Tagged: quarter-square triangles
Sunday sketch #91
More playing around with EQ8 this week. Can you tell I haven’t managed to develop many good colour palettes yet?
This is a block-based pattern: follow the horizontal and vertical lines until they lead to a black square, and that’s where four adjacent blocks meet.
I made a bigger design, then cut it down to this size (slicing some blocks in the process). It’s a pretty busy design (even in only three colours), so I thought it was better to have fewer blocks.
There are a few different ways you could make this – as is, or on point; and with squares, rectangles and triangles.
Sunday sketch #89
Another nine-patch with a twist this week. Well, two twists. One of the nine-patches has half-square triangle corners (like Sunday sketch #88), while the other one isn’t really a traditional nine-patch. I mean, it has nine patches, but… four of them are made from quarter-square triangles.
Alternating the two blocks creates squares that seem to float above the design, and diagonal strips that join the stars. Lots of unintentional movement!
Creating this design was a natural progression from the nine-patches I’ve been playing around with for the past few weeks, but the elements are so traditional, so well used, that I find it hard to believe someone hasn’t put these two blocks together before now. I checked my Pinterest boards and couldn’t find anything… but if you know of something similar out there, please let me know and I’ll update the blog accordingly.
Sunday sketch #87
Back to basics this week, with a very simple nine-patch on repeat.
Playing with the squares in the nine-patch creates some interesting shapes. I’ve used half-square triangles to get that overlaid grid effect, but you could even use quarter-square triangles in the centre, and half-square triangles for the other squares, so create a tighter grid pattern overall.
