Hello and welcome back! This is Trish (aka QUILTchicken) and I am so excited to present the fifth challenge of this Season 13 of Project Quilting. This is one I’m especially excited about, and I hope you enjoy it too!
But first, let’s talk about Mining for Diamonds: I had high hopes for challenge four and its myriad possibilities … and you all did NOT let me down. From diamond shapes to gemstones and baseball, Minecraft, and a colossal jeweler sculpture – you all amaze me time and time again.
Side Note about Prizes! Every week that you enter a piece for the challenge you are entered into a random drawing to win one of the amazing prizes from our sponsors! Be sure to check out THIS post for all the prizes up for grabs this weeks and to thank our awesome sponsors! Our Ultimate Weekly Sponsor this week is Wisco Home Goods. AND, if you finish the challenge in the time allotted your name will also be added into the final drawing at the completion of the season for an opportunity to win the GRAND PRIZE! Inspiration, quilting, fun AND Prizes!? Can it get much better?
And now, let’s get down to business:
PQ13.5 Rhythm & Repetition
In language, music, and visual art repetition is used for effect. It can be used to create calm and peace – a feeling of Zen brought on by doing, seeing, or hearing the same thing over and over again. When you know what to expect, your mind is at ease.
“Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, creeps in this petty pace from day to day.” – Macbeth, in “Macbeth” by William Shakespeare
Conversely, the disruption of rhythm can be used to cause tension and drama: to draw attention to a point in its difference from the norm.
One of the most basic principles of quilted piecework is repetition – traditional quilts use one or more blocks, pieced identically or in variety, and arranged to create a visual rhythm. Alternately, the repetition of a color scheme across dissimilar blocks or shapes can unify a quilt and tie together a sampler.
Let’s play with repetition and the creation of rhythm in this week’s challenge!
Here are a couple of inspiring articles on the subject:
And a little musical inspiration: My Morning Jacket – Love Love Love
Rule 1: There must be something in your project intentionally repeated 3 or more times for visual effect.
Rule 2: 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 noon February 27th, 2022, and linked up by noon Central Time March 6th, 2022.
Each piece must stand alone as DONE to count toward prizes.
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.
If you finish more than one project that is amazing but please just link up to a single completed project.
Incomplete or unfinished does not qualify. Every challenge piece must be a FINISHED project seen through from INCEPTION to COMPLETION during the challenge timeline.
Link up at the bottom of THIS PAGE by Sunday, March 6th at noon CST (here’s a link to time zone converter to calculate for Central Standard Time: www.thetimezoneconverter.com)
- Add to the linky the URL of your project’s blog post, public instagram picture, or public facebook posting. This post – How to Link Up a Link Up may help you. At this time, if you choose to link up to an instagram or facebook url you will have to manually upload the picture to go with it – look at the section “upload a link” on THIS POST to see how to do this.
- Alternately, by 11:50am on Sunday, March 6th you may email a picture and description to {projectquilting@gmail.com} with PROJECT QUILTING in the subject line.
Good luck, and remember to HAVE FUN! Don’t forget to post progress pictures because that’s part of the fun.
SOCIAL MEDIA LINKING
- Please use the hashtags #pqSeason13 and/or #projectquilting when posting on social networking sites to help spread the word.
If you’d like to tag @PerisimonDreams and @QuiltChicken on instagram then we’ll for sure see your posts! - Share progress pictures on Facebook, Instagram, and your blog – seeing your process and how you get to the final project is part of the fun!
- Make sure you like Project QUILTING on Facebook.
- We have created a ‘Challenge Quilts’ Facebook Group for you to share your thoughts, questions, and friendship on PQ and other quilting challenges.
Link Up
Please be sure to link up your FINAL project just below HERE. VERY IMPORTANT! If you do not link up you cannot win a prize! If you are having trouble linking up email me – projectquilting@gmail.com the picture, story behind your quilt, and where you are from and I will happily do the rest for you!
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