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"Secret Messages" morse-code quilt
My little brother graduates from high school next week, so naturally I made him a quilt. He's a bit of a geek (planning to do computer engineering in college), so I wanted to make him something that's geeky without being so ridiculous that he wouldn't use it. So this quilt has some hidden geek messages in it, you just can't tell at first glance!
It may look like squares and stripes, but if you look at it sideways, it actually spells out messages in Morse code:
Remember all semicolons
Document as you go
Do (Mt.) Dew, not drugs
Change passwords and underwear often
Fight for great justice
Additionally, if you read the width of the pieces i(1 3 4 1 3 5 4 1 3 4 3 1) on the border as degrees of a Cm musical scale, you get the main riff to "Smoke on the Water." (My little brother plays bass in a rock band.)
It was a fun quilt to make, but had a LOT of pieces... so let's just say that the top isn't quite as rectangular as it should be. I think it turned out okay, though, and it was certainly fun to make :)
It may look like squares and stripes, but if you look at it sideways, it actually spells out messages in Morse code:
Remember all semicolons
Document as you go
Do (Mt.) Dew, not drugs
Change passwords and underwear often
Fight for great justice
Additionally, if you read the width of the pieces i(1 3 4 1 3 5 4 1 3 4 3 1) on the border as degrees of a Cm musical scale, you get the main riff to "Smoke on the Water." (My little brother plays bass in a rock band.)
It was a fun quilt to make, but had a LOT of pieces... so let's just say that the top isn't quite as rectangular as it should be. I think it turned out okay, though, and it was certainly fun to make :)
