Symmetry

It is the harmony of the diverse parts, their symmetry, their happy balance; in a word it is all that introduces order, all that gives unity, that permits us to see clearly and to comprehend at once both the ensemble and the details. 

Henri Poincare

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I love Hawaiian quilts, and I had been inspired by Hawaiian forms when I made these squares 

(9 / 10 cm,  3,5" / 3,9"). 

These forms can only be achieved when working step by step by hand, it takes a lot of patience but I love the symmetry in them, and I love to combine two colors in a way that they enter a very special dialogue, a "happy balance".

Whereas Hawaiian quilts typically feature appliquéd forms,

I also used the patchwork technique here in some squares.

I wrote some lines about Hawaiian quilts here:

https://lupinequilts.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-aloha-quilt-by-jennifer-chiaverini.html

I use these squares to make cards:

Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.

Vincent Van Gogh

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That's what I like to do: bringing small things together to form something new.

Just now I like putting things together in a quilt in a way I haven't done it before. So I started to use hand-knitted pieces in combination with fabrics, and I think it looks quite good, and its fun also. I like the way fabric parts stabilize the knitted pieces which otherwise would be a bit shapeless in a quilt. On the other hand I feel that the knitted pieces add color and variety 
to the finished piece.

What can be seen on the pictures here are details of tops that are not finished yet, and nothing is quilted so far.

The very first time I worked this way is described here:

https://lupinequilts.blogspot.com/2018/04/a-quilt-with-knitted-parts.html



And here I tried to combine a small hand-woven piece with tiny fabric pieces to form a square which was then appliquéd to make a bookmark.

I'll experiment more with woven parts, I have to try to make it all more even...