• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Social Icons

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • My account
  • 0 items$0.00
KimLapacek.com | Home of Persimon Dreams and Project QUILTING

KimLapacek.com | Home of Persimon Dreams and Project QUILTING

Quilt designer, teacher, artist, dreamer

  • Shop
    • Quilt Patterns
      • PDF Patterns
      • Print Patterns
      • Templates
      • Wholesale
    • Fabric
      • Fabric Kits
      • Gelato Ombré
      • Moongate
    • Notions
      • Hardware
      • Pincushion
      • Rulers
      • Straight Pins
    • Fiber Art by Kim
      • Bags
      • Ornaments
      • Quilted Pillows
      • Quilts
    • Misc.
      • All Things Dresden Neighborhood
      • Event tickets
      • Make a Donation
      • Stickers
      • Swag
      • Tula Pink
  • Project QUILTING
    • What is Project QUILTING?
    • Project QUILTING Season 16 (2025)
    • Project QUILTING Season 15 (2024)
    • Project QUILTING Season 14 (2023)
    • Season 13 (2022)
    • Season 12 (2021)
    • Quarantine 2020 Challenges
    • Season 11 (2020)
    • Season 10 (2019)
    • Season 9 (2018)
    • Season 8 (2017)
    • Season 7 (2016)
    • Season 6 (2015)
    • Season 5 (2014)
    • Season 4 (2013)
    • Season 3 (2012)
    • Season 2 (2011)
    • Season 1 (2010)
  • Quilt Alongs
    • Quilt Alongs Overview
    • Old School BOM
    • Scrap Quilt Challenge
    • Dresden Neighborhood Sew Along
    • Focus Through the Prism Quilt Challenge
    • Scrappy Crown of Thorns Quilt Along
    • 52 Twisted Traditional Blocks Quilt Along
    • My Favorite Block Quilt Along
    • Home Sweet Home Quilt Along
  • Teaching
  • Gallery
    • My Quilts
    • My Quilts from Project QUILTING
  • Blog
  • About
    • About Me
    • Contact Me
    • Errata
    • Sponsors
    • FAQs
  • Show Search
Hide Search

13.5 – Rhythm & Repetition – Challenge 5 of Project QUILTING Season 13

February 27, 2022 by persimondreams 3 Comments

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:
  • The Art of Repetition: Pattern and Repetition in Contemporary Art
  • Repetition, Rhythm and Pattern

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!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

~|~|~

affiliate ad

 


Reader Interactions

Trackbacks

  1. Sunflowers for Ukraine PQ13 Entry – mulberrypatchquilts says:
    March 4, 2022 at 2:29 pm

    […] for this week’s Project Quilting Season 13.5 challenge, I knew I had to incorporate sunflowers and the colors of the Ukrane flag into my piece. […]

    Reply
  2. Projekt Quilting – Wyzwanie piąte – SylaQuiltArtist says:
    March 5, 2022 at 2:05 am

    […] To już przedostatnie wyzwanie w tym roku w którym biorę udział, tym razem są to “rytm i powtórzenia“. […]

    Reply
  3. Patchworkowe tondo – SylaQuiltArtist says:
    May 16, 2022 at 3:07 am

    […] Pomysł super, jeszcze nigdy nie szyłam tondo. Od razu pomyślałam sobie, że mogłabym stworzyć pracę tylko ją pikując. Jakiś czas temu robiłam coś w tym stylu, w wyzwaniu Kim Lapacek “rytm i powtórzenia“. […]

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Primary Sidebar

Helpful links

Questions? Contact me here

Project QUILTING overview

Dresden Neighborhood SAL

Tricks and tips for quilt challenges

Sign up for quilt challenges and inspiration!

Thank you for subscribing!

Shop on Amazon and support me!

Start here when shopping on Amazon and I'll get a little kickback!

Join me on social media!

Persimon Dreams page

Project QUILTING page

Quilt & Dream Along with Kim Lapacek group

Challenge Quilts group

Scrap Quilt Challenge group

Persimon Dreams account

Follow #projectQUILTING

Persimon Dreams boards are full of inspiration

Persimon Dreams account

Fat Quarter Shop Quilting Fabrics and Supplies

Archives

Categories

Affiliate Disclosure

Some posts on this blog contain affiliate links to vendors such as Amazon – at no additional cost to you. The small amount of affiliate income I earn allows me to bring you free patterns and DIY tutorials, as well as pay for domain fees. For more information, please visit my Disclosure Statement and Advertising Policies page.

  • Home
  • Project Quilting Season 10
  • Quilt Alongs
  • Blog
  • Contact
  • About
  • Errata

Copyright © 2025 · KimLapacek.com | Home of Persimon Dreams and Project QUILTING | Designed by Lindsie Bergevin | Terms and Conditions of purchase

Social Icons

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter