QuiltInk Challenge Aug25 – QuiltInk Blog

This month, we’re inviting you to embrace serenity and warmth with the Olive Grove fabric collection by Amber Elliot of Alderwood Studio for Riley Blake Designs. Inspired by sun-kissed herbs, winding garden paths, and a gentle Mediterranean ambiance, this collection feels soft, earthy, and wonderfully comforting. Whether you’re drawn to quiet neutrals or organic textures, this palette offers the perfect backdrop for calm, deeply personal quilt designs.

Before we begin, let’s congratulate our July winner!

Thank you to everyone who participated in the July edition, and a special shout-out to @geohorse—your Letters Love mock‑ups by Jo Wright Makes were full of charm, and as our randomly selected winner you’ll receive a 10-piece Fat Quarter bundle of beautiful batiks, sent directly from India!. We loved seeing your creativity shine!

Olive Grove Fabric Collection

For this challenge, QuiltInk is pleased to present a curated palette of fabrics drawn from the Olive Grove collection by Amber Elliot. This calming array includes soft olive greens, muted teals, herb-toned neutrals, and subtle golden accents—each hue echoing the soothing tones of olive branches beneath warm sunlight.

These fabrics invite a sense of grounded creativity—ideal for quilts that feel at home, or projects that bring kindness and connection into play. Whether you’re working with floral motifs or minimalist geometry, Olive Grove offers a beautiful canvas for meaningful mock-ups.

Start planning your upcoming quilting projects with this wonderful fabric collection as you join our monthly challenge!

Note: Olive Grove fabric collection has been released thisAugust 2025!

Amber Elliot

Amber is a modern pattern designer, author, fabric designer, and educator. She runs the Modern Makes Membership, teaches technique and pattern writing courses, and releases modern patterns under the Alderwood Studio brand. She designs fabric for Riley Blake Designs, and draws inspiration for both her fabric and her quilt patterns from the natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest. Amber lives in Portland with her two small children and enjoys gardening, painting, and knitting in her free time.

How to participate

1. Access to www.quiltink.com, sign in or create your free account.

2. Choose a pattern from the main page.

3. Color the pattern using the challenge palette, it’s the first palette in solid palettes list.

4. Share your mock-up on our #quiltinkwall.

5. Boost your chances creating a post or story on Instagram, mentioning @quilt_ink and @alderwoodstudio, and tagging #QuiltInkChallengeAug24. It counts as 2 entries in the giveaway.

Prize: A Fat Quarter bundle from the Olive Grove fabric collection by Alderwood Studio.

The winner will receive this stunning FQ selection, generously sponsored by Amber of Alderwood Studio

Selection: On September1st, we will pick 1 mock-up randomly chosen between all the mock-ups in the Wall made with the QuiltInk Challenge Aug25 palette (the ones with the gift icon).

The more mock-ups you create, the higher your chances of winning! Start coloring now!

This giveaway is open internationally. You must be at least 18 years old. This giveaway is not sponsored by Instagram. Participants release Instagram of any responsibility and agree to IG terms of use.

Here are some examples of quilt patterns mock-ups using the Olive Grove palette in QuiltInk! I love them all!

Remember you can use the QuitlInk Wall filter to see all the mock-ups for the Challenge alive.

Curious about how to find the palette to participate. Follow these steps and start coloring!!

And here you can check the name of the Aug25 Challenge palette – Olive Grove by Alderwood Studio. Aren’t they amazing?

We can’t wait to see all your mock-ups!

Happy coloring and quilting to you all!