Tumbling Blocks Quilt.

That layout of tumbling blocks is really appropriate for the top of the stairs, John! It looks like stairsteps! :)

There are some truly beautiful quilts on your site. I love that Irish Chain, and more. :-)

Dancing in the moonlight for ya, John! I love it!!

Karen, Queen of Squishies

Well done -- which method did you use?

English Paper Piecing? Half Square Triangles? Hand piecing?

Looks great ! Your diamonds look pretty small... what side are they?

Nice quilt. I like the variety of color marching diagonally across the surface. I've never 'met' anyone with a mediation room before! Do you have a special quilt upon which to sit while meditating? Sounds like a good idea for your next project. PAT in VA/USA

Lovely, John. I haven't seen one with quite that arrangement before. Most eye-catching. Yes, I bet it was a 'prone to incorrect placement' kind of quilt! It isn't a problem when done by hand, because you can see where you are at all times. A feather in your cap - and you are now a master of the set-in seam (with all that practice!). . In message , John writes

I wanted to do the impossible. So I chose to make the whole thing by machine piecing. No Paper. No Half triangles. I cut the 60 degree diamonds out in each color and then joined them into a block unit, and then joined those together by machine. That was a whole lot of insetting of a whole lot of seams. A lot more than cared to do but I muddled through it, because I wanted to test my skills in that regard. I am now glad it is over and I doubt I will do another one soon.

John

The diamonds are 2" finished size. Way to fiddley to do a larger quilt, unless you have a very large bottle of burbon, to ease your way through the process. Being as how I no longer do that sort of thing, I chose to do a smaller sized quilt and keep my sanity, or what I pass off as my sanity.

John

Here is a link to the Meditation room. I use the cushions and the mats they sit on. They both now sit on top of an oriental rug, not shown in the photo. If you think about it, the use of the quilt to place the cushions and mats on would cover all the quilting up, so might mot be worth all the effort.

John

I rehung the tumbling blocks quilt with a tab of fabric across the top of the quilt that is tacked to a piece of lath which is screwed to the wall. A much nicer way to go as you don't see the nail puckers that were present at the top. (thanks, Julia for the idea). Now on to the next project. 2 Schoolhouse Lap Quilts for relatives who are teachers.

John Link below to Tumbling blocks quilt

You are welcome. It looks like it hangs better now. :)

Julia >

John & others You may be interested in the following mathematical quilts.

are teachers.

who are teachers.

That is some good "old skool' quilting. As in ancient schools of mathematics. Very interesting use of repetitive form and color. I like her stuff, a lot. I have bookmarked her site for further inspiration. Thanks.

John

How interesting. Right at the beginning of my book journey, I checked to see whether there were any comparable books on the market. This (now these) came up as the only one. The thing was that these are Maths. books really, using quilts to illustrate points, and across the front of the book 'No Sewing Required'. When we were finally deciding on the cover design for mine, I very much wanted to put across the front: 'No Maths Knowledge Required' >g< (but the designer and publisher wouldn't let me!) .

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