The quilt top will be constructed of identical, irregular four-sided blocks in which each side is a different length. They will tessellate, which just means that as long as all the blocks are right-side-up they will fit together to form a gapless plane. Any four-sided shape will tessellate.
The blocks are constructed in a hand-applique tile quilt method. See Tile Quilt Revival: Reinventing a Forgotten Form for instructions on preparing and stitching tile blocks. The look that results is that of fabric "tiles" surrounded by narrow channels of background fabric "grout." See the Orange Peel block at the top of this column, the cover of Tile Quilt Revival, and the workshop block to the right for examples.
Here are a couple of photos of the few individual blocks I've stitched so far:
With these blocks my idea was to make the calligraphic "tiles" dark and the other "tiles" very close in value to the scrappy background fabrics.
Here's a photo showing how the blocks will tessellate:
As you can see, the two blocks on the right are pin basted but not yet stitched. There will be less background fabric between blocks when they are pieced, which will improve the flow of the darker shapes.
Should keep my hands busy at stitch group get-togethers for quite awhile.
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