Saturday, January 16, 2021

Bruce's Scrap Slab Quilt

 

I love in seeing the quilts students make from my tutorials. This is a quilt Bruce made from my Scrap Slab Triangles tutorial


 As you can see he also made four coordinating 18" square throw pillows. Bruce and his wife wanted a bright quilt, and he enjoyed using his old fabrics to make the slabs. It is queen sized, 94" x 100". 

Bruce wanted a random pattern of colors and triangle directions with some restrictions. A friend of his who taught math and computer science wrote an Excel program that created a pattern for a 16 x 15 block quilt that used each triangle color 60 times, each triangle direction close to 60 times and avoided creating diamonds. (Bruce didn't want diamonds in the quilt.) He and his friend ran the program several times until he settled on the exact arrangement of the quilt.

The quilt is fabulous, but what really floats my boat is the story of how Bruce and his friend developed a computer program to work out the design. That is so damned cool!

 

 



16 comments:

Rita said...

It is an amazing quilt!

Pastor Norman Wahl said...

Bruce is a precision quilter--taking things to the next level with a computer program!

The Selvage Fairy said...

Quilting, math, computer spread sheets. I'm hyperventilating right now.

Unknown said...

At first glance it is deceptively simple - "huh, random triangles." On closer inspection the beauty of the intricate arrangement becomes clear. Absolutely amazing. And beautiful!

Quiltdivajulie said...

Freaking cool indeed - and what a glorious quilt!!

Corrine said...

That is amazing! Thanks for sharing it!

Rosec said...

Fabulous. So cheery! Love the math involved.

Judy Cloe said...

Wow!

WDW70 said...

Is there a pdf pattern for this quilt

Linda Swanekamp said...

Love the quilt. Fear the math and having to follow such a detailed plan.

Just Ducky said...

Beautiful and love the "background" white black versus WOW.

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O'Quilts said...

Wow...This is a winner...such great work xo

Emilia said...

WOW... This is an exceptional work!

Unknown said...

Bruce is incredibly talented. This quilt is beautiful.

Kevin said...

That was simply amazing. Thanks for taking me along.
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