This is a post about ... process. One of the best things about the Machine Quilters Retreat is the creative process of bouncing ideas off each other. Throw 5 or 6 people in the same room, approaching a similar task with similar tools. Add differing personalities and diverse areas of expertise and 'et voila!' interesting things begin to happen.
At the end of the retreat Emily was showing Trudi her 'Rachet' pattern and Trudi suggested using a heart shape, which then morphed into 'pengin feathers' and a new design was born. It probably already exists somewhere else. But is was really fun watching Emily and Trudi discover it together.
I asked Emily to doodle out the process for us. The following images describe how the design came to be.
Emily began with her 'rachet' pattern which is inspired by the rachets on our frame!
Trudi suggested adding hearts to the spiral.
When Emily copied the pattern she made a mistake. And they both liked the mistake better than the original pattern.
The wonky heart reminded Trudi of 'penguin feathers' and so they went on to incorporate 'penguin feathers' into the design.
They both played around with how to move from one design to the next. 
Trudi is already machine quilting this pattern ! Perhaps she'll show us what she's up to on her blog.
1 comment:
I'll definitely show you, I love the ideas that come from simply playing together!
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