Category: Sunday sketch
Sunday sketch #323
I’ve done a bunch of designs where the negative space and positive space use the exact same shapes (in recent months, Sunday sketches #276, #279, #286, #296, #315, #316….). I guess it’s like a two-colour tessellation?
I like the reverse colourway too.
I tried a different layout, taking advantage of the sharp angles of the half-rectangle triangles. I like the idea of two-tone quilts that start with one colour and end with another – I’ve used that effect a few times before, like with Sunday sketches #285 and #123 (which coincidentally use the same light pink and black colour palette).
I’m not sure this one really works; I’d prefer that those top-left and bottom-right diagonal lines extended to the quilt corners without that small vertical interruption. I could fix it… but it would take a bit of time in Electric Quilt 8, and I couldn’t be bothered 🙂
This design uses 3:1 half-rectangle triangles (which are 3 times longer than they are wide) and half-square triangles. Plus some borders. It’s not necessarily a design I’d make, but it gives me other ideas about shapes and arrangements. I figure it’s worth sharing these designs too, in case they give other people ideas or inspiration!
Sunday sketch #322
A forest of half-rectangle triangles this week.
In designs with repeated blocks or shapes, I often like to colour at least one element consistently across all blocks. It helps to reduce busy-ness in the design and gives the eye somewhere to rest. That explains the dark blue corners of the large HRTs in the design above.
Below, I’ve just gone with the same colour in each HRT. Because of the simplicity of the shapes and the limited palette, this version’s not too overwhelming (for me, at least!).
Different layouts can take advantage of the angle of the 2:1 HRT (which is twice as high as it is wide).
And, of course, there’s always the reverse colourway.
This week’s designs all use half-rectangle triangles (HRTs) and rectangles. Each large HRT is made up of three smaller HRTs (two with the main colour and background colour, and one with the main colour and corner colour). If I were making this, I’d probably change the colour palette and placement to give me an even number of large HRTs of each colour… then I could use the two-at-a-time method for the most efficient / least wasteful HRT construction.
Sunday sketch #321
I don’t know how many flower-themed designs I’ve created over the years – I should go back and count! They always make me happy. Here’s another one.
This is a block-based design, set on point. The blocks are made from a single unit, the quarter-circle (or drunkard’s path unit), plus some internal sashing. And the blocks are joined by sashing of the same width.
There are a few different ways to colour the three main elements (sashing/background, flower middle, and flower petals). In the first two versions of this week’s sketch, I’ve coloured the flower middle in the same colour, to provide some consistency across the design.
The petals can be coloured differently across the blocks, but I find that keeping at least one element in the same colour helps to avoid busy-ness.
I often try a two-tone, alternating colour scheme with block-based designs, and this one’s no different. For this design, which has a retro feel, I couldn’t resist my usual pink and red/orange combo.
The design feels even more retro in a standard (rather than on-point) layout. I like how the secondary shapes (squircles) are more obvious in this version.
This week’s series of sketches could be translated into quilts using lots of a single unit, the quarter-circle, plus some squares and sashing. I love the simplicity of this design, so I’m very tempted to try making one!
