Tessellation Nation

Men Quilt Too! Exhibition and Competition

If you’ve been following this blog for awhile (and even if you haven’t), you’ll see lots and lots of quilt patterns, all based on one simple unit. Well, in this post, I’ll showcase some of the quilts I’ve actually made from these patterns.

SLEFA auction item 2004

This is the second of two quilts I made for the St. Louis Effort for AIDS auction; it’s also the second of numerous quilts I’ve made with the “ribbon” motif: red for AIDS; green for transplants; purple for domestic violence; pink for breast cancer.

I always have leftover blocks from ribbon quilts . . . I put them together in a series I called “No More Ribbons.”

No More Ribbons III

No More Ribbons IV

Horace's Eye

I’m a member of the QuiltGuy Yahoo! group.  We periodically hold fabric swaps.  These are a couple of quilts from a Fall fabric swap.

Fall Series I

Fall Series II

All of the quilts shown have a certain symmetry to them.  The following quilt is not symmetrical, but it IS a tessellation.  I discovered it quite by accident: I was shuffling and dealing design tiles like playing cards; I laid out a 3×3 grid (or 9-patch block). While I was coloring in the pattern, I “found” a man in the design! At first, I called him “Running Men,” then later changed the name to “Mardi Gras Men” when I changed the color scheme.

Running Men

Mardi Gras Men

So, “What’s with the quilts?” you ask? Well, I’m participating in an all-male quilt exhibition and competition on Pigtales and Quilts. I’ve submitted a quilt into the competition, and I could use your vote (if you’re so inclined).

Check it out!!