Here is day 23!!! Do you notice how that gold flower in the smoky blue background (the one I changed/upper left) shows up a bit more with the “new” outline? I just thought it needed to have a little more “zing”!!!! LOL
Not a lot of time to hook today…but worked more on the large leaves and the golden brown background! What fun! ; )
FLOWERS
As I said in my edit of my last post, because I chose the Antique spot-dye that I did for the large leaves in the golden brown border, I felt I needed to change this gold flower in the smoky blue border a bit so it was not so much the “same” as those large leaves!!! I thought it needed something!!! LOL
You might be saying “She should have left that flower alone!!!” So, my friends, when you do Your Bradley Primitive…you please yourself and do just wht YOU want!!!! Hooray, that’s what’s fun!!! LOL
Here is the gold flower “Before”…
Here is the gold flower AFTER change…
Do you see why I did this? And you see why I say that I like to be “unpredictable” in my choices? I could have done just an orange outline or one colour outline on the flower I changed…but I like the primitive look better!!!!! : ) You might have done it in an entirely different way which would have been terrific and pleased you!!! : )
When I do my entry today, you’ll see how my change looks with the rest of the rug! LOL
Extra Entry - For those who have asked about the wools used and the technique of hooking flowers similar but not the same!!!!!!! : )
Picture below…Large green plaid used for the large leaves in the smoky blue border! Outlined by the dull orange as you can see from earlier pictures. I cut the strips so that I used the darker strips for the one side of the leaf (with the addition of another as-is green, and the lighter strips for the other side of the leaf.
Picture below…Center scroll stripe, lightened to show the different colours in this wool…see the scrolls for how this wool hooks up! (It looks gold-ish in the scrolls!!) : )
Also…closeup of flowers below showing how odds and ends of wools are used to make motifs less “predictable”! See what is the same and what is different about these flowers. : )
Picture of flowers on the right…
BELOW…Picture of flowers on the left…I will change some of this gold flower outline as… since I made my choice of the spot-dyed wool for the large leaves in the golden brown border…the gold flower now looks a bit “same as-same as” theose leaves!! LOL Do you see that too?
I hope this answers some questions and helps a bit!!!!! : ) I’ll do todays’s entry (Day 23) later in the day! Enjoy!!!
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More leaf and golden brown background today! : )
I love this rug more and more as it progresses!!!
Happy Sunday! : )
Photo Just Added! – Answer to a request to photograph the rug outside!!! This photo below is in natural sunlight!
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It’s been really an extra joy to work on this now that the outer leaf colour has been chosen!!! Since all the major colour choices have been made, it is easier to look at the other motifs and see if I need to change a bit of wool here and there to tie the borders in with the center…or if all is OK!
Even though I usually have a “vision” of the completed rug when I start one, I never really know how the colours I’ve chosen will work together! LOL I think I know…but it is sometimes a real surprise!!!! : )
I thought I’d work more on the leaves in the golden brown border for awhile and then go back to the black background and some of the smoky blue border!! : )
Happy Saturday!!! : )
