Continuing in my series of quilts inspired by Antoni Gaudí the prompt of CELLS inspired me to do some research into how he developed his organic shapes and designs.

My interest was sparked by this clipping of detail of windows in Sagrada Familia which mentions how the window is similar to some single cell organisms. Perfect.

These shapes were described as hyperboloids which are created when a column of strings is twisted about its central axis. Gaudi used this type of curved surface in the construction of some of the windows in the Sagrada Família in Barcelona. 

The cloister walls have windows created from 10 hyperboloid sheets which are arranged in a hexagonal honeycomb pattern.

Using this image as inspiration I manipulated it in Vector Q (a photo manipulation app) & also created this plotter image for the overlay

Fabrics were then dyed and fused with Mistyfuse fusible web. Individual shapes were traced and cut and fused onto background fabric

The plotter image was cut on painted Pellon 830 interfacing and then individual pieces were fused onto the quilt top using printed tracing paper as a guide. 4″ scissors show scale of some of the tiny pieces.

I love quilting so sometimes get carried away. My Bernina Q20 makes it so easy.

Detail of finished quilt

HONEYCOMB
31″ x 40″
Hand dyed fabrics, raw edge appliqué and digitally cut overlay
Free motion quilting