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Common Wealth of Colour Challenge 2022

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The 2022 Challenge, The Common Wealth of Colour, was displayed at the Festival of Quilts. You can view all the wonderful entries in this YouTube video

The challenge was to make a 10" quilt to reflect the Common Wealth of Colour and to include two of these three colours, blue, green and yellow.

A colourful quilt with a landscape-like design. The quilt features a curved blue section representing the sky, transitioning into vertical strips of green, yellow, and orange, resembling fields or hills. The fabric has a textured, almost painted look, with visible stitching lines adding depth.

Adele Lindsay

A square quilt with a blue background and a yellow, winding path. The path is surrounded by green fabric with a textured pattern, resembling a forest or jungle. The quilt has a simple, minimalist design with a focus on the contrasting colors and textures.

Alison Mayall

A square quilt with a gray background. The quilt features a colorful, geometric design with circles arranged in a triangular pattern. The circles are in various colours, including red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple.

Connie Wheeler

A square quilt with a green background. The quilt features a series of yellow, vertical lines of varying lengths, arranged in a staggered pattern. The background is quilted with curved lines, creating a sense of depth and movement.

Grace Cheney

A square quilt with a blue and yellow color scheme. The quilt features a nested square design, with each square getting smaller as it moves towards the center. The blue fabric has a swirling, floral pattern. The background is quilted with straight lines.

Hannelore Nunn

A square quilt with a dark blue background and a colorful, geometric design. The quilt features curved shapes in shades of blue, green, and yellow, arranged in a circular pattern. There are also thin, vertical lines in the corners. The background is quilted with a diamond pattern.

Helen Gray

A square quilt with a dark blue background and a yellow and gray chevron pattern. The background is quilted with a subtle, linear pattern.

Jackie Smith

A square quilt with an orange border. The quilt features a colorful, geometric design with triangles in shades of pink, orange, green, and white. The triangles are arranged in a maze-like pattern, creating a dynamic and visually interesting composition. The background is quilted with a linear pattern.

Jane Emsden

A square quilt with a white background. The quilt features a colorful, abstract design with intersecting lines and shapes in shades of green, yellow, and blue. The lines create a sense of movement and dynamism. The background is quilted with a linear pattern.

Judith Davy

A square quilt with a beige background. The quilt features a geometric design with hexagons in shades of green and yellow. The background is quilted with diagonal lines.

Judith Dursley

A square quilt with a gray background and a yellow border. The quilt features a geometric design with rectangles and triangles in shades of blue and green. The background is quilted with vertical lines.

Juliet West

A square quilt with a yellow background. The quilt features a simple design with several green and blue vertical lines radiating outwards from the center. The background is quilted with a linear pattern.

Karin Pope

A square quilt with a blue background. The quilt features a colorful, abstract design with intersecting lines in shades of orange, yellow, and blue. The background is quilted with a linear pattern.

Lynne Newall

A square quilt with a green background. The quilt features a circular design with multiple black stars overlapping each other. The background is filled with a pattern of small, green shapes. The quilt has a black border with blue strips on the sides.

Margaret Bradly

A square quilt with a blue background. The quilt features a colorful, abstract design with curved shapes in blue, green, yellow, and white. The background is quilted with a linear pattern.

Mary Tully

A square quilt with a gray and green background. The quilt features a geometric design with curved lines and yellow shapes, resembling leaves or petals. The background is quilted with a curved linear pattern.

Michaela Knight

A square quilt with a white background. The quilt features a colorful, abstract design with intersecting lines in shades of green, blue, and yellow. The lines create a sense of movement and dynamism. The background is quilted with a linear pattern.

Muriel Markland

A square quilt with a green background. The quilt features a circular design with concentric circles in red, blue, and white. The background is quilted with radiating lines.

Norma Hasham

A square quilt with a patchwork design. The quilt is made up of small squares of fabric in various colors and patterns, including floral, geometric, and solid colors. The squares are arranged in a grid pattern and quilted with a diagonal line pattern. The quilt has a blue checkered border.

Pamela Miller

A square quilt with a green background. The quilt features a geometric design with triangles in shades of green and blue. The triangles overlap and create a sense of depth and dimension. The background is quilted with vertical lines.

Pauline Stephens

A square quilt with a gray background and a colorful border. The quilt features a geometric design with intersecting lines in yellow, green, and blue. The background is quilted with a linear pattern.

Penny Savill

A square quilt with a landscape-like design. The top section is a blue sky with three orange circles representing the sun. The middle section is a green field with three orange circles representing pumpkins. The background is quilted with a linear pattern.

Ruth Case

A square quilt with a white background. The quilt features colorful, diagonal lines in red, yellow, green, and blue. The background is quilted with a wavy pattern.

Sheila Musson

A square quilt with a colorful, abstract design. The quilt features rectangles and triangles in various colors, including pink, green, yellow, blue, and purple. The background is quilted with a linear pattern.

Susan Brown

A square quilt with a blue background. The quilt features a central star design made up of triangles in shades of brown and green. The background is filled with a pattern of small, white triangles.

Yvonne Romain