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A few weeks ago, I shared a block-based design featuring alternating blocks that used straight lines and curves in complementary ways. I'm revisiting that concept this week, using some chunky shapes from a while back.
A few weeks ago, I shared a block-based design featuring alternating blocks that used straight lines and curves in complementary ways. I'm revisiting that concept this week, using some chunky shapes from a while back.
A while back, Tara Glastonbury of Stitch & Yarn invited me to contribute Moonshot to her next quilt exhibition, called 'Ahead of the Curve'. I'm always thrilled to be invited to participate in any of Tara's exhibitions, so of course I said yes! Then more recently, she asked if…
A while back, Tara Glastonbury of Stitch & Yarn invited me to contribute Moonshot to her next quilt exhibition, called 'Ahead of the Curve'. I'm always thrilled to be invited to participate in any of Tara's exhibitions, so of course I said yes! Then more recently, she asked if…
I made a quilt recently (which I'll share in a few weeks' time) that used loads of wide curves – the same size/shape that I used in my quilts Blue Wave, Whirlwind and Quattro. Basically a 7" (finished) drunkard's path unit with a 3.5" (finished) drunkard's path cut out of it. A…
I made a quilt recently (which I'll share in a few weeks' time) that used loads of wide curves – the same size/shape that I used in my quilts Blue Wave, Whirlwind and Quattro. Basically a 7" (finished) drunkard's path unit with a 3.5" (finished) drunkard's path cut out of it. A…
More sawtooth stars this week, since I'm building on last week's sketch. It's essentially the same underlying design, just coloured differently. Let me show you how I got here from there!
More sawtooth stars this week, since I'm building on last week's sketch. It's essentially the same underlying design, just coloured differently. Let me show you how I got here from there!
Would you believe that I designed this week's sketch and drafted this blog post almost two weeks ago, and only realised last Wednesday that the basic design is the same as Sunday sketch #440 (posted last December)?! I always knew it would happen eventually... I've copied myself!…
Would you believe that I designed this week's sketch and drafted this blog post almost two weeks ago, and only realised last Wednesday that the basic design is the same as Sunday sketch #440 (posted last December)?! I always knew it would happen eventually... I've copied myself!…
One of the quilts I'm making at the moment combines traditional quilt blocks (nine patches and rail-fence sashing blocks) with circles. It's a funny mix of old and new, prints and solids... it's a way to use up fabric from my stash while trying out a new design approach. At the…
One of the quilts I'm making at the moment combines traditional quilt blocks (nine patches and rail-fence sashing blocks) with circles. It's a funny mix of old and new, prints and solids... it's a way to use up fabric from my stash while trying out a new design approach. At the…
I don't usually do holiday-themed designs, but I couldn't help it this week. The basic flower unit in last week's sketch reminded me of a pumpkin, and with Halloween coming up... it felt like good timing to play around with the idea a little more.
I don't usually do holiday-themed designs, but I couldn't help it this week. The basic flower unit in last week's sketch reminded me of a pumpkin, and with Halloween coming up... it felt like good timing to play around with the idea a little more.
I always seem to have one or two unrealised ideas in my head when it comes to quilt designing – vague concepts or hazy pictures that float around my brain but won't quite land on paper (or screen). One of these ideas is for an Australian native plants/flowers quilt – I'm…
I always seem to have one or two unrealised ideas in my head when it comes to quilt designing – vague concepts or hazy pictures that float around my brain but won't quite land on paper (or screen). One of these ideas is for an Australian native plants/flowers quilt – I'm…
A few weeks ago, I shared a sketch featuring stripy blocks that were subcut into triangle-in-a-square units. Depending on the colour palette and placement, the design could look like larger transparent shapes had been placed over a checkerboard of stripes. I'd also tried the…
A few weeks ago, I shared a sketch featuring stripy blocks that were subcut into triangle-in-a-square units. Depending on the colour palette and placement, the design could look like larger transparent shapes had been placed over a checkerboard of stripes. I'd also tried the…
Some groovy retro shapes this week, to cleanse your palate (and palette!) after a few weeks of mostly traditional designs.
Some groovy retro shapes this week, to cleanse your palate (and palette!) after a few weeks of mostly traditional designs.
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Like Sunday sketches #481 and #482, this week's sketch is a block-based design featuring one main motif: a two-layer economy block surrounded on all four sides by a small square on point. The small squares are shared between adjacent blocks, and there's potential to change…
Like Sunday sketches #481 and #482, this week's sketch is a block-based design featuring one main motif: a two-layer economy block surrounded on all four sides by a small square on point. The small squares are shared between adjacent blocks, and there's potential to change…
It's not too hard to see the common element in this week's and last week's sketches: that dark double-layer economy block with smaller angled squares on its top, bottom and sides. Now there are just more of them!
It's not too hard to see the common element in this week's and last week's sketches: that dark double-layer economy block with smaller angled squares on its top, bottom and sides. Now there are just more of them!
It's been a minute since I shared a series of related sketches. This week's (and at least the next two weeks') sketches feature a recurring motif that I've been calling (in my head) the 'robot'. Even though it doesn't really look anything like a robot.
It's been a minute since I shared a series of related sketches. This week's (and at least the next two weeks') sketches feature a recurring motif that I've been calling (in my head) the 'robot'. Even though it doesn't really look anything like a robot.
I had stripes on my mind a few weeks ago, and this is one of the designs I created. (Another one was Sunday sketch #478; I'll share some others in a few more weeks!) And, thanks to Tara Glastonbury / Stitch & Yarn and issue #8 of Curated Colour, you don't have to look at my same…
I had stripes on my mind a few weeks ago, and this is one of the designs I created. (Another one was Sunday sketch #478; I'll share some others in a few more weeks!) And, thanks to Tara Glastonbury / Stitch & Yarn and issue #8 of Curated Colour, you don't have to look at my same…
This week's sketch reminds me of hopscotch – jumping back and forth between squares.
This week's sketch reminds me of hopscotch – jumping back and forth between squares.
A fun and energetic design this week, with a bit of room for colour play!
A fun and energetic design this week, with a bit of room for colour play!
It's been a while since I posted a sketch featuring both curves and straight lines – I seem to have concentrated on one or the other in recent months.
It's been a while since I posted a sketch featuring both curves and straight lines – I seem to have concentrated on one or the other in recent months.
Splat! The slightly irregular edges on this week's sketch remind me a little of a liquid splashing onto a solid surface – or those slow-motion videos of crown splashes.
Splat! The slightly irregular edges on this week's sketch remind me a little of a liquid splashing onto a solid surface – or those slow-motion videos of crown splashes.
Every now and then I'll create a design and then hoard it for a bit while I decide if I want to make it myself. Sometimes I do (see Sunday sketch #441 / Moonshot, or #432, for example), and sometimes I don't (too many to count!). This time I did 🙂 Meet Tectonic.
Every now and then I'll create a design and then hoard it for a bit while I decide if I want to make it myself. Sometimes I do (see Sunday sketch #441 / Moonshot, or #432, for example), and sometimes I don't (too many to count!). This time I did 🙂 Meet Tectonic.
This week's sketch makes use of zig-zag edges to give the impression that adjacent blocks are slotting into each other. I've used that effect before, but I think this is the best example! It's definitely my favourite, anyway.
This week's sketch makes use of zig-zag edges to give the impression that adjacent blocks are slotting into each other. I've used that effect before, but I think this is the best example! It's definitely my favourite, anyway.
I don't make improv quilts – which the Modern Quilt Guild defines for QuiltCon as '...pieced improvisationally (without a defined pattern or template)'. Defined patterns and templates are my happy place 🙂 But I like to borrow concepts from improv now and then – such as the…
I don't make improv quilts – which the Modern Quilt Guild defines for QuiltCon as '...pieced improvisationally (without a defined pattern or template)'. Defined patterns and templates are my happy place 🙂 But I like to borrow concepts from improv now and then – such as the…
This week I'm reusing a little shape from two recent Sunday sketches (#469 and #470) – basically a set of four kite-in-a-square units where the kite's point doesn't quite meet the square's corner.
This week I'm reusing a little shape from two recent Sunday sketches (#469 and #470) – basically a set of four kite-in-a-square units where the kite's point doesn't quite meet the square's corner.
I designed this week's sketch before the QuiltCon 2026 Diamond Quilting Challenge was announced, but it did make me realise that I don't design with diamonds much. I think that's mostly because I haven't figured out how to do it easily in Electric Quilt 8 (my fault, not…
I designed this week's sketch before the QuiltCon 2026 Diamond Quilting Challenge was announced, but it did make me realise that I don't design with diamonds much. I think that's mostly because I haven't figured out how to do it easily in Electric Quilt 8 (my fault, not…
I've been hopping back and forth between a few related designs lately, and while this week's sketch didn't evolve directly from a previous idea, it was inspired by Sunday sketch #468.
I've been hopping back and forth between a few related designs lately, and while this week's sketch didn't evolve directly from a previous idea, it was inspired by Sunday sketch #468.