ST. MARCOS

Any quilter who has visited the cathedral of St. Marcos in Venice can't help but be inspired by the tile floors.  Each marble tile has a separate pattern and color.  The repeated patterns are wonderful.

MAKING REPEAT PATTERNS

I enjoy repeating photographs and teaching others to make repeats.
I use Adobe Photoshop for all the repeats. Photoshop has a lot of wonderful functions and filters that can be used to significantly change an image.  I look for interesting elements in an image that can create a pattern.

Lotus repeat from photograph

 Accented edges

Cut out

Plastic wrap
 

 Photograph of water hyacinth

 Repeat of actual photograph

Repeat with edges

Here is a repeat using the lotus with the accented edges.  The beauty of repeated patterns is the secondary and tertiary patterns that can be achieved.  Then it is simple to find the primary, secondary and ground patterns.

Side to side repeat

Half drop repeat

Saturated colors

Lotus leaves

                                

Lotus leaves repeated