You might spot the similarities between this week’s design and last week‘s: the basic block has two circles in diagonally opposite corners that are each highlighted (or shadowed) by a half-circle. But this week, there are no relaxed curves; all the curves are full, half or quarter circles.

I’ve coloured that first version in a way that slightly obscures some of those full circles. Here’s the original, but I just don’t like those areas between 4 adjacent blocks where you get those sharp corners. They make the edges of the blocks a little too obvious, and introduce a hard edge amongst all those lovely soft curves.

An alternative solution is to introduce a third colour for those circles. I don’t mind this idea. (The palette isn’t great, but I ran out of patience while trying to find a three-colour palette that I liked!) Anyway, this one feels even more planetary/celestial. Especially with those interstitial stars!

The same block can be rotated in different ways to make new shapes. These are a smidge too busy for me (hence removing some of the blocks around the edges in the first few versions, and introducing some negative space).

But this next version could be fun in lots of bright colours. A bit like Twister!

I think this week’s sketch could be easier to make into a quilt than last week’s, even though they’re somewhat similar. This one just needs full and half-circles, or lots of half-circles (or lots more quarter-circles). I feel like it’s been awhile since I made a curvy quilt, so maybe I need to put this one on my shortlist!