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:
It is an amazing quilt!
Bruce is a precision quilter--taking things to the next level with a computer program!
Quilting, math, computer spread sheets. I'm hyperventilating right now.
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!
Freaking cool indeed - and what a glorious quilt!!
That is amazing! Thanks for sharing it!
Fabulous. So cheery! Love the math involved.
Wow!
Is there a pdf pattern for this quilt
Love the quilt. Fear the math and having to follow such a detailed plan.
Beautiful and love the "background" white black versus WOW.
Wow...This is a winner...such great work xo
WOW... This is an exceptional work!
Bruce is incredibly talented. This quilt is beautiful.
That was simply amazing. Thanks for taking me along.
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