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Very preliminary design for a new pattern - "Flower Riot"

Not sure where this design is going, but I thought I would share it with you.   I keep a notebook of doodles and designs I see in fabric, nature or on buildings.  Right now, I cannot find that book.  I really think you cannot use both sides of the brain at once.  This week has been creative so I cannot find anything.  As soon as I find the book I will change things around and add flowers.  Preliminary final size is 24″ x 30″

Here’s the current status of the new floral design. I finally found my black design book and I am busily putting together ideas. I always start rough and refine over and over.

• The good: I like the busyness of rug and the very small areas of background. I know busy is not for everyone, but I get bored easily and the less background the better. Some of the flowers are in their final design, others have to be refined.
• The bad: I need to resize several of the flowers and work on the overall design including color placement. I always design with the final product in mind. A good line drawing does not always make a good rug. You need places to put color that will balance. I’ll show you how I work through this in future posts.

Flower Riot Pattern in Progress

This is usually a step no one sees. My favorite design tools are scissors and tape. I printed out several copies of my preliminary design and cut them apart and re-assembled them. I now have an idea of the rough placement and I can individually adjust or redraw each flower. I may have to adjust or even redo this step several times.

I realize that this may be hard to see in the photo, but I am designing first and documenting second.

My last post was day 659, but I’ve made a commitment to myself to get more time on my rug. I have been distracted by other responsibilities and other hooking projects, but during the next few months, I am getting back in the groove.

New flower from Flower Riot Pattern

If you have been following the blog, you’ve seen my progress on my new rug hooking pattern, Flower Riot. I’ve decided to use one of the flowers in the corner of the border.  Because I will be hooking all day today during the Love of Art event in Pemberville, I should have some progress to post tomorrow.

Hooking this flower also gives me an idea of how large the Flower Riot pattern will need to be.  There is a delicate balance where a flower is too big or too small to hook.  I intend Flower Riot to be hooked with a wide cut.