Polygon Tessellation – or how quilting returned my math genuis
Tessellation - the process of creating a two-dimensional plane using the repetition of a geometric shape with no overlaps and no gaps. aka…. Tiling. And quilting. I recently discovered paper piecing. You cut some paper polygons, you fit fabric around them, stitch them together, tear out the paper, and there you go, paper piecing. While paper piecing can be done for any shape you want, the thing I like the best is repeatable patterns, like tiles on a floor. And that is called Tessellation. All regular polygons have the...
read moreMarket Yourself – a review, a shared experience
I was *very* happy indeed when I got my review copy of Market Yourself, the new book by Tara Swiger published under Cooperative Press. As a self-employed designer of something that not everyone finds appealing, I’ve read a lot of marketing books. Crappy marketing. Metric marketing. SEO. Keywords. Absolutely useless marketing. Find your voice. The genie inside. The Secret. Blah. I knew this would be different – I have been following Tara for a long time on Twitter and I was joyous when she got her publishing deal with Cooperative...
read moreOutside my window (2)
Today’s post is from Emily Orpin, who used to write with myself at Handmade Spark and whose colourful photo tweets always surprise me. She lives in Seoul… how lucky is that!? — These days outside my window is the sprawling city of Seoul. We’ve been lucky enough to live right in the heart of this always surprising, sometimes perplexing city for two years now. I love looking out of our lofty apartment windows and seeing all the hustle and bustle in the streets below. Or to look out and see lost balloons floating...
read moreOutside My Window (1)
Adriana is a super-talented designer and illustrator – you’ve seen her stuff on Twist Collective amongst others, and she is sharing her window with us today… — Outside my window there is a canal. I moved to Amsterdam at the end of December 2011. I photographed the view outside my window every month, and it helped me adapt to my new home. These photos I organized like postcards to share with you. December & January We chose this apartment because of the view. The balcony and main windows look out onto a canal...
read moreDouble Sunday!
It’s like a double rainbow but with extra sleep hours. This is a 3-day weekend in the UK, we get Monday off as a Bank Holiday and the reason I’m so taken with it is that I only found out about it 2 days ago! Filling my head with possibilities, I’ve tons that I want to work on. Something for me: - sew my summer trench coat - conquer my latest commissioned piece (9 pieces and counting!!) - prep next week’s Grading Class materials - maybe even cross-stitch a bit? … and something for you: - an...
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