JULIA SET FRACTAL (Magnetic Field Lines)

Quilt Notes: WINDING WAYS is among the most famous geometric quilt designs, according to THE STANDARD BOOK OF QUILT MAKING AND COLLECTING (p.249), by Marguerite Ickis. Barbara Brackman's ENCYCLOPEDIA (#2764) credits the Ladies Art Company Catalog (1922, see also Jinny Beyer's QUILTER'S ALBUM, #326-7). Compare the four-patch structure with HAZY DAZY. The spiraling design fill was adapted from a Julia Set field lines fractal (illustrated left), available at Wikipedia Commons. Click here for a list of recommended quilt design books. Other ways and means quilt designs at this site include:       MIGRATION SOUTH       ROAD TO TENNESSEE       SNAKE'S TRAIL       A WINDING TRAIL       WASHINGTON SIDEWALKS       UNDERGROUND RAILROAD       DRUNKARD'S PATH       and CUMBERLAND GAP