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PAT sez: The next step is determining
the LIGHT SOURCE, and how it will affect the triangles you have drawn.
I usually use the TOP of the quilt as the LIGHT ... that is, I think of the Sun Shining down from above. If each one of these triangles is lit from above, which Side will be Light? Which side will be Dark (the face is AWAY from the light). The other side is partially lit, therefore Medium. ............ |
Determining
the LIGHT SOURCE
From Karla Davis in Texas and her artist hubby: Who said she had an "innie and an outtie"? Can you explain how you decided to put your colors? I am trying to follow Pat's suggestion of pretending the light is coming from one side like a flashlight. If a clock were facing up from the cutting table, that would be coming from the 11 o'clock, so the top pieces are light, 10 o'clock over to 1 or 2 o'clock. The bottom right ones are dark, 2:00 to 6 o'clock. Medium is from 6:00 to 10:00 o'clock. When I goof, it's OK. That's an inee instead of an outee. From Anne in Alabama: Learned that it might be wise to put your lightest lights closest to the light source.... make sense? So, if your light is coming from the top left side that is where the lightest light should go... Since I *didn't* do that now I know.... hahaha... |
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#2
PAT sez: So, for an exercise,
look at the largest triangle, and label each EDGE. The one that is facing
your LIGHT SOURCE, is Light.
Usually the Bottom/Right is what I use for the DARK and I label the bottom right corner DARK. Then the bottom LEFT is the Medium You will
now label each edge ... L M or D.
#3 MAB thinks: Okay, I think I did that right? I have light on top, dark on the lower right, and medium on the lower left. I guess we will see if that is right in the next step... sub-dividing... We may have to move these L, M, and D area's around when we sub-divide. |
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#4 PAT sez: NEXT, you will give each triangle a NAME. I generally label them A B C D E... and this should be done, either in a different color pen, or with a letter INSIDE A CIRCLE so that you do not confuse Triangle D with the shading for Dark. |
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MAB
thinks: Do you really think this
is what she means??!! I hope I got that right.
Okay, I have my light source, I have each block marked with double capitals , AA, BB, CC to tell them apart, and I added an additional item that you will only find in MAB's pandora's box! How will you know which block to sew BACK to which block and where? I do this for any freezer paper piecing pattern I do... even it be as simple as a Shoo-fly or as complex as a Mariner's Compass. What is the deep dark secrete? |
