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Welcome! β˜€οΈ 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! πŸ’› **WATCH NEXT** https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNgJsWBvdLlF4QDulJM9Sho0pJieJgaFO https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNgJsWBvdLlFajJuKI1HbqiHAbGwba2pR https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNgJsWBvdLlGn0I7jfyvIxNiUHXgwN5q4 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNgJsWBvdLlFMUlgliv5RA_EVJ-X5APxo https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNgJsWBvdLlGHY_8pO51Kw3mA104Q3anz https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNgJsWBvdLlFqWgffo5dbpe7eiBarlfZe https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNgJsWBvdLlFWDnz2QZei127oXyY8JPJT https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNgJsWBvdLlGUoWT63VFh6UkZaHyx9-Je https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNgJsWBvdLlGnrD30f9_-I5ziADLUg4DN Music by license/subscription: Excelsior by River Foxcroft https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/3ZGDVCOUBE/ 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 #quilting #quiltlove #quiltinglove #sewing #quiltblock #quilt #quilttutorial #jellyrollquilt #jellyroll #scrapbuster #stashbuster 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

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