Whirling, Swirling, Curling Wind Soaring Through The Murky Pond

Here's the grid dropped onto my client's batik quilt.  I found out the pattern is called Murky Pond in the Bershires and is from the book, Batiks and Beyond: 22 Quilts from Fabulous Fabrics.

Can you start to see the block on point emerge from the top?

Once I broke up the top into that grid, I played around with a twirling scroll pattern to give the quilt some movement.  

It is a pretty contemporary treatment of the top but I think it is a compelling way to add some sizzle to the top.

Now, those squares in the center are calling out to host a motif of some sort, don't you think?

I'll have to play around with those blocks and start thinking about the borders now.  

Of course, this is just one treatment and my client gets the final word!