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Why you haven't heard from me
I've been getting some wonderful squishies in the mail, and I haven't
had time to acknowledge them, much less cut them up and use them and post pictures. So here is a first thank you, with promises of more specific ones to come! I'm working at a camp for teenagers for the month of July, you see, and I'm so busy that I have only opened my sewing box about twice! I hope to be talking to them later in the month about the math of symmetry and tessellations, and maybe using some examples from quilting and fabric repeats. I wonder whether there's a good way to make tessellating pattern artwork withing the space of one afternoon. Like little pieces of coloured paper stuck down with glue, or something like that. Got any ideas? Louise |
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Why you haven't heard from me
I make all my diagrams for tessellations and the like from coloured
card, cut out and stuck to a background. It works just fine - the better the cutting, the better the fit. .. In message , Louise writes I've been getting some wonderful squishies in the mail, and I haven't had time to acknowledge them, much less cut them up and use them and post pictures. So here is a first thank you, with promises of more specific ones to come! I'm working at a camp for teenagers for the month of July, you see, and I'm so busy that I have only opened my sewing box about twice! I hope to be talking to them later in the month about the math of symmetry and tessellations, and maybe using some examples from quilting and fabric repeats. I wonder whether there's a good way to make tessellating pattern artwork withing the space of one afternoon. Like little pieces of coloured paper stuck down with glue, or something like that. Got any ideas? Louise -- Best Regards pat on the hill |
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Why you haven't heard from me
Hi Louise - take a look at this link to planet patchwork's tesselation
page info - there might be something to help? http://planetpatchwork.com/tesselat.htm There is also a download available from softexpressions.com called symmetoy?? that could be interesting for your group. If you google tesselation quilts, there are other sites available pertaining to the math involved as well as other aspects of the subject. Genny Beyer did a good demonstration of her paper cutting technique on one of the very old Simply Quilt episodes - does she still have a web site?? jennellh (change the mail to news) On Jul 7, 7:34 am, Louise wrote: I've been getting some wonderful squishies in the mail, and I haven't had time to acknowledge them, much less cut them up and use them and post pictures. So here is a first thank you, with promises of more specific ones to come! I'm working at a camp for teenagers for the month of July, you see, and I'm so busy that I have only opened my sewing box about twice! I hope to be talking to them later in the month about the math of symmetry and tessellations, and maybe using some examples from quilting and fabric repeats. I wonder whether there's a good way to make tessellating pattern artwork withing the space of one afternoon. Like little pieces of coloured paper stuck down with glue, or something like that. Got any ideas? Louise |
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Why you haven't heard from me
I wonder whether there's a good way to make tessellating pattern
artwork withing the space of one afternoon. Like little pieces of coloured paper stuck down with glue, or something like that. Got any ideas? Sounds like fun! Try: http://mathforum.org/~sanders/geomet...ellations.html http://www.tessellations.org/diy-basic1.htm http://fsmq.org/data//files/ispsatessesi-9036.pdf Do you know about the graph paper generators online? http://incompetech.com/graphpaper/ http://www.printfreegraphpaper.com/ Something I use when playing with patterns is Post-it notes, just the sticky strip. It repositions easily and comes in colors, so I can play with revisions and keep track of them easily. However, because of the small size of the pieces, I use forceps to move stuff around. There's a repositionable "post-it" glue stick that you could use to make your own "post-it" type surface for playing on, or repositionable artists' spray adhesive. Spray the base graph paper, use untreated paper for the pieces? I don't know this product myself beyond that it exists, but I'll bet a call or email to 3M can give you an idea if it'd work for your purpose. http://preview.tinyurl.com/25hqox (which is the following URL that I doubt will survive intact here): http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3...3M-Super-77/Su per77/SprayAdhesive/Product-Information?PC_7_0_382I_a ssetType=MMM_Article&PC_7_0_382I_assetId=111428488 6905&PC_7_0_38 2I_univid=1114284886905#7_0_382I ) |
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