Robert at All Manner of Distractions used his processing skills to come up with a cool quilt design for his mother. His mother was able to sew a quilt based on the design.
I whipped up a version of the program that made the original image and spit out a few screengrabs with different compositions. Mom choose one and started quilting. This was back in January. Right away, we ran into a little snag. She wasn't able to find any fabric wider than 4' to make the backing. She asked me what I wanted her to do instead, and that is when I rocked her world with 5 simple words.
How about one inch squares?
I love my mom and when she showed me the final backing, several hundred bright red one inch squares, I knew she loved me back. She probably despised me as she was sewing, but the end result was quite lovely! Textured but not distracting. And hey, it harkens back to pixels in a way, so the thematic sensibilities were enhanced.
The quilt of the magnetosphere image looks amazing. Very impressive quilting. (via Make)
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