Cruising through my 5th grade classroom, checking work on students' desks. Stepped over a giant piece of paper. Had second thoughts and decided to pick it up and look at it. Tim had been experimenting with the Geometry template and looking at the compass rose on a map.Wouldn't this make a wonderful quilt block? One of my quilting friends has already put it into Electric Quilt. She left out the sunglasses and smile. Also put a center octagon rather than a hexagon within an octagon.
I can picture the block on the back of a sweatshirt cardigan. Then maybe take some of the kite and triangle shapes and string then down the front of the sweatshirt. If I split the triangles for paper-piecing, I can make one side a darker shade for the 3-D effect.
Batiks? Yellows, greens, and browns for a sunflower? Pink, cranberry, and Valentine red -- the two kite shapes side-by-side make a heart.
Oooooh, the possibilities!
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