Jan F is about halfway through her Moroccan rug and has written a post about it today.
It’s a fantastic post because it goes into the kinds of questions we all face when we are making an original project and asks for your opinion.
I really enjoyed it because Jan does a fantastic job of analyzing the design and articulating the kinds of things I often wonder about when coming up with something new.
Often when we make an original project we take an idea from somewhere else and adapt, pretty much as seen to needlepoint. One example of this would be the quilt block Twinchies. The block and its arrangement are a given, you just arrange the colors. You know from the beginning that it will work.
But Jan did something, while still an adaptation, is more difficult to do, especially in a large piece. She took given elements, those in a Morrocan rug, and both adapted them to needlepoint and arranged then into a design. Issues such as how far apart to space the designs, how the different elements interact, how the color relate, inadvertent repetition, and more all come to the fore in this kind of piece.
Take a look and let her know what you think on the various issues. I like it enough it’s inspiring me to start on another large project based on those Fair Isle motifs I love (if I can just get some other stuff done and out of the way).
You can see the whole thing in this post.
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