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Sunday, January 26, 2025
16.2 Ombre
Welcome to The Joyful Quilter!! And... Welcome to the wonderful world of Project QUILTING hosted by Kim Lapacek @ Persimon Dreams!! This is my 6th year of participation in the Challenge. Trish Frankland @ QuiltChicken is the creator of the crazy challenges that participants will face during the next 10 weeks.
Sassy @ Farm Quilter got me started at the beginning of Season 11 by inviting her readers to join in the fun. I accepted her invitation and the rest is history. As I have for the past five years, I will be dragging along my friend LeeAnna @ Not Afraid of Color again this season, as she enjoys having a reason to stretch her creative wings. Would YOU like to join me in this creative journey, too?
FAIR WARNING: It's a wild ride, but oh SEW rewarding!
Challenges are given and start to finish you have ONE WEEK to complete your project. PQ 16.2 can be found at THIS LINK:
PQ 16.2 Ombre

She continued with the following:
This week I want you to play with the visual effect of ombre.You may choose to celebrate ombre with a shift of color across your project, through a block, or simply by using an ombre fabric to make anything you’d like. Hunter’s Design Studio offers a number of patterns written especially to maximize ombre patterns, as do other designers.I can’t wait to see what kind of fun you make with this!We don’t have many rules, but please make sure you read through them and understand what’s going on. If you have questions, ask. Join the Challenge Quilts group on Facebook for a lot of encouragement and inspiration.But most of all, have fun!
Tutorial for these baskets can be found HERE. |
RULE ONE: Your project must use an ombre or gradient.
You have one week to meet the challenge. Every challenge piece must be a FINISHED project seen through from INCEPTION to COMPLETION during the challenge timeline – that is, started on or after January 19, 2025, and linked up by noon Central Time January 26, 2025.Each piece must stand alone as DONE to count.Your project does not need to be a traditional quilt, but must meet at least one of these requirements: include patchwork, include appliqué, have 3 layers stitched together by hand or machine.Incomplete or unfinished does not qualify. Every challenge piece must be a FINISHED project seen through from INCEPTION to COMPLETION during the challenge timeline.
Incomplete or unfinished does not qualify. Every challenge piece must be a FINISHED project seen through from INCEPTION to COMPLETION during the challenge timeline.
The result was a bit mottled because I used too much paint on the plate:
Follow THIS LINK to the Season 16 overview. Check back on the Challenge release days (or sign-up to be notified automatically) and there may be one that YOU just can't resist.
It's a SHORT turnaround time!
Depending on the size and complexity of your project, that doesn't HAVE to be insurmountable. With a little creativity and a few evenings, you really CAN do this! My project was begun shortly after the prompt was announce and was finished in record time. I can't believe it was done with 3 full days to spare! My post was ready for release 2 days prior to the deadline, but that's not what happened. The post was complete, but I still waited to join the link up on Sunday morning. (I have a thing about releasing my post on Sunday, but it was ready to join earlier this time around.) I joined the Link Party with almost 4 hours to spare.