{"id":11074,"date":"2011-11-01T06:06:10","date_gmt":"2011-11-01T13:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=11074"},"modified":"2016-08-26T10:02:48","modified_gmt":"2016-08-26T17:02:48","slug":"design-homework-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/design-homework-line\/","title":{"rendered":"Design Homework: Line"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During the last Quilting&#8230;for the Rest of Us <a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/episode-63-in-which-we-talk\/id364934754?i=99926701\" target=\"_blank\">Design podcast<\/a> and my <a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/design-class-line\/\" target=\"_blank\">accompanying post<\/a> on Line, I suggested some homework exercises. I did the exercises and thought I would share my work with you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Exercise #1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I said that you would need the following supplies:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>piece of blank paper (can be the back of junk mail)<\/li>\n<li>catalog or magazine pictures you are willing to cut up<\/li>\n<li>paper scissors<\/li>\n<li>drawing or writing implement\u00a0 (You can use anything, but one with a smooth line is great!)<\/li>\n<li>glue stick<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And I said that you should take the following steps:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\u00a0Find a picture in your magazine or catalog and cut a 3\u00d73(?) square out of it.<\/li>\n<li>Take a piece of blank paper and lay it on the table in front of you<\/li>\n<li>Glue the 3\u00d73(?) square somewhere towards the middle on the paper. There should be at least 2? of white space around each side of the magazine picture.<\/li>\n<li>Turn the paper upside down so the image is upside down.<\/li>\n<li>Continue the image out from each side of the paper using your pen<\/li>\n<li>\u201cSimplify the design in the square and its drawn continuation.\u201d Use the cut off edges to make a new design.<\/li>\n<li>Perform this exercise over and over on different pieces of paper with different pictures until you are happy with the result.<\/li>\n<li>Use the simplified design as a starting point for a quilt.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>(adapted from Fearless Design for Every Quilter by Lorraine Torrence, pg. 63)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11082\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11082\" style=\"width: 252px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/PICT0324sm1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11082\" title=\"Exercise #1 results\" src=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/PICT0324sm1-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"Exercise #1 results\" width=\"252\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/PICT0324sm1-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/PICT0324sm1-663x1024.jpg 663w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/PICT0324sm1.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 252px) 85vw, 252px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11082\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Exercise #1 results<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11081\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11081\" style=\"width: 249px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/PICT0323sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11081\" title=\"Line: Exercise #1 (2)\" src=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/PICT0323sm-223x300.jpg\" alt=\"Line: Exercise #1 (2)\" width=\"249\" height=\"336\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11081\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Line: Exercise #1 (2)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>What I did<\/strong>: I have a relatively large pad of white paper. For what purpose I originally bought it, I don&#8217;t remember, but I find it useful for photographing projects that need a white background and drawing out appropriately sized applique&#8217; patterns. It also came in handy for this design homework.<\/p>\n<p>I pasted the square onto these pages and drew the lines. I think the designs would have been more effective on an 8\/5&#8243;x11&#8243; piece of paper. The large size of the paper diluted the design, I think. Still, it was fun.<\/p>\n<p>And then, on to:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Exercise #2<\/strong><br \/>\nYou can do exercise #2 with free motion quilting as well using a 3\u00d73? square of fabric on top of a small (11\u00d711? or so) quilt sandwich.<\/p>\n<p>I told you that the supplies you would need were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a charm pack <strong>OR<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>a group of approximately 50 3-5&#8243; paper squares of all colors and designs (junkmail works well, you could use a scrapbooking paper punch if you have that) <strong>OR<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>cut a group of 3-5&#8243; squares of fabric (approximately 50)<\/li>\n<li>notebook or paper (reusing junk mail is just fine)<\/li>\n<li>pen or other writing implement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Directions:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11083\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11083\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/PICT0320sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11083\" title=\"Line: Exercise 2\" src=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/PICT0320sm-300x236.jpg\" alt=\"Line: Exercise 2\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/PICT0320sm-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/PICT0320sm-1024x805.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/PICT0320sm.jpg 1525w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11083\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Line: Exercise 2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ol>\n<li>Put all the squares on the floor or on a table right next to each other. Do not arrange them yet.<\/li>\n<li>Look at them and see if you see any dominate lines. Make a note of how the lines show up (because of the color? because of the design on the fabric or paper? Other?)<\/li>\n<li>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11079\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11079\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/PICT0322sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11079\" title=\"Line: Exercise 2 (2)\" src=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/PICT0322sm-300x229.jpg\" alt=\"Line: Exercise 2 (2)\" width=\"300\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/PICT0322sm-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/PICT0322sm-1024x782.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/PICT0322sm.jpg 1542w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11079\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Line: Exercise 2 (2)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If you have a camera, take a photo.<\/li>\n<li>Rearrange the squares in some kind of order.<\/li>\n<li>Look at them and see if you see any dominate lines. Make a note of how the lines show up (because of the color? because of the design on the fabric or paper? Other?)<\/li>\n<li>If you have a camera, take a photo.<\/li>\n<li>Based on what you saw in the squares of your fabric, draw simple lines in your notebook or on paper.<\/li>\n<li><em>Optional<\/em>: think about and take note of design ideas that are suggested to you by the images you have created.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>What I did<\/strong>: The Young Man took a scrapbook square maker and punched some squares out of some catalogs for me. Above in the first photo, I put all the squares on the white piece of paper in a rectangle. I removed some of the squares that were too obviously faces or letters, but otherwise didn&#8217;t rearrange the squares.<\/p>\n<p>In the second photo, I arranged all the squares in color order in lines as much as possible. I didn&#8217;t see any designs that intrigued me right at the moment. I did really like the squares in the bottom lines, but I liked them individually not so much together. I liked the curved edges shown on some of the squares. I also liked the arrangement of colors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Exercise #3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You will need:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>notebook or paper (junkmail is fine)<\/li>\n<li>pen or writing implement (colors are fun)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Directions: Draw different kinds of lines:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>zig zag<\/li>\n<li>curved<\/li>\n<li>broken<\/li>\n<li>straight (ish!)<\/li>\n<li>continuous<\/li>\n<li>fat<\/li>\n<li>thin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11080\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11080\" style=\"width: 211px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/PICT0325sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11080\" title=\"Line: Exercise 3\" src=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/PICT0325sm-211x300.jpg\" alt=\"Line: Exercise 3\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/PICT0325sm-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/PICT0325sm-722x1024.jpg 722w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/PICT0325sm.jpg 1505w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 211px) 85vw, 211px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11080\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Line: Exercise 3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>What I did<\/strong>: I just drew different lines on a page of my journal. I thought this was a really boring exercise, though I can see its usefulness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the last Quilting&#8230;for the Rest of Us Design podcast and my accompanying post on Line, I suggested some homework exercises. I did the exercises and thought I would share my work with you. Exercise #1 I said that you would need the following supplies: piece of blank paper (can be the back of junk &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/design-homework-line\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Design Homework: Line&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[400],"tags":[311,312],"class_list":["post-11074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-400","tag-creativity","tag-design"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11074\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}