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Quilt 6

Quilt 6 (2009): 183 x 183 cm (72″ x 72″).  Cotton fabric hand-dyed with Procion MX fibre-reactive dyes, block printed with Opulence pigments, some commercial fabrics, cotton batting and thread.  Machine-pieced and machine-quilted.

The pattern for this quilt is based on prime numbers.  I wrote a little C++ program that assigned each digit from 0 – 9 to a colour family or texture group and then made a pattern based on the occurrence of all the prime numbers.  I wanted to see what it would look like.  Note the relative lack of blue in the middle.  Interesting!

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Quilt 6 Process

Some process pictures from my sixth quilt.  The pattern is based on prime numbers–I wrote a little C++ program that assigned each digit from 0 – 9 to a colour family or texture group and then made a pattern based on the occurrence of all the prime numbers.

I’m using the usual charcoal cotton background that I’ve dyed myself. It’s distressed because I use low-water immersion which doesn’t let the dye particles circulate as freely.

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