This is my second homework motif worked into a little mat. It is 4 inches (about 10 cm) square. The thread is size 20 Lizbeth "Desert Bloom". I think the motif turned out really well and makes a very nice decorative mat. However...The thread was a severe mistake -- especially for this piece. The colors are wrong and change in odd places worked in this pattern. Purple, orange, and gray-white might make something really pretty, but I can't think what. I do believe this thread was a mistake, for me, and I won't be buying any more of it. Of course, if I had picked a different pattern to make with it, I might be feeling better about the thread.
I need to try this motif in a nice solid color and see how the mat looks.
The pattern is really pretty. Nice work. Sometimes multi-colored threads can be so challenging to work with. I agree with you that the colorway is something else. It would probably look great with just the right "something", but I don't know what, either! :)
ReplyDeleteThe first Lizbeth colorway I tried I did not like in the pattern I used. It's really hard to tell sometimes how it will work out. Even so, this turned out pretty.
ReplyDeleteI definately like the motif used here, but totally agree with you on the colors. It gives it a very strange look. I'll be looking for your next version in a solid color. You might submit this motif to InTatters for the Avatar challenge. I think it would make a good avatar!
ReplyDeletethe motif is cool! the colours seem a little strange but it's unusual. marty, could we see this again in another thread?
ReplyDeleteI'm not a huge fan of orange, BUT I think the name of this thread tells you what it would look good as. It really is the colors of high desert wildflowers. So some freeform flowers, with perhaps a sagey green for the stems and leaves, would actually work really well. I agree that it does nothing for this motif, though.
ReplyDeleteI love the motif, and the size. Four inches sounds so much better than quarter-size motif for a mat or a table runner. LOL
ReplyDeleteAlso had the same feeling when I used a multicolor (bubblegum). It looked pretty on the ball...it's peach, blue, soft pink...but I made an "A" and didn't like the effect. However, otherise I love the Lisbeth solid colors...
Sometimes if I want colors to fall in the right place I cut (I KNOW...GROAN)and lay in the color I want; manipulating the thread. It's time consuming though and the thread joins are painstakingly done!
hugs, Bev