Take a Look at These Circle Patchwork Products
 |
 VINTAGE 17PC LOT G LADYS CIRCLE PATCHWORK MAGAZINES QUILTERS ESTATE SALE $14.89 Time Remaining: 1d 19h Buy It Now for only: $14.89 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Ladys Circle Patchwork Quilts Mag May 1993 Butterflies $7.19 Time Remaining: 15d 15h 41m Buy It Now for only: $7.19 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Ladys Circle Patchwork Quilts Magazine Jan 1993 $7.19 Time Remaining: 16d 13h 25m Buy It Now for only: $7.19 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Ladys Circle Patchwork Quilts Magazine July 1993 $7.19 Time Remaining: 16d 13h 56m Buy It Now for only: $7.19 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 3 issues LADYS CIRCLE PATCHWORK QUILTS 1985 1992 many patterns quilting $10.99 Time Remaining: 26d 16h Buy It Now for only: $10.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 3 issues LADYS CIRCLE PATCHWORK QUILTS patterns $9.99 Time Remaining: 29d 14h 30m Buy It Now for only: $9.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 LADYS CIRCLE PATCHWORK QUILTS September 1986 $8.95 Time Remaining: 6d 11h 28m Buy It Now for only: $8.95 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 BACK ISSUE LADYS CIRCLEPATCHWORK QUILTS NO 5 1976 $3.99 Time Remaining: 20d 22h 2m Buy It Now for only: $3.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Ladys Circle Patchwork Quilt Magazine Sp Ed Block Craft $6.99 Time Remaining: 25d 18h 47m Buy It Now for only: $6.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Ladys Circle Patchwork Quilts Magazine May 1989 $3.99 Time Remaining: 6d 13h 45m Buy It Now for only: $3.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Ladys Circle Patchwork Quilts Magazine No11 $3.99 Time Remaining: 21d 13h 48m Buy It Now for only: $3.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Ladys Circle Patchwork Quilts Magazine No13 $3.99 Time Remaining: 21d 13h 55m Buy It Now for only: $3.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Ladys Circle Patchwork Quilts Magazine No8 $3.99 Time Remaining: 22d 8h 21m Buy It Now for only: $3.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
Getting Informed About Circle Patchwork...
Piet Hein Furniture Design
Piet Hein was a Danish Universalist who is well known for his designs and his Grooks. Grooks are small poems that you're lucky to find still in print today, and there are only about 2,000 pages of these interesting snippets of prose in the world. They are not in magazine articles; it's hard to find biographies on Hein in the first place, and if you catch a mention of them in encyclopaedias, consider yourself lucky. Part of the reason for this? Hein wrote his Grooks in his native Danish, which only about 5 million people speak. Hein is known in Denmark, but not well known anywhere else.
Hein's super ellipse is his claim to fame, developing it for use when he solved the traffic loop problem in Sergel's Square in Stockholm. His unique mix of art and science is evident in his super ellipse and he described his thinking behind it by saying, "Man is the animal that draws lines which he himself then stumbles over.
In the whole pattern of civilization there have been two tendencies, one toward straight lines and rectangular patterns and one toward circular lines. There are reasons, mechanical and psychological, for both tendencies. Things made with straight lines fit well together and save space. And we can move easily - physically or mentally - around things made with round lines. But we are in a straitjacket, having to accept one or the other, when often some intermediate form would be better. To draw something freehand - such as the patchwork traffic circle they tried in Stockholm - will not do. It isn't fixed, isn't definite like a circle or square. You don't know what it is. It isn't esthetically satisfying. The super-ellipse solved the problem. It is neither round nor rectangular, but in between. Yet it is fixed, it is definite - it has a unity."
There are 10,000 Grooks in all that were written by Piet Hein and they are the perfect example of his philosophy of life in small snippets. They have been compared to the writings of Goethe and to Biblical proverbs and his hope was that would be his legacy. He purposefully learned numerous languages in order to translate the Grooks himself and for others to enjoy, and many of them we know and possibly use in daily life. For example, the saying 'Things that don't actually kill you outright make you stronger' is one that has been paraphrased throughout the world. The whole Grook is called 'A Maxim For Vikings' and the whole saying is 'Here is a fact that should help you fight a bit longer; things that don't actually kill you outright make you stronger'.
Hein actually developed his Grooks as his way of stating his displeasure at Germany's occupation of Denmark during World War II. The word 'Grook' is actually a nonsense word, but it worked well for him. If you want to read any of Hein's 'Grooks' you may need to scour old book stores as they are out of print in English.
About the Author
Find international design at
furniture design
. Find our furniture design page about
Piet Hein
Check out Circle Patchwork...
Inspired Printing & Patchwork
More Circle Patchwork Ideas...
 Marti Michell Perfect Patchwork Template (4 Per Package) - Drunkards Path List Price: Sale Price: $13.54 You save: $2.45 (15%) DescriptionPerfect Patchwork templates for quilting in the style Drunkyard's Path. Package includes: 4 quarter-circle templates for making 3 or more sizes of Drunkard's Path. Use the templates in pairs to make Drunkard's Path...  |
 Fly a Kite Circle on cream by Riley Blake Designs List Price: Sale Price: $8.95 You save: $1.00 (10%) DescriptionWe are pleased to introduce Fly a Kite by October Afternoon for Riley Blake Designs. October Afternoon has developed an extensive line of products and gained a widespread following in the scrapbooking community... |
 TPP The Civil War Sewing Circle Bk List Price: Sale Price: $23.74 You save: $1.25 (5%) DescriptionProvides patterns for 16 projects, including large quilts, doll and baby quilts, and a pincushion, sewing box, and needle case. See historical photos of sewing circles and read excerpts from letters written to and from soldiers during the Civil War. |
 SPX Magic Garden Fun Circles Turquoise Fabric Yardage List Price: Sale Price: $8.95 You save: $2.00 (18%) DescriptionEmbrace the magic of springtime with Magic Garden by Linda Maron for SPX Fabrics.Premium, first-quality 100% cotton fabric cut fresh from the bolt. Perfect for quilting, fashion apparel, home decor, scrapbooking and craft projects. |
 SEW & FOLD CIRCLED PATCHWORK LASER CUT TEMPLATES FOR 4",6" AND 8" CIRCLES FOR CRIB TO KING SIZED QUILTS Sale Price: $14.99 |
 SewBaby! The Twirly Dress Pattern By The Each Sale Price: $9.95 DescriptionMake wearing dresses fun with this easy to sew pattern with a full circle skirt for maximum swirling power! Designed with a knit bodice there are no zippers buttons or facings to slow you down. You can even used a purchased knit shirt for the bodice... |