Tessellations

"A tessellated pattern is one that interlocks, creating identical positive and negative spaces that can go on indefinitely", quoted from the book Tessellation Quilts: Sensational Designs From Interlocking Patterns.

I have enjoyed piecing the Magical Maze pattern from this book.  I have adapted it to according to my own color preferences and measurements.

The great thing about this quilt is that it is extremely simple, and you need only a very little amount of each fabric.  Another great scrap buster project. This tessellation is made from a very simple rectangle.  There are many shapes that tessellate and the patterns created can look like a quilting impossibility.

There is limited opportunity for chain or strip piecing for this quilt.  Each and every rectangle is pieced with a different fabric.  This means the quilt top spent a fair amount of time on the design floor, which is not ideal.  Nevertheless, I enjoyed playing with pattern and color.

I am contemplating adding  borders to this quilt, maybe even just along the top and bottom, and hope to be able to spent some time on the weekend finishing this quilt top.

I hope you enjoy the weekend and that you get to spend some time doing what you enjoy most, whatever that may be.