This is a page about the patchwork I have done. This is mostly American-style 'piecing' rather than English 'tessellation' patchwork. There are pictures, explanations of the designs and some references (see links below).
Some of my work
I made my first piece of patchwork, a cushion cover of tessellating hexagons, while I was still at school. It was a Christmas present for my mother. It has long since disintegrated, but she persuaded me to make a replacement which I did in the late 70's. At this time I also made some cushion covers of tessellating octogons and squares which I still have - if somewhat tatty now.
I started doing American style patchwork, or piecing, in Australia in 1984 where I made large cushion covers for both Jim and Tavi. I made many more cushion covers during the 1980's.
Some maths behind the designs can be found here.
Jim's cushion cover
Castle Wall design cushion cover
Quilts
I have also made quilts for most of my close family. Here are parts of the quilt I made for Jim and C as a wedding present. This design is called Kaleidoscope and the one based on autumnal colours was made for Tavi.
This is Thomas's quilt
I made the pattern for this quilt before I began it but it was only in black and white as I did not have a colour monitor then.
This pattern sometimes known as the Puzzle Quilt is based on the triangles which are half squares.
Each triangle is exactly half the size of the one before.
They are arranged in a spiral.
The finished quilt.
This is Ben's quilt
First there is the pattern I made on my computer before I began making the actual quilt.
It is based on mixing primary colours and incorporates some aspects of rainbow colours. Where the central primary coloured squares overlap they 'make' the appropriate
secondary colour.
Next there is a photograph of how the quilt as when it was finished.
Now I have started to make another quilt. It is a pattern known as "World without end" and it, like "Kaleidoscope", it is based on an octagon in a square.
This is the the design, in colour, on the computer.
