Welcome! βοΈ I was inspired by a photo I saw online. An ancient mosaic tile floor was discovered in Turkey, and I wanted to try to make a quilt inspired by this cool discovery. If you want to try this out, see below for the details of what I did. This 60" x 60" quilt took me about 10 hours, including design time. Not bad for such a stunning result! π
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News Article: https://www.world-archaeology.com/features/discovering-roman-mosaics/
WHAT I DID: I used EQ8 to draw the quilt.
I used 4 different highlighters to mark patterns on the quilt. I used 2.5" x 40" strips (total 15 strips of each of the four colors). I made strips sets as shown below.
-- YELLOW: left to right - Black, White, Light, Dark. I made 5 strip sets
-- PINK: left to right - Black, Dark, Light, White. I made 3 strip sets
-- BLUE: left to right - Light, Dark, Black, White. I made 4 strip sets
-- GREEN: left to right - Light, White, Black, Dark. I made 3 strip sets
The strip sets were all cut into 2.5" widths. I kept each pattern separate.
ABBREVIATIONS USED ON THE PLAN
Y = Yellow
P = Pink
B = Blue
G = Green
bl = single black 2.5" square
wh = single white 2.5" square
lt = single light 2.5" square
dk = single dark 2.5" square
THE PLAN:
30 horizontal rows (H) , plus 1 vertical row (V) on the right side of the quilt.
1H = Y, P, Y, P, Y, P, Y, bl
2H = wh, B, P, B, P, B, P, B
3H = B, G, B, G, B, G, B, lt
4H = dk, Y, G, Y, G, Y, G, Y
5H = Y, P, Y, P, Y, P, Y, bl
6H = dk, Y, G, Y, G, Y, G, Y
7H = B, G, B, G, B, G, B, lt
8H = wh, B, P, B, P, B, P, B
9H = Y, P, Y, P, Y, P, Y, bl
10H = wh, B, P, B, P, B, P, B
11H = B, G, B, G, B, G, B, lt
12H = dk, Y, G, Y, G, Y, G, Y
13H = Y, P, Y, P, Y, P, Y, bl
14H = dk, Y, G, Y, G, Y, G, Y
15H = B, G, B, G, B, G, B, lt
16H = wh, B, P, B, P, B, P, B
17H = Y, P, Y, P, Y, P, Y, bl
18H = wh, B, P, B, P, B, P, B
19H = B, G, B, G, B, G, B, lt
20H = dk, Y, G, Y, G, Y, G, Y
21H = Y, P, Y, P, Y, P, Y, bl
22H = dk, Y, G, Y, G, Y, G, Y
23H = B, G, B, G, B, G, B, lt
24H = wh, B, P, B, P, B, P, B
25H = Y, P, Y, P, Y, P, Y, bl
26H = wh, B, P, B, P, B, P, B
27H = B, G, B, G, B, G, B, lt
28H = dk, Y, G, Y, G, Y, G, Y
29H = Y, P, Y, P, Y, P, Y, bl
30H = dk, Y, G, Y, G, Y, G, Y
1V = wh, Y, G, Y, G, Y, G, Y, lt
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00:00 Intro
00:58 Choosing fabric
01:45 Planning and cutting fabric
03:21 Making strip sets
06:31 Pressing and trimming strip sets
07:11 Getting ready to sew
09:28 Assembling rows
12:55 Joining rows
15:11 Quilt Reveal