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TABLE OF CONTENTS

  • Introduction
  • Symmetry in Traditional Blocks
  • Types of Symmetry
  • The Seventeen Symmetries of a Plane
  • A Lesson Plan
  • PART 1: ELEVEN SYMMETRIES FOR SQUARE AND RECTANGULAR BLOCKS
    • Chapter 1: P1- Simple Translational Symmetry
            Viola
    • Chapter 2: P2- 180° Rotation
            Musical Notation
    • Chapter 3: P4- 90° Rotation
            Painted Daisies
    • Chapter 4: PM- Mirror Symmetry
            Lily
    • Chapter 5: P2MM- Two Mirrors
            Poppies
    • Chapter 6: CM- Staggered Pairs
            Mask
    • Chapter 7: C2MM- Staggered Fours
            Lightning Strike
    • Chapter 8: PG- Glide Symmetry
            Katsura Leaves
    • Chapter 9: P2GG- Two Glides
            Deco Moon
    • Chapter 10: P2MG- Glides and Mirrors
            School of Fish
    • Chapter 11: P4GM- Pinwheels and Mirrors
            Spinning Rings
    • *
  • Further Adventures with Part 1 Blocks
  • PART 2: SIX SYMMETRIES FOR OTHER BLOCK SHAPES
    • Chapter 12: P3- 120° Rotation
            Scramble
    • Chapter 13: P6- 60° Rotation
            Three-Petal Posy
    • Chapter 14: P4MM- Four Mirrors
            Bull Frogs
    • Chapter 15: P6MM- Six Mirrors
            Snow Crystal
    • Chapter 16: P31M- Mirrored Kites
            Butterfly
    • Chapter 17: P3M1- Mirrored Triangles
            Trillium
    • Playing with Part 2 Blocks
  • WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
  • USING SYMMETRY IN THE SCHOOLS
  • CONCLUSION
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • PATTERNS
  • ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Title: Symmetry: A Design System for Quiltmakers
Author/Designer: Ruth B McDowell
Format/Publication Date: TPB:1994
Publisher: C&T Publishing, Inc., Lafayette, CA
Language: English
Page Count: 144
Book Dimensions(ht. x w.): 11" x 8 1/2"
ISBN: 0914881787

SUMMARY- This was a great follow-up to her first book, "Pattern On Pattern", and amply demonstrates how different symmetries completely changes traditional settings.