BLOG 493

Blog 493

 

I can do it if I really try! And I tried and I did empty my waste basket and it was quite a cathartic experience! It’s good to let go sometimes, to give yourself permission to move on! Hark at me; you’d think I was in therapy! All I did was to throwaway some small scarps that I didn’t want anymore! Put it in proportion and get over yourself girl!!

 

 

           Empty basket

 

 

I took all the greens and blues off the design wall from last week and started again, this time with the blues and reds. It is so useful to take pictures as you work; you can witness the progress you are making, you can assess your runs of colours and you can see straight away if there are any placement problems. For example, there is a strong line of unblended red going down the middle of the lay-out below.

 

 

               Blues/reds

 

 

It was at this stage that I decided that I needed to start with the lightest colours in the centre and to blend out to the darkest colours at the edges. So it was back to square one again (or rectangle one if you are being pedantic!) and back to the yellow/greens, this time trying to avoid any strong lines and to blend the colours better. Here’s the sequence.

 

 

          

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yellows/greens

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  
                                                                                                                                                                                         
Plus blues

 

 

 

 

               Plus oranges

 

               Plus purples

 

             Plus reds

 

 

At this stage I decided, for whatever reason, that the vibrant greens needed to be at the left hand side!

 

            Moving the greens

 

 

               Plus purples

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10 Reshuffling
 

 

 

And then I wasn’t happy with the right-hand corner and needed to take a picture to find out why. It was evident straight away that there was a strong line of maroons. So there was more reshuffling and I’d like to say that I have arrived at the final lay-out but I still find the lower right hand corner too heavy. There will perhaps be a bit more shuffling before I am entirely happy but, rest assured that I am almost there. You may have noticed that the rectangles are staggered in vertical lines. This is so I don’t have to line up horizontal seams when I am joining the vertical lines together. It just makes life easier and it was how I used to make my gardens to go behind the wrought iron gates.

 

 

              Right hand corner

 

 

 

 

      

              Almost there