How to draw QUILTA

Belgian CZT Ria Matheussen is back today sharing her Quilta tangle for you to enjoy exploring.

Ria writes,

My latest tangle Wooti was based on a wooden tile but later I discovered that the pattern I found on that wooden tile, is also used in the “Patchwork world” and so I went searching there until I found a lovely picture with a special pattern which I liked immediately.

Quilta was for me immediately the right name (quilting & tangling).

I have made two little monotangle tiles but I love to draw in the round. That is why I used Quilta in a Zendala in combination with Ypsmi, Strircles and some elementary strokes.

Quilta can be used as a ribbon/border or just a stroke but it is also possible to draw it in a square as a filler and has many possibilities to make variations.

The little arrowhead shapes inside (Step 4) can touch the small inner strokes of the borders as I did in the steps and the monotangle tiles but it is not necessary. I didn’t do that on the zendala tile. It can be nice that they touch each other but also that is not necessary.

Quilta is a striking ribbon-style tangle that looks very three dimensional when you add a touch of shading in the “troughs” as Ria shows in her examples below. Just for fun I added a dot of white Sakura Gelly Roll #10 to my Quilta example.

Ria illustrates the step-by-step instructions for drawing Quilta below where she features it in two monotangle tile examples.

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