Subduction

Description

Sometimes the best designs aren’t planned — they’re discovered.

I was playing with blocks, chasing a diagonal effect that just wasn’t working. So I did what any frustrated designer does: I started spinning them. Rotating, flipping, trying anything. And then it happened. One configuration stopped me cold. The blocks looked like they were sliding — one pushing under another, each row disrupting the next.

Subduction. The geological term for when one tectonic plate slides beneath another. It fit so perfectly I didn’t even have to think about the name.

Timeless Treasures’ Tonga Riverside batiks — in a palette that moves from deep navy and midnight through warm terra and clay to soft alpine and apricot — give the diagonal rows a sense of depth and motion that makes the whole quilt feel alive.

Finished Size: 61” x 85”

Skill Level: Intermediate

Introduction: Subduction is when one tectonic plate slides under another. The blocks of this look like one block is sliding under another.

Fabric for Tonga Riverside Collection:   

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