Happy Friday! We are edging toward the end of the second month for our 30 Days of Quilt Design challenge. There are more than 30 days left to rack up 30 designs in total. I hope you are benefitting from these creative moments!

I have made some progress with some new designs. Want to see?

Windowpanes

day no. 10 in #30DaysofQuiltdesign

This one is not a favorite. Maybe it would be better with thin sashing so that the linking elements don’t quite touch? Ah well, every design doesn’t have to be worth sewing. The collection of designs is sure to have some winners, so the thing is to keep those creative moments flowing,

Honeycomb Stars in mood berry palette

day no. 11 in #30DaysofQuiltdesign

I will be sewing a wall quilt to hang over my bed. This is the color scheme for my new room: burgundy, wine, plum, blues and mauve with a touch of red. I wonder if this quilt design could be the one? It is hard to commit to a design when I know in advance that I want to hang it!

corsica

day no. 12 in #30DaysofQuiltdesign

I wasn’t too keen to continue my creative practice on this vacation, but once I got started I did enjoy sketching this design. My starting point was to experiment further with the fan block from Positivities quilt. This design is not anything that I will likely develop further, but some of the shapes surprised me in a good way. Now back to ☀️🌊⛱️

Crossweave

day no. 13 in #30DaysofQuiltdesign

Okay, I love this one! I found the design by accident when I was editing my Honeycomb Stars design the other day. When I added a single column in @prequilt to my quilt layout, this warped pattern appeared. I would construct it with diamonds and half hexagon shapes. This is a must sew!

If you would like to see my designs as they go live and other folks doing the challenge, you can follow the Instagram hashtag #30DaysofQuiltDesign or #30DaysofQuiltDesign2024. For details on how the challenge works, see this post.

Win a prize from purple stitches!

Any designs shared with the #30DaysofQuiltDesign hashtag from August 18 - August 29 give you chance to win a £30 gift certificate to UK-based Purple Stitches. To be eligible to win, you must follow @thePurpleStitches, @StitchedinColor and have a European mailing address. Every design shared is another chance to win, so you can increase your chance to win right alongside your creativity. You’re welcome!

Winner will be announced August 30th. Good luck, all!