February 13, 2026

Our 2026 Colour Challenge is On!!

The 2026 Colour Challenge

Our colour challenge is back for another year and we have a gorgeous new group of colours to work with. We got so much enjoyment watching everyone's makes last year, we thought we should do it again. And, this year, we're going with a Canadian supplier for all of our colour challenge fabric.

The Challenge

Create a quilt incorporating ALL of the following five Colorworks solid colours,

Matcha, Eggshell, Tender Heart, Coral, Young Love

You are free to introduce ANY other colours or fabrics into to your work, or you can stick to our five, BUT, you have to use all five colours.

All quilt styles and techniques will be welcome! There is no minimum size, but the quilt cannot be larger than 60” square. Please see below for a full list of all the rules.

Entry Requirements

Must include all five colours.
Must measure less than 60” square.
Submission can be a quilt top or finished quilt (or wall hanging or table mat).
Entry must be submitted by May 1, 2025. Submissions need to include the dimensions of the finished work and your full name and mailling address (in case you win a prize!!)

Fabric Bundles

Fabric Spark is selling fat quarter bundles, half-yard bundles, and one-yard bundles in the challenge's Colorworks'

Matcha

Eggshell

Tender Heart

Coral

Young Love

Here is a link to the shop!

PreQuilt for Designing

We have worked with our friends at Pre-Quilt* to make your designing process easier. They have the colours loaded and have made a helpful video so you can play with your design digitally before you start cutting your fabric.

Submission Deadline

Submissions will be due by May 1. Photos are to be sent to create@fabricpsparkteam.com with “Colour Challenge” in the subject line.

Voting

A link to a gallery of the photos will be shared in the newsletter where the Fabric Spark community will vote on their favourite entry, (for the purpose of voting, entries will be anonymous).

Prizes

We have a fantastic prize package including fabric, design software, and visibility for your entry. The prize for our audience favourite includes:

A Quiltessentials fat quarter bundle including all 36 fabrics from the collections, a pack of Thimtec thimble tape in "Lemonade", a pack of two Aleene's Temporary glue sticks and a box of wavy washi tape (3 rolls)
A PreQuilt Annual Subscription*
The winning submission will hang in our shop for a month for all to see and will be published in the Fabric Spark newsletter and socials.

*A note about PreQuilt
PreQuilt is an online software application for designing, visualizing, and making quilts. Some of
the benefits of subscribing to PreQuilt are:

Design and visualize your quilt ideas quickly and dynamically
Save your quilts and digital coloring page mockups
Calculate fabric needed to make your quilt idea
Use printed fabric swatches in your quilt idea or mockups
Use the randomization features to play with a quilt idea

Don't Miss Out

Please join the fun and help us celebrate our anniversary by showing us your creativity and design ideas with this challenge.

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