"Design a quilt that is an example of a math concept. You might like to do a search on the Internet for inspiration. Look for Diana Venters and Elaine Krajenke Ellison, who have written books about Mathematical Quilts: No Sewing Required. I'm sure you'll find some fun and very interesting things to design! If you're not very math oriented, ask your kids for some buzz words." - Barb Vlack
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Barb Vlack
"Phi"-bonacci
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Barb Vlack
Mrs. Perkins #9
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Linda Erickson
Fibonacci Rectangles
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Angie Padilla
Whirls
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Designed for clubEQ August, 2006, challenge: Mathematical Concepts
for Quilt Designing.
The irregular grid quilt layout from the EQ5 Layout Library >
2 Basics by Style > Irregular Grids was resized to fit the Fibonacci
series (1,1,2,3,5). The size of the large border also fits into the
series, since it is 8".
When I read "The DaVinci Code, " I learned the value of
"phi," which is 1.618. It's the number used to determine
proportions based on the Golden Ratio. The concept is valuable to
me in quilt designing.
St. Charles, Illinois USA
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I used the Mrs. Perkins Quilt Dissection #9 block as the base for
this quilt layout. Four blocks set on Layer 1 and rotated became the
guide for the block layout on Layer 2. It was a challenge to find
blocks that coordinated with each other in this layout.
Designed for the clubEQ August, 2006, challenge, Mathematical Concepts
for Quilt Designing.
St. Charles, Illinois USA
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Started with Irregular Grids layout #2 to make a quilt with 24 fibonacci
rectangles.
Each Fibonacci rectangle is composed of squares of 1", 2",
3", 5", 8" and 13".
Albuquerque, NM
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The block in this quilt is based on nestled hexagons, colored to
form spirals and rotated 90 degrees. The same block is repeated in
the border, but with a different coloring. Although a sprial block
based on the Golden Rectangle gives smoother curves, this one allows
for foundation piecing as a whole block, without having to divide
it into sections. Best viewed with patch and block lines turned off.
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Angie Padilla
Basic Arithmetic
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Audrey Smith
Pi... Well almost x 2
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Audrey Smith
99
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Barbara Gilstad
Leafy Fraction Circles
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In 1971, Nicaragua issued 10 postal stamps under the title "Mathematical
Equations Which Changed the World." The contributions of Maxwell,
Boltzmann, Newton, Pythagoras, and Archimedes, among others, were
commemorated through these stamps. My favorite was #9, of course...
"Using Fingers to Count". I've gotten dizzy from all the
theories, theorems, proofs, and equations I have been studying to
work on this challenge. After all is said and done... I think I'll
stick with this proven method!
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Pi was another fascination
Archimedes's method for approximating the value of pi. (Source)
The approximate area of the circle lies between the areas of the
circumscribed and the inscribed hexagons.
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A simple idea I know but my first memory of 'Maths' was sitting in
the classroom reciting my tables and the 9x was always my favourite.
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How could learning about fractions of circles be made more fun? Designed
especially for this month's challenge by Barbara Gilstad
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Quilt 10 |
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Linda Erickson
Sierpinski Triangles
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Carol Baldry
Behold! Pythagoras Proven
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Carol Baldry
Fibonacci Revisited
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Celia Norman
Pythagoras
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Along with a traditional center star block and some striped blocks,
this quilt has 8 Sierpinski triangle blocks of 2 different levels
of complexity. The center traingles are 1st level and the surrounding
ones are the next level of complexity with triangles within triangles.
Albuquerque, NM
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This figure is used to prove the Pythagorean Theorem in Geometry.
The small square is 1 inch on a side. The triangles are 3in, 4in,
and 5in. This is extremely difficult to draw on graph paper.
Davenport, IA
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Quilt block was made by using the Fibonacci Series (1,1,2,3,5,8,13,...)
divided by 4 to determine the width of the bands.
This quilt was designed in EQ4. I believe it would be easier in EQ5.
I did make this quilt for my classroom. Unfortunately, it sprouted
wings and disappeared.
Davenport, IA
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Pythagoras's theorem states:
"In a right angled triangle, the square on the hypotenuse is
equal to the sum of the squares on the other two sides."
This the first theorem that I remember learning to prove when I was
12: almost 50 years ago.
The block drawing is made up of a right angled triangle in the ratio
3:4:5 and the squares on each side, repeated 8 times, rotated and
flipped.
Canmore, Alberta
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Cheryl Brown
Florida Sine Curve
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Cheryl Brown
Triggerfish Trigonometry
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Claudia Chang
Tangram
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Danka Kruszewska
Savannah of Rhinos - Logarithmic Grid
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This is the only geometry we do at the beach.
Tampa, Florida
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Fish forming a sine curve.
Tampa, Florida
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Quilt 17 |
Quilt 18 |
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Danka Kruszewska
Section Aurea
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Daphne Stewart
Who Do We Appreciate?
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Daphne Stewart
Fibonacci Tutorial
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Denise Smart
Mobius Strip (A Bargello Loop Quilt)
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Golden Ratio or
Fibonacci Sequence of Log Cabins
Riegelsber, Germany
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I played around with perspective for this challenge and came up with
a quilt that looked very much like the chute that carried Mr. Spock's
coffin into space. Too weird! If you're not familiar with the Star
Trek movies, you won't understand that comparison; pardon me.
This quilt illustrates mathematical progression. The font is Kelmscott.
The plaid is from Classic Cottons.
Sunnyside, Washington
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This quilt design shows Fibonacci numbers simplified: zero plus one
is one, one plus one is two, one plus two is three ... Sing along
to the tune from the Hans Christian Andersen movie.
The quilt, drawn with 5"x8" blocks for layout ease, has
a block with plain squares; one features a diamond in the square;
another has the drunkard's path in four sizes; and the last has a
variation on the shoo fly. For sewing, I would enlarge the quilt --
only the very brave or the very foolish would try to sew a 1"
drunkard's path block.
The numbers are Kelmscott font from the recent group drawing exercise.
Sunnyside, Washington
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This looks much nicer made up as a quilt than it shows in the picture.
The bottom half of the quilt is a mirror image of the top. Create
a strip set of 20 colors. Sew the edges of the strip set together
into a loop. Cut the loop in peices. Rotate the loop up or down. Pick
out one seam to lay the loop flat. Sew the loops together. Done.
My tribute to the mobius strip.
Plano TX
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Quilt 22 |
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Donna Fisher
Bhaskara's Pythagorean Proof Quilt
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Donna Fisher
Tanagram Puzzle Quilt
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D. Katherine Willis
Geometrically Morphing Circle
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Dorothy L.
Celestial Flashcard Quild
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Bhaskara's proof made into quilt blocks to create interlocking pinwheels.
Same color areas represent the proof: A squared plus B squared equals
C squared.
Tallahassee, FL
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Seven shapes form a square. Different colorings gave dramatically
different results for this block. So did the symmetry tool.
Tallahassee, FL
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An original block was created with Patch Draw and superimposed onto
a Custom layout. The rainbow effect was achieved using the Custom
Coloring function.
Houston, Texas, USA
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Since basic arithmatic is about the extent of my mathmatics ability,
I went with that. I've been helping my daughter using flashcards,
so that was my inspiration.
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Elaine Schooley
And you thought math was only numbers!
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Elaine Schooley
East wind fractal
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Femke Keijzer
Fibonacci2
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Femke Keijzer
Fibonacci1
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The simplest fractals are constructed by iteration.
Special effects number 4 layout holds a simple fractal repetion of
shapes of various sizes using Self-Similarity. Fractals become very
elaborate in nature. To really see the repetition you will need to
look at the large quilt.
Liberal, Kansas
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This simple fractal begins with a colored triangle which is repeated
getting infinitely smaller. I used an irregular grid to display the
simple fractals.
Liberal, Kansas
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I designed this quilt over a year ago and started making it. One
day I layed out the blocks I made so far and what I saw I liked better.
Fibonacci 2 was born. The top is ready now.
The Netherlands
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Quilt 29 |
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Quilt 31 |
Quilt 32 |
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Grace Blanchard
Fibonacci x 4 quilt
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Grace Blanchard
Logarithmic spirals
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Hélène
Golden bird
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Hélène
Meli-melo's Fibonacci
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Hello!
I started with the pentagon (geometrical figure related to the golden
number) and designed the pentagonal drawing. My nieces came to visit
me and we played a lot with colors and shapes. So finally this is
the quilt that looks like a strange bird (I changed sliglthly the
colors...). All the triangles are golden triangles (side/base=phi).
I ued a bicolor border to recall the perspective found in the painting
of the Renaissance Age.
Clermont-Ferrand, France
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I found on Wikipedia website "A tiling with squares whose sides
are successive Fibonacci numbers in length" in the section "Fibonacci
number". I used it for a quilt and in each Fibonacci's square
I used variegated colors. The initial 1 and 1 numbers are in yellow
and blue (primary colors with the red used in the square 2). I finished
with a border that I designed with waves to break the squares. I think
that this is a quilt that I would do, just have to find the right
fabrics!!!!
Cheers.
Clermont-Ferrand, France
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