| sw4@poetryofnature.com 2006-02-25, 9:33 pm |
| This is to share the beginning of a new webpage:
ANTIQUE GEOMETRIC: QUILT DESIGNS,
PATCHWORK BLOCKS
http://www.earlywomenmasters.net/quilts/
Includes
Line Drawings
Blocks Patched with Sample Fabrics
Grid Sizing
Full Quilt Tiling
Free Download
Drawing these patterns and contemplating their
names -- watching them tile into patterns unexpected
as they combine into completely different shapes
when placed side by side is close to Mandala meditation.
Did the early quilters know they were creating mandalas?
Yes, even if they didn't have that name for them -- quilts
are blankets, but often as in the East would be placed on
a wall and meditation on with endless joy.
Sarah
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