This week’s sketch uses one of the blocks from last week: the one featuring four curvy stars. I like how repeating this block creates circles as secondary shapes, which are pulled to the foreground or pushed to the back depending on how the blocks are coloured.

I really like the regular repetition of blocks in a standard layout, but I did experiment a little with a more ‘modern’ version… which basically just meant adding more negative space, introducing some irregularity, and paring down the palette.

I like how there are unfinished circles in these versions, and some flower shapes hidden in there too. The design has some interesting movement. It’s something I could’ve explored further, but I was too caught up in the full layout!

In the next version, I’ve coloured in the centre of the blocks (the circle formed by the curved edges of the four stars), which creates an interesting shape. A bit like a stretched-out animal pelt, without the head 🙂

I also tried adding a new shape in the centre of the block: instead of four curves facing out (to form one side of each of the four stars), I’ve faced them in to create a new star. I really like this version! I like how the rows and columns of background circles are still apparent between the blocks.

You could make any of this week’s sketches into a quilt using quarter-circles or drunkard’s path units. Like last week’s design, if the blocks were 12″, the curves would be 3″ – a manageable size for me (though I find that bigger is always better/easier when it comes to curves!).