BluePip Designs

August was a creative month!  I started off by releasing  Chalk Stars  as a stand-alone pattern and hosting the Quilt Back Parade on Instagram .  After that I worked on a group design project, designing a quilt with my guild for the QuiltCon Community quilt project .  Finally, I designed a block for my Sudoku quilt and worked on my next pattern release, Zephyr.  All of that was happening alongside lots of summer fun with my kids.  Whew!  What a great end to summer. Quilt Tally WIP List at beginning of month: 12 WIP List at end of month: 13 Untouched in 2021: 4 Active QAL Projects: 1 Kid Projects: 2 Quilts Finished Little Fox (August 2021) Quilts Started Pink Zephyr Baby Quilt - The first test of my new quilt pattern!  This pattern was written to use up large scraps - like that fat quarter that you cut a charm square out of and now it's just hanging around.  No curves, and it comes in multiple sizes!  This test version is ready for basting.  Release date TBD. Quilt Progress (4 WIP

Welcome, welcome, welcome to Garden Stars, which was made using my Chalk Stars pattern ! I loved my original Moda Grunge version of the quilt (so much that I named the pattern based      on that color palette), but I am also in love with this floral version made with all Figo fabrics .  The rainbow is a little more muted but the movement in it is so great!  Not to mention, this amazing photo that I was able to take at a children's garden by my house.  The clouds were moving across the sun the entire time I was there and I got several nice compliments from walkers while I was waiting for the shade to come back. It's no secret that curves (also known as Drunkard's Path blocks) are one of my favorite things to sew - they look so impressive but are so easy to put together once you get the hang of it.   I sew my curves together without using pins , but any method gives you the same final