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Sunday, 20 November 2011
Next!
My next effort in the C&G. This one in fly stitch, straight stitch and detached chain. Each of these little pieces is intended to teach about the use of different stitches, but also has a colour element. This was based around analogous colours; that is the range of colours that move from a primary colour to a secondary in one or other direction around the colour wheel. The previous one was about complimentary colours, green and red, but with a push towards orange that I justified by keeping the greens primarily in the blue/green range - red/green:blue/orange. Probably cheating, but I'll find out next Saturday at our next workshop.
In this case I chose red through to purple. I think I've pushed the boundaries a bit again though, by adding in that delicate pinky white. I'm hoping I can get away with it, it simply demanded inclusion; having started with overlapping fly stitch in the centre I knew dandelion clock was the way to go. It continues the Autumn theme, hopefully with a little sense of the soft seeds, blowing in the breeze that swirls around it.
Labels:
autumn,
City and Guilds
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Lovely little stitches. Dandelion heads are a favorite of mine too. All of our have blown away until next spring.
ReplyDeleteThank you Susan, I really enjoyed doing this one. I also really enjoyed your mushrooms, they remind me of the muzzles of blue grey dogs!
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