Sunday sketch #83

If you look closely at Sunday sketch #81, you can see that the inside halves of each arrow create a closed octagon in the centre of each block. I decided to take that part of the block  (which kinda looks like a circular saw blade) and tile it on its own.

Geometriquilt: Sunday sketch #83

Of course, that tiling brings up some really interesting secondary shapes: octagons, zig-saggy diamonds, and some wonky 8-pointed stars. It can be easier to see them if I redo the sketch with reverse shading.

Geometriquilt: Sunday sketch #83-2

I think when I sketch by hand that I pay more attention to the shapes, and see more possibilities for alternative designs and colours than I would when I use Excel or Illustrator. Instead of just creating one block and cutting-and-pasting it to get repeats, I’m re-drawing it again and again, which gives me time to think about each line and how I might manipulate it to get something new.

Geometriquilt: Sunday sketch #83-3

This design could be made into a quilt pattern using half-square triangles and squares.

 

Sunday sketch #82

It turns out there are many ways for a series of arrows to follow a loop… in Sunday sketch #80, the loop was kinda circular, and in #81, it was kinda square. Here’s another square-shaped block based on the same concept.

Geometriquilt: Sunday sketch #82

Instead of a closed octagon as the centre shape, it’s an open (that is, not fully enclosed) square. Putting the blocks together without sashing would give you offset squares at the corners, and some almost-kite shapes (paired to look like little bow-ties) along the edges.

This design could be made using half-square triangles and a few squares and rectangles.

 

Sunday sketch #81

This week’s sketch is a more condensed version of last week’s; instead of a 9 x 9 block, each wreath / star shape fits into a 7 x 7 block, with no sashing in between.

Geometriquilt: Sunday sketch #81-1

 

I really like the secondary shapes that emerge from this design. It’s easier to see them when you colour the sketch in reverse:

Geometriquilt: Sunday sketch #81-2

Don’t the wreath / star shapes look like suns? The vertices between the suns are close to suffering from the same fate as Sunday sketch #45, but I think (hope) that the other movement in this sketch pushes the undesirable elements to the background.

This sketch could be made into a quilt pattern using half-square triangles to create the blocks, which are set on point.