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Sunday sketch #493

This week’s sketch is closely related to last week’s. Well, the underlying design is exactly the same – but I’ve changed the orientation, the colour placement, and the palette. I think of changes like that as cosmetic rather than structural, as they wouldn’t affect how you’d construct a quilt from this design.

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Finished quilt: Fizz

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 had any other curvy quilts she could add to the mix. Hmm… not really. (The few curvy quilts I had weren’t really suitable.) I did have a few designs up my sleeve though. This was mid-October. Could I finish a quilt in time for posting to the exhibition venue by mid-November? Well, nothing gets me moving like an external deadline! 🙂 Here’s Fizz.
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Finished quilt: Moonshot

I set myself a few loose goals in 2024, one of which was to submit work to a category at QuiltCon that I’d never entered before. There were quite a few to choose from: Improvisation, Appliqué, Small Quilts, Handwork, Group or Bee Quilts, and the Windham Fabric Challenge. (And the Youth category, but I’ve missed my chance with that one 🙂 )

Meet Moonshot, my first-ever submission to the Fabric Challenge category at QuiltCon.

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