Jinny Beyer Tessellations

Hey Teresa,
Thanks for answering me in the quilting group. I am thinking of offering
myself up to do art wall hangings or throws for both of my sons for Christmas.
Obviously not enough time left for me to finish them as I hawve a stack here to
do before that day but thought they might like to choose the quilt idea and the
Beyer book came up in my research. I need a pattern however. Does the book
include machine quilting of these objects or is it totally hand sewn? That is
what I was curious about cuz I don't do hand sewn quilts any more.
Have you seen Marcia Baker's books ? She has a star and one on the tumbling
blocks which are optical as well called "Not Your Grandmother's Tumbling Blocks
Quilts" and it is strip quilted so I have a chance with those. I am
specifically looking for optical illusion quilts as the boys are 22 and 19 and
would get into that and would not for sure want a traditional quilt . We saw
an Escher exhibit once together so knew the older son particularly would like
this.
Thanks for your help! barbara

Hullo Barbara
You could also try Jackie Robinson for Tessellation's. Her patterns are
very straightforward; and quite suitable for 'chaps'.
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In article , BDS2pds
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Hey Teresa,
Thanks for answering me in the quilting group. I am thinking of offering
myself up to do art wall hangings or throws for both of my sons for Christmas.
Obviously not enough time left for me to finish them as I hawve a stack here to
do before that day but thought they might like to choose the quilt idea and the
Beyer book came up in my research. I need a pattern however. Does the book
include machine quilting of these objects or is it totally hand sewn? That is
what I was curious about cuz I don't do hand sewn quilts any more.
Have you seen Marcia Baker's books ? She has a star and one on the tumbling
blocks which are optical as well called "Not Your Grandmother's Tumbling Blocks
Quilts" and it is strip quilted so I have a chance with those. I am
specifically looking for optical illusion quilts as the boys are 22 and 19 and
would get into that and would not for sure want a traditional quilt . We saw
an Escher exhibit once together so knew the older son particularly would like
this.
Thanks for your help! barbara

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Best Regards
pat on the hill

Jinny does all of her work by hand - never machine. I'd love to see an
Escher exhibit. I have a book - it's fascinating.

Look on her web site - there are a couple of tesselation designs that are
not horribly difficult. Look:
http://www.jinnybeyer.com/patterns/b...FTOKEN=5786371
http://www.jinnybeyer.com/patterns/b...FTOKEN=5786371

Yes - I've seen Marcia's patterns. She lives pretty close to me - a very
nice lady. The tumbling blocks is a good one for optical illusions.
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Teresa in Colorado

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"BDS2pds" wrote in message
...
Hey Teresa,
Thanks for answering me in the quilting group. I am thinking of offering
myself up to do art wall hangings or throws for both of my sons for
Christmas.
Obviously not enough time left for me to finish them as I hawve a stack
here to
do before that day but thought they might like to choose the quilt idea
and the
Beyer book came up in my research. I need a pattern however. Does the
book
include machine quilting of these objects or is it totally hand sewn?
That is
what I was curious about cuz I don't do hand sewn quilts any more.
Have you seen Marcia Baker's books ? She has a star and one on the
tumbling
blocks which are optical as well called "Not Your Grandmother's Tumbling
Blocks
Quilts" and it is strip quilted so I have a chance with those. I am
specifically looking for optical illusion quilts as the boys are 22 and 19
and
would get into that and would not for sure want a traditional quilt . We
saw
an Escher exhibit once together so knew the older son particularly would
like
this.
Thanks for your help! barbara

Can Marcia' s quilts be done on machine?
Yes - I've seen Marcia's patterns. She lives pretty close to me - a very
nice lady. The tumbling blocks is a good one for optical illusions.
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BDS2pds wrote:
I am
specifically looking for optical illusion quilts as the boys are 22 and 19 and
would get into that and would not for sure want a traditional quilt .

Hi Barbara,
Karen Combs' book _Optical Illusions for Quilters_ has a quilt called
Hologram Cube on the cover. My version of it is on my webshots page.
It's all done by machine.

http://community.webshots.com/user/am1384

Liz

I found a free pattern for a tessellating leaf.

http://www.geocities.com/pcpiecers/tessellatedleaf.html

I can see it done completely in fall colors.

"BDS2pds" wrote in message
...
Hey Teresa,
Thanks for answering me in the quilting group. I am thinking of offering
myself up to do art wall hangings or throws for both of my sons for
Christmas.
Obviously not enough time left for me to finish them as I hawve a stack
here to
do before that day but thought they might like to choose the quilt idea
and the
Beyer book came up in my research. I need a pattern however. Does the
book
include machine quilting of these objects or is it totally hand sewn?
That is
what I was curious about cuz I don't do hand sewn quilts any more.
Have you seen Marcia Baker's books ? She has a star and one on the
tumbling
blocks which are optical as well called "Not Your Grandmother's Tumbling
Blocks
Quilts" and it is strip quilted so I have a chance with those. I am
specifically looking for optical illusion quilts as the boys are 22 and 19
and
would get into that and would not for sure want a traditional quilt . We
saw
an Escher exhibit once together so knew the older son particularly would
like
this.
Thanks for your help! barbara

I like this pattern as well, and love the idea of autumn colors, but IMHO,
it really is not a "tessellating" pattern. A true tessellating pattern has
pieces that interlock and have no space between the pieces. There is a link
on this site to the Jinny Beyer page and her "Wind Chimes" pattern. This
one shows what I mean better than I can explain it, to be sure.
http://planetpatchwork.com/tesselat.htm

--
Alice in NJ
www.ourcyberfamily.us
"In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends."
John Churton Collins




"Mystified One" wrote in message
...
I found a free pattern for a tessellating leaf.

http://www.geocities.com/pcpiecers/tessellatedleaf.html

I can see it done completely in fall colors.

"BDS2pds" wrote in message
...
Hey Teresa,
Thanks for answering me in the quilting group. I am thinking of
offering
myself up to do art wall hangings or throws for both of my sons for
Christmas.
Obviously not enough time left for me to finish them as I hawve a stack
here to
do before that day but thought they might like to choose the quilt idea
and the
Beyer book came up in my research. I need a pattern however. Does the
book
include machine quilting of these objects or is it totally hand sewn?
That is
what I was curious about cuz I don't do hand sewn quilts any more.
Have you seen Marcia Baker's books ? She has a star and one on the
tumbling
blocks which are optical as well called "Not Your Grandmother's Tumbling
Blocks
Quilts" and it is strip quilted so I have a chance with those. I am
specifically looking for optical illusion quilts as the boys are 22 and
19
and
would get into that and would not for sure want a traditional quilt .
We
saw
an Escher exhibit once together so knew the older son particularly would
like
this.
Thanks for your help! barbara

Alice:
Look again! This Ozark Maple Leaf is an old standard and most
certainly is a tessellation design. There are no spaces ... just
leaves in a positive - negative arrangement. In the example
provided, the quilter alternated white leaves and green leaves.
My friend made one with one dark tone on tone fabric
(brown/black) alternating with variety of autumnal prints. Again,
+/-. It can be done another way ... with colors instead of +/-.
That's what I did .... I made a WH/Runner using a different
fabric for each leaf ... a total of about 40 leaves IIRC. It is
the quilt I gave DN a few weeks ago.
PAT in VA/USA

AliceW wrote:

I like this pattern as well, and love the idea of autumn colors, but IMHO,
it really is not a "tessellating" pattern. A true tessellating pattern has
pieces that interlock and have no space between the pieces. There is a link
on this site to the Jinny Beyer page and her "Wind Chimes" pattern. This
one shows what I mean better than I can explain it, to be sure.
http://planetpatchwork.com/tesselat.htm


"Mystified One" wrote in message
...
I found a free pattern for a tessellating leaf.

http://www.geocities.com/pcpiecers/tessellatedleaf.html

I can see it done completely in fall colors.

Pat, I guess I am not looking at it correctly. Maybe the colors are
throwing me off. Perhaps if I print it out it will fall into place. I
guess this is one of those pictures where you either see a vase or two
faces.

The tessellations I am used to seeing are like the ones on this page:
http://planetpatchwork.com/tesselat.htm

With the leaves pattern, I don't see the interlocking. Again, it's probably
me just not seeing it correctly.

--
Alice in NJ
www.ourcyberfamily.us
"In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends."
John Churton Collins




"Pat in Virginia" wrote in message
...
Alice:
Look again! This Ozark Maple Leaf is an old standard and most
certainly is a tessellation design. There are no spaces ... just
leaves in a positive - negative arrangement. In the example
provided, the quilter alternated white leaves and green leaves.
My friend made one with one dark tone on tone fabric
(brown/black) alternating with variety of autumnal prints. Again,
+/-. It can be done another way ... with colors instead of +/-.
That's what I did .... I made a WH/Runner using a different
fabric for each leaf ... a total of about 40 leaves IIRC. It is
the quilt I gave DN a few weeks ago.
PAT in VA/USA

AliceW wrote:

I like this pattern as well, and love the idea of autumn colors, but
IMHO,
it really is not a "tessellating" pattern. A true tessellating pattern
has
pieces that interlock and have no space between the pieces. There is a
link
on this site to the Jinny Beyer page and her "Wind Chimes" pattern.
This
one shows what I mean better than I can explain it, to be sure.
http://planetpatchwork.com/tesselat.htm


"Mystified One" wrote in message
...
I found a free pattern for a tessellating leaf.

http://www.geocities.com/pcpiecers/tessellatedleaf.html

I can see it done completely in fall colors.

Mea culpa, mea culpa to you and Sandy. I had a glass of wine and took a
closer look. I was looking at the arrows and not the leaf. When I included
the little triangles under the head of the "arrow", I saw the pattern - er,
the "tessellating pattern"! I humbly stand corrected.

--
Alice in NJ
www.ourcyberfamily.us
"In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends."
John Churton Collins




"Pat in Virginia" wrote in message
...
Alice:
Look again! This Ozark Maple Leaf is an old standard and most
certainly is a tessellation design. There are no spaces ... just
leaves in a positive - negative arrangement. In the example
provided, the quilter alternated white leaves and green leaves.
My friend made one with one dark tone on tone fabric
(brown/black) alternating with variety of autumnal prints. Again,
+/-. It can be done another way ... with colors instead of +/-.
That's what I did .... I made a WH/Runner using a different
fabric for each leaf ... a total of about 40 leaves IIRC. It is
the quilt I gave DN a few weeks ago.
PAT in VA/USA

AliceW wrote:

I like this pattern as well, and love the idea of autumn colors, but
IMHO,
it really is not a "tessellating" pattern. A true tessellating pattern
has
pieces that interlock and have no space between the pieces. There is a
link
on this site to the Jinny Beyer page and her "Wind Chimes" pattern.
This
one shows what I mean better than I can explain it, to be sure.
http://planetpatchwork.com/tesselat.htm


"Mystified One" wrote in message
...
I found a free pattern for a tessellating leaf.

http://www.geocities.com/pcpiecers/tessellatedleaf.html

I can see it done completely in fall colors.