Hexagon and Diamond Patchwork Quilts

When I was on holiday in Bhutan I took this photograph of one of the woven bedspreads. It has also surface embroidery. It has vibrant use of colours and intricate patterns. Below is a 1950s quilt pattern and it just shows how different cultures often collide in their designs. I have read quite a bit about pattern forms and fractals in nature which show that there is structure in all the chaos of nature around us. I think that as we are natural we are really comfortable with repeating patterns and these designs fill that for us.

I love the interlacing of quilt design and the fact that there is no start or finish in a design just a whole repeating surface of hexagons so reminiscent of a bee's hive and volcanic columns in the one below.

I like the way this quilt below uses vibrant repetition, swirling hexagons morphing into stars and lots of colour. This traditional quilt called Grandma's Memories Quilt, see it at Quilt Krazy

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