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

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.
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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

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Best Regards
pat on the hill

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

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 )