I auditioned dozens of fabrics before making the final choices. As Ruth says, "You make visual choices visually" - just pull out some possibilities and pin them up. Keep doing it until something clicks. It helps to have a huge stash!
Having veered between greens and browns for the border, I decided it needed both, so I added a narrow inner green border and found a fabric for the outer border that had some movement in it as well as several colors, but overall had a reddish brown tint that picked up the red tones in the outer petals and sepals of the flowers, This flash photo isn't very good, but it does indicate that the border is a bit lighter in tone than the background.
No comments:
Post a Comment