{"id":264,"date":"2013-05-01T21:09:24","date_gmt":"2013-05-02T01:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lorrie.cranor.org\/blog\/?p=264"},"modified":"2013-05-01T22:22:41","modified_gmt":"2013-05-02T02:22:41","slug":"sine-of-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lorrie.cranor.org\/blog\/2013\/05\/01\/sine-of-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"Sine of Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I was so pleased with the results of Interleave #3<\/a>, that I decided to continue the series and see what else I could do to facilitate my quilt design with Processing. This time I started with some of the fabrics I wanted to use — a wonderful, colorful wavy batik fabric seemed perfect for a sine wave quilt. I matched the colors in this fabric with other fabrics in my collection, and not finding exactly the right shades, it was a good excuse to go fabric shopping. \u00a0I worked on the quilt design in Processing, but couldn’t figure out how to represent the multi-colored wavy fabric in a single hue. So I enhanced my Processing program so that I could input digital images and use them to create my interleaved designs. I took digital photographs of a bunch of my fabrics with a ruler next to them (for scale). I then experimented with using these digital images in my computer-generated designs.<\/p>\n

The addition of digital images of fabric made my computer-generated interleave designs much more vibrant, and also allowed me to visualize the placement of fabric patterns. I had lots of fun playing with different designs.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>I eventually selected a design and began the process of rendering it in fabric. I used a very similar approach as I used in Interleave #3, except this time I drew 64 pencil lines spaced a half-inch apart on a piece of white fabric and layered that foundation fabric over the batting. I then sewed the colored strips to the sandwich of white fabric, batting, and backing, aligning each strip to a pencil line. I was able to use just one pin as I positioned each strip. Not having to line up each strip with a ruler and pin it in place along the whole length of the strip saved a lot of time. By the time I finished this quilt I was able to position, piece, and press each strip within about four minutes. I did run into a few problems with some of my pencil lines that were not completely straight — the fabric stretches a bit when you draw on it with a pencil if you are not careful, causing some of the lines to curve. This inspired a not-yet-successful mission to find a commercial cotton fabric with precise half-inch or quarter-inch stripes that I could use as the foundation.<\/p>\n

I enjoyed watching the pattern unfold as I worked on this quilt, and I love these colors, which remind me of spring flowers. This quilt celebrates Spring, which after several false starts, seems finally to have come to Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n

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Interleave #4: Sine of Spring
24″x31″ machine pieced and quilted commercial batik cotton fabric<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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