Tagged: half-square triangles
Sunday sketch #116
This week’s sketch isn’t terribly original; I’ve done something a bit similar myself, and I’m sure others have too. But I felt like I needed a design where I could play with colour a bit.
This design could be made into a quilt pattern using simple stripes, or even half-square triangles if you were feeling industrious.
Sunday sketch #113
Back to some basic shapes this week, manipulating half-square and half-rectangle triangles to create some block-y wedges.
I think there’s enough movement in this design to distract from the fact that it’s just 2 units repeated: an ‘A’ shape (without the cross-bar) and a ‘V’ shape. The rows are horizontally offset just a little bit, which the intervening whitespace helps to hide (I think).
This sketch could be translated into a quilt pattern easily using HSTs and HRTs. It would make a great two-colour design, but could also be pretty interesting with some bold prints too.
Sunday sketch #112
During the week, as part of my day job, I had the opportunity to visit Lyons Architecture in Melbourne. As I waited in reception, I had a good look at their little 3D model* of the RMIT University building that’s on the corner of Swanston and La Trobe. If you’re in Melbourne, you probably know it, but have you really looked at it?
I thought I had, but as I inspected the model more closely, I noticed shapes I’d never seen before. Lots of zig-zags and straight lines mixed together to create some cool openings in the facade. Lot of inspiration for quilt designing (after my meeting, of course!).
I co-opted one of these elongated shapes, flipped it on its end, and added a few more using the same style.
Then I messed around with the colour balance in Preview on my Mac, because the original pic that I took of my sketch had way too many blue undertones…. and I liked the dots in my dot pad coming up in that fiery red 🙂
This design could be made into a quilt pattern easily using half-square triangles, squares and rectangles. I wouldn’t translate it into a pattern without first asking Lyons for their permission, given how similar the design is to their original work.
* I would LOVE to have the job of making those 3D models!
