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Yesterday’s virtual quilts were a reminder of what summer has brought to parts of Australia this year. Today’s designs are the colour we hope to see around us in the not too distant future.

The star blocks are basic, but fiddly, piecing, and I like the faded blocks which add depth to the designs.

I design  all my quilts with 12 inch blocks in mind, but they can be made bigger or smaller, though with the details in these designs I would stick with 12 inch or larger blocks.

Lots of small half square triangles can make some stunning designs … like today’s two designs.

I have used a background fabric and two contrast, but one or two extra contrast fabrics could be used.

Way too busy … I think that 9×9 blocks is too many.

Much better!

The colours used in this series reflects the colours of autumn in central Australia. So far summer has been hot and humid, but after a few days of hot, we are having a couple of days of autumn, no rain over most of the country, but cool breezes and partly cloudy.

My favourite today is the first one, though the second one is rather interesting.

I like playing with contrast as much as colour, like the three shades of purple against a very pale background fabric.

Even with three different colours I would choose fabrics ranging from very light to very dark.

My favourite today is the second one.

Interesting, though I keep turning my head to a 45 degree angle to see what the blocks look like on the straight!

I like the second one. Not my usual number of blocks in a design, but could be made with larger blocks to make a double or queen size quilt.

Interesting, especially the open space for quilting!

I like the second design.

Playing with one block, usually removing patches from a complex block.

I like the second design best!

I love playing with block designs to get a collection of blocks which all have some identical features … which then flow easily throughout a quilt design.

The star used right around the outside in the second design is the block I started with, after some time playing with the lines I have about twenty blocks.

Some lines were removed, others added, but the white points in the corners of the blocks unify the designs, even when some of them are coloured

I like the first design, love the second.

In my part of the world our autumn weather is variable this year, from cool summer to cold winter … but it is very dry, which means it is very dusty, so the colours in this project file are appropriate.

I love the first design, but if I wanted to make it in real life I would much prefer spring colours.

I like the second design too.

A one block design, with bits and pieces ignored or recoloured to create different designs.

I like the gentle curves in the centre of the block.

Colours of Australia … red and sandy soil, with some green starting to grow. Even trees in areas burnt out in the last two months are showing touches of green.

Interesting design.