Tessellation

What if I start with this simple tessellation and see if I can use it to build a more interesting one.
(To review tessellation go to my 17 April 2010 post)

What if I put 4 of these together rotated?

Does this tessellate?

Yes it does. A single shape repeats and fills the space.

What if I fill the tessellating shape with oranges. I'll start with a light orange in the top left and progress to a dark orange-brown in the bottom right.

What if I put 4 of the tessellating shapes together rotated?

I get a diamond-shaped pattern.

What if I put 4 of the diamond-shaped pattern together to make an even larger diamond?

I think this is very interesting and it needs a border.

What if I add a black border?

I like this very much. However, I still need to divide the top into individual blocks before I can sew it easily.

I'll do that another day. Right now I'd like to try one more thing.

What if I go back to the original block and fill in the missing color?

The appropriate colors can be found by inspecting the above quilt top.

What if I take 12 of this block; repeat some of them and rotate some of them?

I get this quilt top. It is an extended version of the previous one with the edges squared off.

The tessellation I started with is no longer obvious. But so what? When you end up some place you like, where you started from doesn't matter any more.

I am happy with both versions.



For more tessellation go to My Posts by Subject in the sidebar on the right and click on Tessellation.