Simple stripes can create a vast number of diverse designs. (Check out my ‘Strips & Stripes’ Pinterest board for a few hundred examples.)

I’m embracing the chaos this week with a little improv-style design of strips and stripes. Depending on the colour scheme, the design could be reminiscent of a waterfall (blues on blue), the night sky (bright whites or yellows on midnight blue), Klimt (rich jewel tones)… or something else entirely.

Update (May 2017): Interstellar, a quilt pattern based on this design, has been published in Down Under Quilts, issue 179.