I saw Anna's avatar a while ago and fell in love with it! Apparently it's from a pattern in a book but as it was only log cabins, I thought I could work something out in EQ. What do you all think? Apart from the seahorses, there are fish swimming up and down vertically between the seahorses, can you all see them? :-D

Very cool - love the colors, too.

Yes. I see the fish - love the seahorses.

Yes, I see the seahorses and the fish. Very clever, and very pretty! I love the colors.

Very clever love the colours

That is soooooo very cool......!!

I was looking at the work of Escher ages ago and wanting to do a tessellating design - I guess now I've found one! His seahorses are far more organic and tessellate into other seahorses - that would have to be done with applique but I like this version! I've been googling around and there seem to be quilt patterns out there called 'Tessellating Seahorses' in books by both Karen Bolestra and Barbara Schaffield but I can't find images of them. I don't think I'm breaching anyone's copyright as a) log cabin is a public domain block and b) I've only taken an idea and created my own design - there's no copyright in ideas - I don't think I'm treading on toes... at least, I hope not!

i never noticed the secondary pattern. very nice.

It was unintentional - I was only aiming for seahorses - the fish were a happy bonus! Now there's honesty for you. :mrgreen: :lol:

Love it!

love the creativity!

Awesome pattern! Love those secondary surprises :D:D:D

Interesting .... very interesting mix ..... colors of ocean waves ....
One to ponder ...
Good job. Thanks for sharing .... How big is it?

Seahorses are super .... still see the wave action, but my eyes still haven't adjusted to the "fish" part .... maybe that's what I am seeing as wave action ...

Wave action works, too. A multi-purpose design! :D

It's wonderful!

The blocks are 6" at the moment and 8 x 6 so 48" x 36" but it would have to have borders... I haven't settled on a block size yet though. I'm thinking applique fish and or seahorses swimming round the border or possible a plain border and then do those in FMQ with beads for detail. :-D

Unique!

:lol:

The fish are grey and vertical. Every other one shares the seahorse's eyes. The others are eyeless - perhaps I'll do these in beads? I LOVE beads! :-D

Very cool. Love it

awesome arrangement of cabins. I love the colors too.

That is so awesome!

that is stunning! I love it!!

Wonderful! It is always of interest to me that even avatars are inspiring!

Spectacular piece.

Thanks! When I look at your avatar again, I can just make out that the seahorses are tessellated by staggering them, hmmmm, got me thinking! Still, I DO like my serendipitous fish. :-D

WOW, that's fantastic!
Maureen

You are so good girlfriend!

Nice work

How cute!

This is a great design!! Looking forward to seeing how you work it up into a new quilt!

You have a great talent. I wish I had your creativity.

neat! :thumbup:

Very neat and creative!!

That is so cool!!!!!

Yes and I can see the eyes of the fish. Is that awesome.

Same here. :-D

That is so cool! And I love the colors.

So cool!

Love the pattern, and the colors are fantastic :thumbup: