Category: Sunday sketch
Sunday sketch #21
I can’t quite figure out what this design reminds me of… a constellation? Modern blossoms?
When it comes to emphasizing parts of the design through colour and fabric choice, I’m not sure what I’d prefer – diminishing the small squares so they recede into the background, or highlighting them so they pop into the foreground? Or treating the isolated squares differently from those that form part of the stars/blossoms?
Construction of this design would be easy – it’s all squares, half-square triangles and rectangles.
Sunday sketch #20
I thought I’d exhausted all the angular shapes that could possibly fit in a 2×2 square, but it seems not. Look at the great shapes that emerge from the whitespace!
Each 2×2 unit could be created from two smaller squares and two half-square triangles.
Sunday sketch #18
Like Sunday sketches #11, #12, #15 and #16, this week’s design comprises a single motif repeated in a random pattern. I love the consistency and order of these designs (which probably says a lot about me).
The arrow motif itself appeals to me, but I also love the secondary patterns that emerge in the whitespace. I purposely avoided creating any small enclosed shapes, but it would be easy to bring out diamonds or squares. I think they’d draw the eye in though, whereas I prefer letting the eye wander across the design with no specific focal point.
This is my favourite repetitive design so far. I can only imagine paper-piecing it, which I’ve never done before, but I’m going to try. I think this one’s worth the effort.
