Anyone ever hear of a Menger Sponge? It's a mathematical "cube" created by some mathematical genius or something. Anyway, my daughter (the computer geek) asked me to make a quilt designed after a menger sponge. It will look 3-D when I'm finished. Here's my design so far!

very interesting. Keep us posted on your progress....

Cool design but I am clueless about a Menger Sponge (amazing what you can learn on this board!).

I had never heard of it either.

WOW !! Keep us posted on the creative process ... please

Is that totally cool. Great job

great design, but ....oh.....all those little itty bitty squares....It wil be truly a work of art when you are done!

Looks pretty crafty. I like it, and I don't like math. (Oh, pretend I don't know that it has anything to do with math . . . it's a great quilt design.)

OH my it looks like a lot of work! But going to be very cool when you get it finished, cannot wait to see it as you progress, please keep posting as you go along :)

Either you love your daughter an awful lot (and spoil her to boot) or you're insane. Either way, I can't wait to see the finished quilt. My math teaching sister had better not see it though....I'm not insane enough (yet) and while I love her, my answer would still be NOPE, uhn-un, and get real girl!

Wow, I can already see the 3/D-ness, very cool quilt design!

Yeah, I've started cutting and I have 512 black squares that are 1.5". The quilt will be 87" x 87" and maybe I'll put a black border on it. Do a google for Menger sponge. You'll see tons of them! I had never heard of it either till my daughter sent me to some websites to look at them.

the quilt will be awesome!

WOW! This will be a work of art!

Wow!!! That is amazing. Looks like a bunch of small pieces!

I's sure it will be an awesome quilt but it's out of my league. Please post picture when it's completed.

Wow, I'd hate to fiddle with all these tiny pieces. I'm sure it's going to look fantastic. Hope you don't mind, if I have one suggestion regarding the design. I'd add the attic window bits also to the big "hole"/square in the middle to emphasize the 3D effect.

I don't know what the sponge is either, but I love the quilt. Wonderful of you to do it for her!

awesome..you must like challenges! Looking forward to seeing the finished product.

For those inquiring mind who wish to see the construction of a Menger Sponge:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menger_sponge

Learn something new every day.

Congratulations on your technique. You should be commended on your skill.

Cute. Is it made with small squares?

Very cool. I like it.

Can't wait to see the finished quilt.

Ditto, except for the center square does not look 3 D. Is there a reason for that? This will be awesome!:)

Wow! looks complicated, but then math wasn't my strongest subject :-) It's wonderful that you can translate a mathmatical equasion or theroy (sorry bout spelling) into a quilt design.Very special thing you are doing for your daughter.

You pretty much nailed it! Yes, there is someone on the board that knows some things!
I love the attic windows. If you want to really make a 3-D effect, you could add an additional side with more "windows". That may be what I work on next. :twisted:
This is going to be PERFECT for your math enthusiast!

Oh, the center square was not designed yet! See the other post on the Menger Sponge quilt to see the center block design.