Works by ABC - Arlene Cohen
This is a Needlework Expo Pre-Order. Any item purchased from the expo will be shipped as soon as we get them in our hands. Unlike Nashville, the designers will have to ship them to us.
Stitch count is 183 x 181
This design was inspired by an 8-fold pattern, a fairly common motif found in islamic design. There is so much interesting geometry in the patterns found in islamic design and I love exploring how those patterns can translate to needle and thread. I liked the idea of playing with a gradation of color and then added in the changing shapes as well. While this can be stitched using the colors I have chosen, it is easily adaptable to any color palette. The basic principle is that you would need four colors and three shades of each color. Using blends (the lightest with the medium and then the medium with the darkest) that gives you a total of 5 shades.
