go for it! The music is a nice addition.

[@ShadowMoonFarms]

This is absolutely lovely. Lot of intensive work in shaping the continents and very well done. Thank you for sharing.

[@lesa6399]

Your brain is amazing!

[@delightfuldesignsbydenise9710]

I think U should enter 1 or more of your pieces into a Quilt Show!! U r an Inspiration to push our Creativity to extreme!! Show us a puffy quilt or weighted blanket.

[@brynharford6838]

Totally appreciate the Earth View fabric and how you've used it. Good job!

[@kayelaymance6220]

Love your design! Circles added a lot of interesting character to the quilt top.

[@longarmingbyjaclyn]

I don't think I have ever seen that technique before for stitch and flip-pliqué. Gorgeous. Altho the parts of the background that got covered were beautiful too. I would have been torn about covering it!

[@TheJcs555]

I've watched all 3 of your videos and you inspired me to buy one of her layer cakes. I do a lot of QAYG quilts so the layer cake will definitely be the back of my Earth View Quilt. Thanks Dave for all your creative genius! 😍👍🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@kimhannan4892]

Love this! I think the circles you added really put in a new dimension. You are so creative and you just go for it!!! Thanks Dave!

[@shirleynicolaides2810]

Love your work. Such a talent. You always seem to have just the right fabric in your stash. Almost like a fabric store.

[@pamelarickbeil1183]

Wonderful! I’m from earth, too! (I’ve never said - or wrote- that before).

[@Amritadivya54]

Ok now. You really must enter this quilt into a big(BIG) quilt show where you will become so famous that you can quit your day job! LOVE-it!😹

[@lindatucker1942]

Fabulous!! You are so very creative. I love watching your process!

[@patriciabryant6574]

Clever.

[@jilliedillie]

Wow!

[@patleo6481]

I'm just finishing a quilt that I'm making for my son. I've been stuck on an idea for my daughter's quilt. I hope you don't mind but I borrowed your thinking cap and it worked. Now I can't wait to get started on it. Thank you so much for posting your inspiring videos. See you next time.

[@davescraftroom]

I'm glad it helped !! 😜👨🏻

[@juliemiller9258]

Hi Dave. Just another great quilt you have put together with these great fabrics! When I finally found some places online that sell this fabric, most of it was sold out and the local shops here did not have it either. I am just hoping they print this fabric line again. I really enjoyed all of the quilts you made with these fabrics. I must add that I have watched lots of NASA videos from space mixed in with your videos and I hope many others do the same as well. Very inspiring indeed. Love your thinking cap. I use frozen pineapple chunks to think over. Cools me down and allows the brain to think clearly. 🌞🧵🌴🪡

[@priscillagagnon56]

Love your thinking cap - it looks great on you and it serves you well! Great job! So glad you live on our planet Earth❤

[@Craftythrifter]

The thinking cap is back! Yay! And finally a view of the back! Wahoooo! Worth the wait! So many exclamation points!!! Here are some more for this amazing quilt!!!!!!!! I hope Karen Nyberg gets to see it!!!😍👍🏼💚

[@colescornerandcreations3870]

Why I love Dave… 😂he comes from the planet earth, he was born here. 😂 You’re funny and I love watching you create.

[@annat174]

It's Tuesday, time for another fun, creative quilt from Dave. Thanks.

[@dgailharris]

Amazing Dave. I enjoy the variety of techniques you use and the pros and cons you mention as the quilt progresses. Wow! Love the result. You inspired me again!

[@CopycatQuilter]

This is beautiful… I love watching your videos and seeing your thought process. I may have to get me a thinking hat! Lol

[@coreygilles847]

This is awesome

[@irenaobradovic1262]

Sjajno,

[@shealafredrick4122]

Stunning 😍

[@Bonhartman]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@chrislittebrant5235]

What a wonderful quilt❣️👍 You have a great eye Dave. I love your work. 👍 I hope you have a good week ahead. I look forward to seeing what you come up with and you never disappoint! 👍 Chris

[@MarkCampbell553]

I hope Karen gets to see how you used her fabrics.

[@lucy7b]

Great design 😊😊😊

[@scrappyquilter8741]

Dave I echo everything everyone else says. Oh BTW I was born on planet too. 😂

[@rebaburns3560]

Another great quilt! Love the blue pieced background. Can't wait for the next one!

[@janematthews6579]

Hi Dave, It's always such a treat to watch your latest video. I look forward to them with joy and you never fail to deliver a beautiful quilt and entertaining process. Your quilt is beyond stunning even before you put the continents on it. You are so gifted! Thanks again for sharing, J

[@MGScheu]

Hi Dave

[@jilbertb]

Check out Leah Days video on how to 'break" your quilting foot (so it doesn't go up and down). I like when the foot literally rides on the fabric. And set your machine to "needle down" when you stop, so it doesn't move when you stop and arrange your fabric.

[@davescraftroom]

I already have it set on needle down 😉

[@jonifotheringham5436]

As always, stunned by your creativity.

[@Dianaprimartinez]

Super beautiful and creative! I love the quilt and I love the fabric. I love it all!🌎

[@ccc-pj9xg]

Awesome, Dave! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@cathyerrion18]

😲

[@claremcgill2490]

STUNNING......Yes, you are and the quilts too! Hope you get to visit the planet of your choice soon. Any particular planet in mind?

[@davescraftroom]

I've heard the planet Glamtron is beautiful in Spring 😜👨🏻

[@claremcgill2490]

@Dave's Craft Room take plenty of sun screen and make sure to send a postcard!

[@bm4114]

@@davescraftroom say hi to Alaska for me

[@jaensimone]

This quilt has me ✨bathed in his blood✨

[@davescraftroom]

Does it give you a chemical burn from the spiral perm ? 😂

[@jaensimone]

@@davescraftroom I will not Jodie Foster this kind of quilt behavior

[@shirlmunck2937]

Hi Dave can you till me what your iron ing mat is made of thank you for all your videos

[@elizabethcollins8817]

Extraordinary! ✂️🧵🪡 wow!

[@helend222]

Dave .... query ..... do you spray fabric with Windex or is it a recycled Windex bottle containing water?

[@davescraftroom]

lol it's the empty windex bottle refilled with water :P it was after I moved and I was sewing one night, I had been using the steam feature on my iron because I didn't have a spray bottle but the iron steam wasn't cuttin' it... too late at night to go out and buy a spray bottle, I found the windex in my house almost empty so I cleaned it out and filled it with water. It works as good as any spray bottle I could buy so it just stuck ! 😜

[@Craftythrifter]

Necessity is the mother of invention….well….. improvisation?💁‍♀️

[@delwyngraham4033]

A lot of work on your background then covered it with map, love it but maybe on a plainer background so you can see it better. Well done 😊

[@Craftythrifter]

Btw there was a LOT (little jelly) of that fabric in the beginning, how much is left by now? Might we see an unexpected *gasp* FOURTH design?😮

[@karenhomick2108]

Alway look forward to your videos. Where in Pa are you from? I am also from just outside Pittsburgh,Pa.

[@davescraftroom]

I'm originally from Chambersburg, I went to college at IUP

[@Craftyredo]

Ok, I have to ask how do you finish quilts so often? Yours are so complicated and artistic it's not like you're just slapping squares together and calling it good. I make labor intensive quilts as well and I wonder if you have any advice on completing them without burning out and loosing interest?

[@davescraftroom]

I think it's because I don't have a lot of job satisfaction at my work, quilting is my escape from that and my chance to get that feeling of a job well done,I don't like having loads of UFOs around so I generally only have a small number of projects ongoing and I try to finish one before starting another one. I really love the satisfaction of finishing a project and saying DONE! so I look forward to that feeling of accomplishment and that motivates me to finish. It also helps that I don't have much else going on in my life😅 single/no kids, so I don't have many obligations outside work :P

[@Craftyredo]

@Dave's Craft Room Understandable, I think I normally have way too much going on. Very time demanding job. And the bad habit of being a crafter and an artist. So I don't just have quilts to finish there's paintings and sculptures, crochet projects and drawings. I seem to get a quilt top done then loose interest. I'll have to try and look at it like more like you do and look forward to the completion and a job well done feeling.

[@shirleynicolaides2810]

Is it just water in your Windex bottle, or starch?

[@davescraftroom]

it's tap water 😜👨🏻

[@ellekorb860]

S.T.U.N.N.I.N.G.

[@robinmarie5180]

Where's Iceland?

[@davescraftroom]

it's just a rendering 😉